My name is Alex Sanchez, I write about profitable online marketing and I’m looking for a full time position at an ad agency in Toronto, Canada. Thanks for sharing.
Tip:
Become a hacker.
You can even get a diploma in it Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).
There are 6 things that everybody interested in profitable online marketing needs to put into practice:
- Logistics: When you go to a store you know exactly where things are. If you're looking for a toothpaste you're most likely to intuitively find it. Designers are key for this particular reason. Of course you can study to be a logistician too, that is just way more expensive than learning about this fascinating topic for free. Time is precious and the internet is on our side. Check out one of my bookmarks and look at how much thought is put into designing a good website. Here.
- Hacking: This is so important, because when you develop this ability you can purposefully detect errors in any system. And more importantly you will discover shortcuts to makes things faster for free. For that reason collecting bookmarks is a must. Read bout it here.
- Forecasting: Can you predict the future? I can, and you can too, it's free. There are tons of tutorials on how to predict trends depending on your business. Forecasting can go in many directions. Everyone wants to know the future. Unfortunately the crystal balls and Tarot cards are out this year. You can also go to school and become an actuary. The best tool in my opinion is Google Analytics and it's free. This is a great article that explains the advantages and disadvantages about it as well as other tools. Here.
- Epidemiology: Read every day about it. I do, here is one of my favorite sites. Here. By now, you probably know already that epidemiologists know before anyone what are the origins of the avian flu or any other desease. Learning about these things will help you understand how to be a viral wizard and apply similar ideas for viral campaigns. A good example is my last post, you can read it for free. Click to read about what events can cause a viral reaction. Here.
- Front End Designer: When you click on a button on your favorite website it takes you to new places, correct? Wel,l someone has to develop what that button is going to do. You can do it yourself too it's free, check out all the possibilities online or consider studying an engineering. This is a critical position because everyone needs to understand easily how an idea should work on the web. If you are interested in this topic, explore my website and click where it says secrets! I'm only sharing 50 out of hundreds of precious bookmarks that I visit regularly. Here.
- Chemistry: How do you make the perfect muffins? the perfect website? the perfect product? Read about chemistry every day, and learn how Chemists are the gurus for learning how to develop and improve recipes and ideas, they post all of this for free. If you are interested you can explore one of my most favorite sites that help my brain to get to work! After all, a hybrid is what defines the internet. This topic is invigorating for anyone's brain. Here.
In other words, if you want to work in advertising or if you were wondering what it is that a Brand Manager does, well, Brand Managers need to study many professions simultaneously in order to deliver extraordinary campaigns.
Finally, take a look at this awesome Talk I made, it's public, it's reusable and it's for free. I've been promoting it in specialized forums and my colleagues haven been pleased with it. I think you'll like it too. Please share!
