A New Generation Marketer

To say that social media has changed not only my job prospects but also the whole outlook on my career would be an understatement.

Coming out of college in December, I knew I wanted to get into Internet marketing for a career. I then met people on Twitter and soon started to attend TweetUps, connecting with professionals on LinkedIn, developing and publishing videos on YouTube, and creating a daily blog post on my website.

All of a sudden, I looked back on my small empire and wanted to put it all together for good use not only for me but for everyone else that I converse with via social media. Developing my website featuring my blog was probably the best idea I had while branding myself online. Not only have I been able to show my writing style and ideas, but I have been able to share the posts on social media sites, Twitter in particular, and have had many valuable conversations with people about my various posts.

By developing my online brand (and loving it!) I soon realized I was becoming an entrepreneur. I never thought that I would be an entrepreneur, as I have always been an introvert that tended to stay within the status quo. However, once I found my passion, I could not stop the flow of ideas and my constant desire to meet and converse with others.

During my journey, I have come in contact with many high-profile people in the marketing industry, and have landed several incredible freelance opportunities. To name a few, I have written about ten guest blog posts, all well received, consulted for a small company in Boston, helped a fresh new social media marketing company develop client pitches, and I was most recently recruited as a social media strategy contractor for a new company in Boston. Aside from that, I am a guest blogger for a company out in California (I am currently in Connecticut) and a company in Kentucky Tweeted me, interested in my ideas.

Now all that is not to brag about my accomplishments, but to demonstrate how incredible social media can be to help anyone develop their online brand and meet virtually anyone to help you achieve your goals.

I started using social media having no idea what I wanted to do with it besides hopefully landing a job. I have now developed a small ‘empire’ that can be compared to a small marketing agency, run by me, Kristin Dziadul. I see my business contacts and freelance employers as my clients and I provide them with my social media and inbound marketing knowledge. All of these contacts came from Twitter, LinkedIn and my blog. It has truly been an incredible journey, and in such a short amount of time.

I wake up every day excited to take on the day and learn new and exciting things. Hard work pays off, and social media was the platform for me to reach out to others to teach and be taught.

How have you used social media to your benefit? How have you helped others?