After I complete all of my education and training for my IT Web Development and Design Specialist Associate degree, I will be able to find a job at any one of many different fine companies. I however I am looking forward to a career of self employment.
I intend to do some intern work during some of my schooling. The intern work will help me gain experience in my degree field. Although some intern jobs may ask me to work for free, I believe that it will still act as a beneficial way to gain some quality hands on work experience.
I will be attending job fairs in the future to build a contact list and get an idea of the prospective companies available that may hire someone in my career field.
I would like to get involved in the Entrepreneurs program at the Fox Valley Technical College. This program should allow me to get some better ideas of what is involved in setting up my own business.
I will be working on my blog while I am going through school, in an attempt to build a good reputation as an internet guru.
I intend to build a list of people whom I can build a trust worthy reputation with.
My ideal job in the future will be a pleasant place to work.
I will actually be working for myself.
I will have a hard time quitting at the end of my work day. I will enjoy it very much.
This work will be very enjoyable.
I will amaze myself daily with my creativity.
I will most likely be building websites for several different small businesses. I will also be maintaining these websites.
I will have several clients whom will trust me to do all of their computer support as well.
In my spare time I will be working on marketing some affiliate products.
I will be very proficient in all of the Microsoft Office programs. Also I will have experience in using the many Adobe products. (Flash, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop, etc.)
I will be doing some freelancing work for several different companies whom outsource their work.
I will have built excellent online reputations with these companies. I will be well trusted to do this type of work. They will come to me when they have work to offer.
The thing that concerns me the most about this career choice is the fact that being a freelancer is not guaranteed to prove as a stable career choice. I do however; think that working towards building trustworthiness with people is essential to my success. Like I said above, I do believe that I will be able to gain employment with stable a company if I am not so successful with my freelancing idea.
Either way, designing or building websites is something that I enjoy doing. I am really happy that this career choice has such a high demand and offers such a high pay range. I will be able to do what I enjoy doing and also have the funds to upgrade all of my equipment to offer my clients the best of what is available.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Online Video Marketing
An Online video Marketer, creates online video products and then markets them using social media strategies; such as, blogging and YouTube and twitter to help drive traffic to their websites, T hen they can sale their product from that traffic.
An Online video Marketer must decide his or her niche and create some very good related content and submit it to YouTube or any other video uploading website.
Consistent uploads will help build some nice traffic. This will put the online video marketer into a good position to make money online.
The video marketer will want to make friends in the YouTube community. YouTube is an interactive website. Get interactive.
One of the best ways to create a product is to write an e-book (a document written in pdf format)
Using a product called Adobe Acrobat 9 this job can be done. An e-book is offered for download by the buyer. The eBook will allow for instant gratification to the buying experience.
EBooks are very good business venture because the product is in digital format that may be duplicated time and time again. This eliminates high overhead cost and inventory.
Online video has come a long way in the past few years. There is massive growth projected in the future.
Studies in college such as learning html, and java script and using Adobe Photoshop and many other courses will help me learn the things needed to do this job.
An online video marketer can earn $10,000-$60,000/per month using video marketing and Google Adwords.
Massive growth projected in the future
73% of U.S. internet users view videos online. 63% of American online video viewers watch at least once per week. 10 hours of video are uploaded each minute to just YouTube alone. This means that you can only watch a fraction of the online videos in your entire lifetime. 75% of AOL and Google users say that they are watching more videos this year than a year ago. 52% of them expect to watch still more in years going forward.
An online video marketer will need to know the skills necessary to compete in the job market.
The video marketer needs to establish his or herself as an authority in their field and work toward creating videos that allow the user to retain the information that is in the video content. Keep instructional videos less than 4 minutes long.
YouTube
Everyone can broadcast their ad campaign on YouTube and tap into the world's largest online video community.
YouTube is the 6th largest website online. It is the largest video uploading website in the world; making it the #1 entertainment destination as well.
Who's watching?
71.3 million People of all ages are watching YouTube videos
When a user goes to Google, they usually have in mind to leave Google and go directly to their desired destination based on their search term.
YouTube users go to YouTube with the intention to stay on YouTube.
YouTube is now using the new overlay technology that allows for advertising to overlay the video that is intended. User interactive video ads are created and it is increasing user ratings. If a user chooses to click on an ad, they may and if they choose not to view the ad, they will leave it alone, and the video resumes.
