The book I bought on the basics of SEO finally came in, but I'm still waiting on the book on hold at the library. I'm about a quarter of the way through and it isn't so bad. I'm learning a few things about HTML which is interesting and unexpected. Also, I'm learning the reasons behind all of the blogging rules my aunt gave me when I wrote my first blog post for the company. I'm so glad I decided to wait to apply for the social media jobs until after I received this book because I would have looked like a complete fool in an interview. There's so much I didn't know or, worse, thought I understood and misunderstood. I've already learned a number of things I'm going to put into practice.
Oh, I'm still working for TripRental.com, by the way. I just have student loans coming in and need a paying job now in order to pay the upcoming bills. I'm looking for a job in social media so I can learn more about the field and be able to take anything I learn and apply it to what I'm doing for TripRental. There are certainly more jobs available in social media than in writing or editing so finding jobs hasn't been a problem. The problem came when reading over the requirements. Reading over them, I knew I had performed most of what the employers were looking for but I had no idea how to describe them in such a way that would make me appear like I knew what I was doing. Mostly because I didn't.
Basically, I like my job but I always felt like I was a chicken running around with its head cut off. Now I feel like I'm not so clueless and have some direction to take a strategy, once I create one. I'm also learning what a bunch of the terms mentioned in the job applications mean and can now explain myself in such a way I'd have confidence in an interview.
Gosh, I love being able to focus on just a job instead of a job plus papers, grades, and classes.
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