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Re: the marketing side of things, if you don't already have a blog, start one today. Write about how to solve problems in your particular area of expertise (or
by dceddia 9y ago
Re: the marketing side of things, if you don't already have a blog, start one today. Write about how to solve problems in your particular area of expertise (or the one you'd like to get hired for). Start a mailing list, and send your weekly articles out to the list. I've done basically this, and after 3 years running, built up quite a bit of traffic and email subscriber base, and some passive-ish side income (I wrote a book that I sell as well).
This is not a quick tactic, but it is a good longer-term strategy for building a following and a reputation.
- tmaly 9y agoShowing your work or projects if possible is another important aspect besides a blog
- EVdotIO 9y agoWhat about those that don't really have a completed side project. I've got a _ton_ of half completed things, and then something with libspotify, which gets DMCA'd in an instant.
- EVdotIO 9y agoYeah, I need to actually get my domain name doing something. Looks like that's what I am doing today.
- dceddia 9y agoJust a quick bit of advice/warning about that too -- we programmer types love to obsess over the tiny details like picking the perfect blog theme, the best static site generator that will never need to change, debating minutiae like S3 vs self-hosted vs Wordpress, and on and on. So my bit of advice is: none of that actually matters. Use the domain you have (sounds like you are!), pick the easiest platform to get started with, and write stuff. It's the writing stuff (and publishing it) that matters :)
- EVdotIO 9y agoTell me about it. It used to be a home hosted plan 9 server. Then have been on a Vue kick recently. Slapping something together quick and dirty.