Video marketers can check there video stats, by using YouTube Insight and Discovery Tools.
Ways to succeed as an online video marketer
An Online video Marketer must decide his or her niche and create some very good related content and submit it to YouTube or any other video uploading website.
Consistent uploads will help build some nice traffic. This will put the online video marketer into a good position to make money online.
The video marketer will want to make friends in the YouTube community. YouTube is an interactive website. Get interactive.
One of the best ways to create a product is to write an e-book (a document written in pdf format)
Using a product called Adobe Acrobat 9 this job can be done. An e-book is offered for download by the buyer. The eBook will allow for instant gratification to the buying experience.
EBooks are very good business venture because the product is in digital format that may be duplicated time and time again. This eliminates high overhead cost and inventory.
Online video has come a long way in the past few years. There is massive growth projected in the future.
Studies in college such as learning html, and java script and using Adobe Photoshop and many other courses will help me learn the things needed to do this job.
An online video marketer can earn $10,000-$60,000/per month using video marketing and Google Adwords.
Massive growth projected in the future
73% of U.S. internet users view videos online. 63% of American online video viewers watch at least once per week. 10 hours of video are uploaded each minute to just YouTube alone. This means that you can only watch a fraction of the online videos in your entire lifetime. 75% of AOL and Google users say that they are watching more videos this year than a year ago. 52% of them expect to watch still more in years going forward. An online video marketer will need to know the skills necessary to compete in the job market.
The video marketer needs to establish his or herself as an authority in their field and work toward creating videos that allow the user to retain the information that is in the video content. Keep instructional videos less than 4 minutes long.
YouTube
Everyone can broadcast their ad campaign on YouTube and tap into the world's largest online video community.YouTube is the 6th largest website online. It is the largest video uploading website in the world; making it the #1 entertainment destination as well.
Who's watching?
71.3 million People of all ages are watching YouTube videosWhen a user goes to Google, they usually have in mind to leave Google and go directly to their desired destination based on their search term.
YouTube users go to YouTube with the intention to stay on YouTube.
YouTube is now using the new overlay technology that allows for advertising to overlay the video that is intended. User interactive video ads are created and it is increasing user ratings. If a user chooses to click on an ad, they may and if they choose not to view the ad, they will leave it alone, and the video resumes.
Video marketers can check there video stats, by using YouTube Insight and Discovery Tools.
Ways to succeed as an online video marketer
- Create powerful intro.
- Go into the background of the issue or the product. Keep this section about 35-45 seconds.
- Discuss the solution to the issue. Sale the outcome not the details.
- Call to action. Tell them what to do or invite them (whatever the situation calls for)
Give them only one thing to do. Only give them one option.
Monday, February 21, 2011
IT – Freelance Web Designer and Information Technologies software jobs.
I researched freelancing jobs at Freelancer.com and I discovered many different jobs available for a freelance web developer.
Freelance.com is an online job marketplace that provides a means for employers and freelancers around the globe to collaborate for mutual benefit.
Individuals or businesses in need of skilled help for short or long-term projects can post those projects and allow freelancers to submit bids for the completion of the work.
The lifestyle of a freelancing web developer is taking off and freelancing offers unparalleled job flexibility. You can even work at home.
There are many jobs available to a freelance web developer
Expectations of the future for freelancing these outsourced jobs are huge, so huge that we cannot even comprehend this future. The freelancer.com website offers an application programming interface (API). The API allows for the greatest functionality of the freelancer.com website.
There are countless possibilities for the API and Freelancer.com is actively looking to engage with its community of Employers and Freelancers to embrace those possibilities.
The freelance jobs available will vary in pay and experience needed and will be decided upon the employer based on how you bid. I have seen jobs that pay small amounts and there are jobs that can pay up to $13,000 each. With freelancing jobs as well regular jobs available for a web developer, there will always be competition for employment, however there is a lot of work available. There is still a large demand for web developers, and the future is expected to hold the same demand.
Freelancer.com also offers an affiliate program that pays earn 90% of project fees; and 10% of fees taken from items sold on their website.
Freelance.com is an online job marketplace that provides a means for employers and freelancers around the globe to collaborate for mutual benefit.
