Here’s a truth; I wanted to be famous. I wanted to be well known. And I want to make money from it. I don’t want to be infamous; I don’t want to have to do something illegal or be outed for something bad to get that fame; I’d like to think my integrity is higher than that. 😀

Yeah, I was a wedding singer!

Mu business life has changed a lot over the last 4 or 5 years. I had to take care of my mother, who had dementia. I had to deal with her passing away, leaving me by myself. I started working on a project that I thought was going to make me enough money to survive nicely for at least 5 or 6 years, and then one day it crashed; no idea how that happened, but everything was gone. I applied for lots of jobs over 2 years and only had 3 interviews; ageism is a horrible thing to try to overcome.

What I forgot was my own business as an independent consultant and professional speaker. I also forgot that I’d not only done a lot of interviews of others, but I’ve been interviewed a lot over the years. The last interview I gave was early in 2024; I enjoyed that, but I didn’t follow through on trying to find others to interview me.

But… I’ve given this a lot of thought and come to this conclusion. The best way to get positive publicity, whether you want to increase your business presence, your blogs, or anything else you might think about doing now or forver is through doing interviews. This, of course, presupposes that you’ve done something that’s worth getting interviewed about. However, if you have this part covered, it’s the best way to go.
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