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Have you been creating some content, but haven't really gotten solid clients? Are you currently meeting your goals, but want to make sure you continue doing so? Or perhaps you're considering making the move from journalism to content marketing but aren't sure how to start? See how the ASJA Virtual Conference content marketing track can help you grow your business and achieve your goals.
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Make an effort to gain the most from the virtual conference. A little preparation and follow through makes a big difference in your career. You can still register for the content marketing and book tracks here.
- Find opportunities with presenters
Check out the sessions and speakers ahead of time. Learn more about their specialties; become connected on social media; and study the session descriptions. If you have questions, submit them ahead of time or be prepared to enter them online if the session is live.
- Learn from handouts
If handouts include contact information and the speaker offered to let you pitch ideas, follow through. Send in your best pitches with the correct links to the appropriate links in your portfolio that support your work. Remember to thank them after the presentation and add editor/agent contacts to your database for future use.
- Connect with other writers in the snack chats
Use the chat sidebar to get contact information of those you'd like to network with then start a conversation. Network building is a valuable conference benefit.
- Reap benefits from recordings
If you miss a session, get the recording. If you enjoyed a session but didn't take enough notes, get the recording to listen again. You may have missed a gold nugget of wisdom to apply well after the conference is over.
- Review the track
Step back and note trends or topics that popped up across the sessions. You may get ideas or help in refining your writing. It might be as simple as how often editors bring up SEO that will make you realize you need to check out what's trending before submitting a pitch. After the track, set a few goals of what you want to write or apply based on what you learned and the opportunities you discovered.
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As I leave my role as editor of the ASJA Weekly, I'm trying to help find my replacement. The job is simple — takes only about 1-3 hours a week — and offers the satisfaction of helping a great organization full of talented writers. If you’re interested in this volunteer position, email me at brenda@brendalange.com and I’ll tell you all about it.
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Want to share your expertise? We're looking for SIG leaders for the next round of Special Interest Groups, which begin on September 21.
If you've been thinking to yourself, "Self, how do I get more involved in ASJA?"; we've got your answer. Sign up to lead a Special Interest Group (SIG). SIGs are small (up to 12 people) private groups that meet on a special section of the forum to discuss a particular topic. Past SIGs have included six-figure freelancing, travel, content marketing, history writing and corporate writing. Future SIGs will include ... well, that's where you come in! SIG wrangler, Jennifer Billock, is open to your ideas. To be a good SIG leader, you need to be willing to dedicate time, lead and contribute to discussions and share your own expertise. Email Jen and get involved!
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We all need a little help from our friends sometimes. ASJA established the Writers' Emergency Assistance Fund (WEAF) in 1982 to help writers financially when they are unable to work due to illness, disability, a natural disaster or an extraordinary professional crisis. To date, WEAF has given more than $400,000 to more than 160 writers. Won't you help ensure that this worthy endeavor can continue by making a tax-deductible contribution? Learn more here.
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By remembering ASJA in your will, you can help support our worthwhile organization and potentially reduce estate taxes. For further information, email asjaoffice@asja.org.
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ASJA is a strong organization, with energetic, successful members, but we've neglected our website. After a year of discussions and research, the board selected Think33, a web developer, to help us create a new site, which will launch sometime in 2021. Thanks in no small part to members' contributions to the 70th anniversary campaign, this site will feature a robust educational hub, plus more intuitive tools for registering for programs and applying for membership as well as WEAF grants. Stay tuned for updates!
Keep up with what's trending on ASJA's forums. Here are some top tips!
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Poynter
The journalism job market is tenuous. Many internship programs are on hold. What's a job-searching, early-career journalist to do? Freelancing is one option, but it's intimidating if you don't know how to get started.
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Quartz
The world is facing another global economic crisis; the worst pandemic in a century; veering back toward nationalism and authoritarianism; widening wealth and income gaps in many countries; and an ongoing failure to rectify gender inequity and racial injustice. It's increasingly evident that each of these systemic problems is connected by both cause and effect to the others. Journalists have an urgent role to play: We can expose those connections, explain risks, and make sense of complex events. But the media — and business journalism in particular — has not risen to this occasion.
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Poynter
To make it through this latest crisis, our industry will need to shirk old habits and work together. This might sound overly idealistic — after all, many of the organizations we work for are for-profit ventures that are competing businesses at the end of the day. But there's a solution here that makes business sense and editorial sense: collaboration.
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SmartCompany
To win in this new world of coexisting with COVID-19, business leaders need to pre-empt change in their sectors and get on the front foot. Rather than a last-minute scramble to turn a bricks-and-mortar store into an e-commerce site, or switch from brewing gin to hand sanitiser, my hope is that company leaders will look for opportunities through people.
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Fortune
Where is the future of American journalism headed? It must begin with a reemphasis of the importance of accurate reporting. The founders of America understood the necessity of a free and independent press, and we have to acknowledge that this essential entity must continue to exist and thrive in order for our democracy to function.
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