Individuals or businesses in need of skilled help for short or long-term projects can post those projects and allow freelancers to submit bids for the completion of the work.
The lifestyle of a freelancing web developer is taking off and freelancing offers unparalleled job flexibility. You can even work at home.
There are many jobs available to a freelance web developer
Jobs available on 2/20/2011
.NET Jobs available (226) | Web Security Jobs available (32) | ASP Jobs available (92) | HTML Jobs available (1025) | Computer Security Jobs available (14) | DNS Jobs available (7) | PHP Jobs available (1755) | |||
JavaScript Jobs available (413) | XML Jobs available (63) | Linux Jobs available (89) | UNIX Jobs available (1) | SQL Jobs available (81) | Windows Server Jobs available (14) | Perl Jobs available (37) | |||
There are countless possibilities for the API and Freelancer.com is actively looking to engage with its community of Employers and Freelancers to embrace those possibilities.
The freelance jobs available will vary in pay and experience needed and will be decided upon the employer based on how you bid. I have seen jobs that pay small amounts and there are jobs that can pay up to $13,000 each. With freelancing jobs as well regular jobs available for a web developer, there will always be competition for employment, however there is a lot of work available. There is still a large demand for web developers, and the future is expected to hold the same demand.
Freelancer.com also offers an affiliate program that pays earn 90% of project fees; and 10% of fees taken from items sold on their website.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Career Interview
Today I will interview Margaret Albright.
(Freelance Web Developer and Internet Marketing Entrepreneur)
Margaret Albright has been successfully working online for several years now and she claims to know what she is doing.
Margaret has built many affiliate marketing websites, some of which she has sold for profit. Margaret Albright has built and administrates several membership websites which offers her some residual income.
Margaret's Ultimate Membership Site teaches others how to do what she does, however time restraints do not allow for her to offer the support needed for any new members on that one particular site, so it had to be closed to any new members.
Today Margaret focuses most of her attention on the many other websites she has built; websites that teach people how to make money online.
Rory: Margaret; will you describe a typical day at work?
Margaret: I get up and have some coffee, Open my laptop and check my emails. I answer any support emails I may have received. Then I eat breakfast take a shower, etc. Next I add content to any site that needs to be updated. I have a lot of free time in the afternoon to do more web stuff or just relax. At the end of the day I must check again for support questions and answer them. Before I stop working for the day I backup any new content to my portable hard drive. I also back up all my databases each night.
Margaret uses ftp protocol to upload all new content to update her databases. She also uses a Microsoft program called "FrontPage" to add content to her websites. To communicate with her customers she uses SMTP protocol from her email client Gmail; from Google.
Rory: How many hours do you work in a typical day?
Margaret: 8 to 10
Rory: What do you consider the best part of your job?
Margaret: The freedom
Rory: What are the downsides to your job?
Margaret: No one thinks I am working so they ask me to run errands, etc. Since I am home, doing nothing, I may as well help them.
Rory: What made you decide to pick this career path? Are you glad that you did?
Margaret: I wanted to own my own business and not have to answer to anyone but myself. I am very glad I did.
Rory: What is your education level?
Margaret: Business Management and Accounting, associate degrees. I am also a Dale Carnegie graduate.
Rory: Would you consider working for a company or doing any other freelance work?
Margaret: I would not consider working for another company. I have my freedom and plan to keep it. I prefer to only work for myself. I am a good boss and therefore I am able to do exactly what I want to do.
Rory: In what ways can someone view examples of your work?
Margaret: MyInstant.biz is my best work. I have helped many people build online businesses with this site.
AllNaturalCures.net is another good example although I do not own that site anymore so there may be some changes to my original design and content.
Rory: If there were some things in your line of work that you could improve upon by obtaining more education what do you like to learn?
Margaret: I wish I had a better education in php, java script and perl.
I am completely self-taught in all my programming.
A formal education would absolutely make a lot of my programming easier.
Rory: If you had a word of advice for me about working in web development and the internet marketing industry what would it be?
Margaret: It is a fascinating field and the sky is the limit. There are so many options available to you in this field. Learn all you can and have fun!
(Freelance Web Developer and Internet Marketing Entrepreneur)
Margaret Albright has been successfully working online for several years now and she claims to know what she is doing.
