Basecamp Renegade: 3 Days That Will Change Everything
August 24, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · Comments Off
I’ve been keeping something from you guys for a few months now…
It’s an insanely cool event called Basecamp Renegade and it’s going down in Charlotte, NC on September 25-27th. And, because I can’t do anything the way I’m supposed to, it’s not in a conference room or hotel. It’s in a 200 acre man made outdoor adventure center called the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
For 2 1/2 days, me and Olympic Gold Medal whitewater kayaker, Joe Jacobi, are going to guide a mini-tribe of 25 people through the whitewater, mountainbiking, rock climbing, zip lining, renegade lifestyle and career transformation experience of a lifetime.
F2 | Fire Fly Manifesto: Remixed – It’s Alive
August 12, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · Comments Off
On November 20, 2008, I released the original Fire Fly Manifesto as a catalyst to change the conversation from one of despair to one of hope. I was blown away by the worldwide reception.
In the 9 months since its release, though, both the economic climate and the mood throughout the world have changed in a fairly profound way.
And, again, I felt the need to revise and expand the Fire Fly Manifesto to address the questions that were being asked of me and the challenges that lie ahead. Things like, “should I really be thinking about starting my own adventure in this economy?” Or, “can I really go renegade if I’ve just lost my job?”
Want to Sell More?
June 18, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 3 Comments
Last night, I was in a room full of social media mavens and moguls…
And, I was asked what my top book recommendations were for marketing, selling and writing compelling copy. So, I reached deep down hoping to come up with the coolest, newest, hippest, most cutting edge recommendations…but instead, I started offering up titles that ranged from 20 to 80 years old.
What gives? Simple answer. Times change, circumstances change, marketing and distribution channels change, products, services and technologies change. But, human nature has remained largely unchanged for as long as history has been recorded. And, in the end, solving, selling and marketing are fundamentally about understanding human nature, not bells and whistles.
Interview Training Goes Virtual with 360JobInterview.com
May 5, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 2 Comments
While my natural tendency is to explore being a Career Renegade in the context of entrepreneurship, I realize that not everyone shares this same preference. In fact, a lot of people would love to create the qualities of the Career Renegade lifestyle, but still work for someone else.
I’m actually going to post more about this over the course of the next month, but today I thought I’d share a pretty cool new resource that was just launched (literally, today) for those looking to brush up their interiew skills. It’s a virtual interview training website called 360jobinterview.com. And, it let’s you master the art of the interview through video chat coaching and more.
Would You Walk Away From Your Job for $100,000?
April 24, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 19 Comments
Earlier this week, I posed the following question on twitter…
Within seconds, answers came flooding in. You can find them all individually by just searching on twitter, but, I thought it’d be valuable to aggregate and a share a sampling of replies here on the blog, too, because it really shows the diversity of mindset that’s out there today.
And, amazingly, a full 45% said…no, they’d walk away from the money. I sometimes wonder what that says about people on twitter (or who follow me) versus, those in the “general population.”
Job Hunting Secret: Get Relevant or Go Home
April 16, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 1 Comment
Ever wonder what the best way to get a resume read or an interviewer immediately interested in you is?
Okay, well, there’s a simple lesson, drawn from the world of internet marketing, more specifically, pay per click advertising that’ll put you miles above everyone else who graces the resume slush pile or the interview chair.
What’s the secret?
Relevance!
For those who don’t know what pay-per-click is, it’s the little ads you see on the side of a google search page. Advertisers post those ads and then pay every time someone clicks on one. Rule of thumb—the more relevant an ad is to what a person is searching on, the more likely they are to click on it.
If You Can Read This, You’re Not My Client!
April 13, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 8 Comments
Here’s an odd bit of advice coming from me…get offline!
Every week, my in-box is jammed with people offering:
- Webcasts, webinars, teleseminars, simulcasts,
- Tweet chats, facebook events, video seminars,
- Mini-courses, ebooks, podcasts, internet radio, Blog Talk Radio,
- Blog posts, vlog posts, ezines, lifestreams, pipe-dreams, premiums, freemiums, uStreams, iStreams, we all stream for ice-creams,
- Electronic, exotic, erotic, exogenous, extraterrestrial, interactive, proactive, radioactive, radio-controlled, hyper-kinetic, self-actualizing, hybrid on/offline intergalactic symposia…
All in an effort to sell small business owners, private practice owners and solopreneurs some kind of product or service that’ll teach them how to market their businesses online. And, I agree, there are few, if any, businesses that won’t benefit from getting online. But, there’s a big problem…
U.K. Study Reveals Link Between Twitter Use and Butt Size
April 1, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 5 Comments
I’ve been a huge proponent of social media as a tool to build community, brand, showcase knowledge and even market your ideas and business.
But, a new study just completed by Professor Lipra Sloof at the London School of Economics revealed…
A horrifying connection between tweets/day and gluteal mass (aka, butt size).
And, that’s got me thinking seriously about pulling back from social media in a huge way.
According to Professor Sloof:
The Sky’s Falling, You Want an Umbrella or A Bucket?
March 31, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 11 Comments
I’ve been saying it for months. Strike that, years…
There’s no such thing as a one-sided coin…
If something’s going down, something else must be going up. And, for Career Renegades, that means opportunity.
Example #1 – health & Healing
In NYC after 9-11, while many businesses crashed, health and healing businesses soared. I know firsthand, having launched one of those businesses weeks after 9-11. My company not only helped contribute to the process of healing, but built a real, vibrant community and substantial stream of revenue. In fact, it’s now one of the top yoga studios in the Northeast and has served nearly 20,000 students and trained hundreds of teachers.
5 Ways To Become Master Of Your Career Domain
March 26, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 9 Comments
A recent search of twitter revealed that, on any given day, hundreds of people are tweeting about job hunting…and how much it sucks.
Well, here’s a thought, stop hunting for a job and start hunting for a life!
One, where you’re not waiting around, hoping and praying someone else finds value in who you are and what you do. One, where you maintain substantial control over your career, regardless of whether you work for yourself or someone else.
- Balance
- blogging
- Career advice
- Career change
- Entrepreneurship
- Events
- Evidence
- Family
- Interviews
- Marketing
- Mindset
- Motivation-Success
- New Visitors
- Online Business
- Personal Branding
- Renegade Profiles
- Renegade Rants
- Reviews
- Small Business
- Social Media
- Speaking
- TV
- Uncategorized
- video
- Work at home
- Career Renegade Merging With Awake@TheWheel
- Renegade Profile: Karen Salmansohn
- Renegade Profile: Zach Even-esh, Underground Strength Coach
- What’s the Best Online Business Model?
- Renegade Profile: Writer Dad, Sean Platt
- Basecamp Renegade: 3 Days That Will Change Everything
- Renegade Profile: Voice Artist Jeffrey Kafer
- When Pain Doesn’t Get You Money
- F2 | Fire Fly Manifesto: Remixed – It’s Alive
- Don’t Make Me Pay to Hear You Pitch
