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Dealing with a Bad Opportunity

Working within our industry, it does not take long before you come across a bad opportunity. Now when I say "bad" I don't mean bad overall (although that may be the case), I mean "bad" for you personally. But sometimes... someone will throw and outrageous and...

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For Love or Money?

It can be challenging, as a business owner to balance the two... love and money. There are jobs you have to take because, after all, you're a business and a business must turn a profit. Then there are things you do because you love what are you involved in. Personal...

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What it is not about

As a modeling talent, you attempt to pitch yourself to a magazine or a commercial client and you don't hear back. Discouraged you decide never to submit again are feel resentful towards the publication or client. After all - how could they ignore YOU? It is you and...

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Breaking Your Job Title

For seven years I held the title as "Marketing Coordinator" which may lead you to believe that my job solely involved the coordination of marketing efforts. If you were to read the job description it would say something like "responsibilities include proposal...

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There’s No One Right Way

Occasionally I will jump onto various message boards - sometimes to see if I can learn anything, sometimes to offer input on things. Last week I came across a thread of posts on the original topic (from a photographer) on how to submit their work to magazines to be...

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Are You Proactive or Reactive?

There is a publishing house that I've had my eyes on for a few years now, which puts out several athletic magazine titles I want to be working with. I had e-mailed in some samples of my work - no response. Maybe a few months later I sent in another e-mail - no...

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