Margaret has built many affiliate marketing websites, some of which she has sold for profit. Margaret Albright has built and administrates several membership websites which offers her some residual income.
Margaret's Ultimate Membership Site teaches others how to do what she does, however time restraints do not allow for her to offer the support needed for any new members on that one particular site, so it had to be closed to any new members.
Today Margaret focuses most of her attention on the many other websites she has built; websites that teach people how to make money online.
Rory: Margaret; will you describe a typical day at work?
Margaret: I get up and have some coffee, Open my laptop and check my emails. I answer any support emails I may have received. Then I eat breakfast take a shower, etc. Next I add content to any site that needs to be updated. I have a lot of free time in the afternoon to do more web stuff or just relax. At the end of the day I must check again for support questions and answer them. Before I stop working for the day I backup any new content to my portable hard drive. I also back up all my databases each night.
Margaret uses ftp protocol to upload all new content to update her databases. She also uses a Microsoft program called "FrontPage" to add content to her websites. To communicate with her customers she uses SMTP protocol from her email client Gmail; from Google.
Rory: How many hours do you work in a typical day?
Margaret: 8 to 10
Rory: What do you consider the best part of your job?
Margaret: The freedom
Rory: What are the downsides to your job?
Margaret: No one thinks I am working so they ask me to run errands, etc. Since I am home, doing nothing, I may as well help them.
Rory: What made you decide to pick this career path? Are you glad that you did?
Margaret: I wanted to own my own business and not have to answer to anyone but myself. I am very glad I did.
Rory: What is your education level?
Margaret: Business Management and Accounting, associate degrees. I am also a Dale Carnegie graduate.
Rory: Would you consider working for a company or doing any other freelance work?
Margaret: I would not consider working for another company. I have my freedom and plan to keep it. I prefer to only work for myself. I am a good boss and therefore I am able to do exactly what I want to do.
Rory: In what ways can someone view examples of your work?
Margaret: MyInstant.biz is my best work. I have helped many people build online businesses with this site.
AllNaturalCures.net is another good example although I do not own that site anymore so there may be some changes to my original design and content.
Rory: If there were some things in your line of work that you could improve upon by obtaining more education what do you like to learn?
Margaret: I wish I had a better education in php, java script and perl.
I am completely self-taught in all my programming.
A formal education would absolutely make a lot of my programming easier.
Rory: If you had a word of advice for me about working in web development and the internet marketing industry what would it be?
Margaret: It is a fascinating field and the sky is the limit. There are so many options available to you in this field. Learn all you can and have fun!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
IT - Web Development and Design Specialist
A web developer and design specialist with an associate degree will be able to create and maintain professional, high-quality web sites, using HTML, JavaScript, and XML programming languages.
A web developer will be able to develop database-driven web sites with dynamic content using server-side languages.
A web developer will use various software development tools such as Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, Flash and Photoshop to build websites with web graphics, and animation.
A web developer may be involved in some or all aspects of web server administration.
A web developer and design specialist with an associate's degree has the skills necessary for employment in the web development field or to work as a freelance web developer.
The range of annual salary for a Fox Valley Tech graduate with entry-level skills is $27,040 - $99,000 with an average hourly pay rate of $22.18 per hour. The web developer may work an average of 41 hours per week.
Fox Valley Tech does not have information regarding the salaries of students who graduated in the Web Development and Design Specialist program five years out because; this program had graduates beginning in 2006.
A new survey may take affect soon in hopes to obtain this much desired information.
A freelance web developer can make almost any given amount depending on the job requirement. Pay could be based off supply and or demand of the services provided. A web developer who is hired to work for a corporation may make up to $100,000 or more per year.
The median expected salary for a typical Web Designer in the United States is $62,652.
The field of web development has been rapidly evolving, creating a need for people with the technical skills to design, develop and support web sites. Almost all businesses require a web site available for the public.
Many Web developers; develop internal intranets to support many different types of applications that work for corporations. Small businesses also require a web site for competitive reasons. Small businesses often look for entry-level web developers to help them establish and maintain a web site.
A Web Development and Design Specialist needs to communicate effectively with people they work with such as others in the company as well as customers using a variety of methods including writing letters and/or sending emails, speaking and listening skills are needed to communicate properly with whom you work with. A Web Developer must be able to work cooperatively with others on a team, and be able to share information, resolve conflict and make decisions in all aspects of Information Technology.
