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["Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>]

All my contacts come to me by word of mouth, I don't spend much on 
advertising myself other than business cards and a rate card, but I do 
attend industry events. My portfolio is digital. Since magazines have 
gone direct to print, I upload everything using FTP on my DSL. 
Organizations see my clients ads in print and get my contact information 
directly from the magazines or other clients. Because I often sell as 
many  ads as the magazine's own reps and my work is right and on time 
they like to suggest me to new advertisers.

Because I offer measurement and analysis reporting on the advertising 
campaigns I plan as well as media buying, I am more than either graphic 
artist or ad agency to my clients. I am able to help my clients--all 
non-profits--show their boards that advertising dollars work in a 
targeted campaign, and this helps keep them funded with tax dollars.  I 
do good work, backed up by results. It's a win/win/win situation.

Sounds like you have all kinds of skills to market yourself as a 
consultant. Remember, you can control to an extent how much work you 
take on. I'm sure there's something out there for you too, if you 
explore the possibilities.

--Sage

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> Sage; How do you find these contacts? What sort of 'projects' can you do 
> entirely from home? My interest and specialty is in research, but with 
> internet search engines anyone can do them. I used to do free lance software 
> reviews and industry interviews, but that was almost 20 years ago and I've 
> lost all my contacts and haven't kept up with the field.
>
> My undergraduate degree and my other Masters (yeah..I have 2 Master's 
> degrees...over educated and unemployable) are in Anthropology. Talk about 
> useless degrees; you need a Doctorate to do anything in the field. Ah, 
> youth! I was going to be a famous archeologist, until I noticed that the PhD 
> candidates were still working for the same minimum wage that I was getting 
> on digs. And the PhD in charge of the digs worked as a waitress on 
> weekends...not a good sign.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Finding a job was Farm Update
>
>
>   
> > Lynn,
> >
> > I also did my graduate study in Library and Information Science a long
> > time ago. I think the key here in finding work today is to push the
> > information science part and downplay the library part. Forget the local
> > library politics--those jobs don't pay that well usually. I could have
> > had the full time library director job here for minimum wage--no way!
> > Brush up on your database and records management, Internet research,
> > etc. and print up some cards as an independent consultant. Target
> > industries that interest you (what was your undergraduate in? That's a
> > good place to start), learning all you can about them in advance. Hire
> > out on a project by project basis. You will earn more and have time to
> > homestead too, working from home if you have all the hardware and
> > software. This is what I've done, carved a niche.
> >
> > My educational path: Environmental Design/Botany>Art>Library and
> > Information Science
> >
> > My career path: Graphic Designer>Advertising Director>Botanical Garden
> > Information Specialist>Nature Festival Organizer>Tourism
> > Director>Independent Ad Agency and Tourism Consultant for the Nature
> > Tourism Industry.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > --Sage
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