Helping young professionals build confidence as they start their careers. No BS, NY-style advice from a sarcastic, overachieving gal who’s been there.
"We have no idea what we're doing, but we know we're doing it really, really well"
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Link to SaaSfluencer newsletter & podcast (https://saasfluencer.beehiiv.com/subscribe)
Listen to the trailer (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qwIyKLMPVp0p3K1xqr0Iw?si=Cn1i1YN4Q9WDwqwnsmN1ag)
In this episode, Amanda announces the hiatus of Professional Life Crisis and announces her new podcast, SaaSfluencer.
What can I expect from the SaaSfluencer 🗞 newsletter and 🎙 podcast?
In general, I’m sharing tips, tricks, and examples of stellar partnerships between startups and influencers.
Episodes with content creators will cover topics like:
Their content creator story
Finding their niche, and what defines their brand's narrative from others
Discussing their favorite past brand collaborations and what made them successful for the creator and the brand
Dissecting some of their most viral videos and why they did so well
Advice for other influencers or brands looking to build successful collaborations in the future
Episodes with brands will cover topics like:
Some of the brand's top performing marketing campaigns and why they worked so well
What’s made influencer marketing a successful piece of their overall marketing strategy
Pitfalls or things to avoid when exploring brand and creator collaborations
Solving challenges like attribution, budgeting, contracting and other high-headache-potential topics that can be avoided!
Subscribe here: https://saasfluencer.beehiiv.com/subscribe (https://saasfluencer.beehiiv.com/subscribe)
16 Jul 2024
36. Making Room for Creativity in Your Corporate Career with Jenna Masi
This episode of Professional Life Crisis features my friend and fellow podcaster, Jenna Masi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-masi-5ba65136/). Jenna is an ex-KPMG consultant, ex-Chief of Staff and currently exploring themes around creativity in her career, and the career journeys of others. In this episode:
We delve into Jenna's experience in consulting (which, hint: was far better and cooler than mine!) and how the Innovation Lab at KPMG laid the foundation for her interest in startups. (You too can find startup-y experiences in consulting if you’re looking in the right places!)
Finding the right fit after leaving the innovation lab- after exploring the marketing or product routes, she eventually landed on the Chief of Staff role. We talked about which skills translated and which didn’t coming from a more corporate background into the CoS role at a scrappy startup.
How sabbaticals have helped Jenna’s career on a number of occasions (and not all the sabbaticals were formal!)
A day in her career when everything went wrong: how to pivot when the client hates your work, and still salvage the engagement by thinking on your feet and not being attached to your work.
10 Jul 2024
35. Listening to Your Gut & Finding Clarity in a Career Transition with Lindsay Martinez
In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Martinez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-j-martinez/) to discuss her journey from corporate consulting to finding fulfillment in her bridge jobs, and as a career coach. We cover important topics like recognizing when to leave a corporate job, that a bridge job is nothing to be ashamed of if it helps you get where you want to go, and how to listen to your gut while navigating career and personal life changes. In the episode we cover:
* What is a bridge job (it’s not just being a barista or bartender!) and why it’s actually a strong move to take a bridge job over rolling into another full time, high stress position.
* How to get clear when to leave your corporate job? Hint: if the option is a mental health facility or quitting- it’s time to quit.
* How to handle pressure from friends and family when you and your partner have different career trajectories, and they question their caliber just for having different career values.
* Practicing listening to your OWN gut more than you listen to other people’s opinions of what you should or shouldn’t do. After all, it’s you, not them who has to show up in your career for the next 40 years.
* We play my new game: “What’s your dirty little work secret?” where Lindsay shares a frankly hilarious and embarrassing thing she should have known as a consultant but…didn’t.
Brave and willing to share your embarrassing work story (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesumvZvkd4MBkfZIm-dTFi8TIsZ-T7bt6SodDqxH_OgcIm2g/viewform?usp=sf_link) so we can all feel a bit better about the dumb sh*t we do at work? Don’t worry, all stories remain anonymous- neither of us wants to get a call from your boss.
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Thanks for being here 🫶🏼
-Amanda
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