A web developer will be able to develop database-driven web sites with dynamic content using server-side languages.
A web developer will use various software development tools such as Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, Flash and Photoshop to build websites with web graphics, and animation.
A web developer may be involved in some or all aspects of web server administration.
A web developer and design specialist with an associate's degree has the skills necessary for employment in the web development field or to work as a freelance web developer.
The range of annual salary for a Fox Valley Tech graduate with entry-level skills is $27,040 - $99,000 with an average hourly pay rate of $22.18 per hour. The web developer may work an average of 41 hours per week.
Fox Valley Tech does not have information regarding the salaries of students who graduated in the Web Development and Design Specialist program five years out because; this program had graduates beginning in 2006.
A new survey may take affect soon in hopes to obtain this much desired information.
A freelance web developer can make almost any given amount depending on the job requirement. Pay could be based off supply and or demand of the services provided. A web developer who is hired to work for a corporation may make up to $100,000 or more per year.
The median expected salary for a typical Web Designer in the United States is $62,652.
The field of web development has been rapidly evolving, creating a need for people with the technical skills to design, develop and support web sites. Almost all businesses require a web site available for the public.
Many Web developers; develop internal intranets to support many different types of applications that work for corporations. Small businesses also require a web site for competitive reasons. Small businesses often look for entry-level web developers to help them establish and maintain a web site.
A Web Development and Design Specialist needs to communicate effectively with people they work with such as others in the company as well as customers using a variety of methods including writing letters and/or sending emails, speaking and listening skills are needed to communicate properly with whom you work with. A Web Developer must be able to work cooperatively with others on a team, and be able to share information, resolve conflict and make decisions in all aspects of Information Technology.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Career Options and Interview Questions
I went on monster.com to look for jobs associated with the associate's degree I am pursuing, and found that there is more jobs available for a web developer who obtains his or her bachelor's degree verses there associates degree. I did happen to find several jobs available for an entry level person just coming out of college.
1. Web Developer: an entry level web developer working with a senior developer, using a variety of tools, including ASP, .NET, JavaScript, CSS and HTML
$50,000 to $55,000 salary
Exceptional benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) with dollar for dollar match up to $5,000
Paid time off, flexible work environment.
2. Junior IT Support Specialist: A junior IT Support Specialist with less than 1 year experience can
Desired experience of at least 1 year
MS SQL Server 2005 or higher
SSRS
SSIS
SSAS (nice to have)
Questions I would like to ask of someone who is working in one or more of these positions:
1. Web Developer: an entry level web developer working with a senior developer, using a variety of tools, including ASP, .NET, JavaScript, CSS and HTML
$50,000 to $55,000 salary
Exceptional benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) with dollar for dollar match up to $5,000
Paid time off, flexible work environment.
2. Junior IT Support Specialist: A junior IT Support Specialist with less than 1 year experience can
- Provide tier-one technical support and guidance to internal and remote users;
- Escalate complex technical issues to appropriate internal resources;
- Configure and manage employees' Active Directory and miscellaneous network user accounts;
- Monitor various network application servers;
- Troubleshoot and develop solutions to hardware and software configuration errors;
- Troubleshoot telephony issues;
- Troubleshoot computer peripherals;
- Deploy, repair, and maintain client machines;
- Occasionally travel to support off-site users;
- Occasionally contribute to off-hours systems maintenance
Desired experience of at least 1 year
MS SQL Server 2005 or higher
SSRS
SSIS
SSAS (nice to have)
Questions I would like to ask of someone who is working in one or more of these positions:
- Can your job be worked from home?
- What is the hardest part of your day?
- Do you have your own office?
- Are you trusted to make decisions on your own?
- Do you work by yourself or with others in the same line of work?
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Association of Information Technology Professionals
The AITP Association of Informational Professionals.
http://www.aitp.org/
AITP is the professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential -- employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The organization seeks to provide avenues for all their members to be teachers as well as students and to make contacts with other members in the IS field, all in an effort to become more marketable in rapidly changing, technological careers.
http://www.aitp.org/
AITP is the professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential -- employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The organization seeks to provide avenues for all their members to be teachers as well as students and to make contacts with other members in the IS field, all in an effort to become more marketable in rapidly changing, technological careers.
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