Note: This column is based on a talk given at BarCamp San Diego on Nov 11, 2007.
There is a simple truth about your career that we often ignore. You can be the best at anything — the best programmer, the best writer, the best chef, the best accountant — but if no one knows about what you do, and how well you do it, what does it really matter. Without visibility in your career you can struggle every day, working harder and harder and yet find yourself going nowhere.
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1 Benefitting from the “New Media Multiplier” // Jan 3, 2008 at 9:18 pm
[...] others. Why not multiply the effect of your experiences 2, 10 or 100 times over. This is the “Year of Visibility” and you need to show people the interesting things you are engaged in. You need to share your [...]
2 The Brian Shaler Blog » Who Are You? // Mar 3, 2008 at 10:48 am
[...] the subject of personal branding, and he uses an excellent phrase to describe the movement, “2008: The Year of Visibility“. You want and need to be seen. This involves creating a brand for yourself and marketing it [...]
3 The Brian Shaler Blog » Who Are You? // Mar 3, 2008 at 10:48 am
[...] the subject of personal branding, and he uses an excellent phrase to describe the movement, “2008: The Year of Visibility“. You want and need to be seen. This involves creating a brand for yourself and marketing it [...]
4 Benefitting from the “New Media Multiplier” « New Media Interchange // Oct 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm
[...] others. Why not multiply the effect of your experiences 2, 10 or 100 times over. This is the “Year of Visibility” and you need to show people the interesting things you are engaged in. You need to share your [...]
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