Merry Christmas!!!
Thanks for spending the last 5 months with First Comms Job. May this holiday be filled with joy and magical wonders for you and your family.
If you are on twitter, do join us for a round of fun Christmas trivia, including fun facts about Christmas cards, Santa and more!
With lots of merry Ho Ho Ho’s,
Jeszlene & April
As a follow-up to Why You Should Guest Post, let’s take a at look how to submit a winning guest post!
How to Submit A Guest Post
Guest Post Submission Page
Most blogs that accept guest posts have a submission page, complete with guidelines and contact information. For those without a guest post section, why not send an email or a social media message asking if they are open to a guest post?
Tip: For guest post newbies, start with blogs you’ve been following or bloggers who have engaged with your blog.
How to Write a Winning Guest Post
Over the weekend, my guest post, Use Word-of-Mouth Promotion to Boost Blog Traffic, for First Comms Job was published on ProBlogger.
In the age of new media, where media and communication students are spoilt for choice with recently available careers in digital journalism, problogging, online community engagement, blogger relations, online photojournalism and more, leaving an online trail of your work is a great way to build a portfolio for the 21st century communications job seeker. Even if you’re not interested in the field of digital communications, here are some good reasons to start guest posting.
Why You Should Guest Post
As mentioned in my earlier post, Q&A Series: When should you start your job hunt? we have invited April Chan, a journalism major at the Queensland University of Technology to discuss some lessons learnt from her internship experiences.
I first came across April’s via her post Internship Articles on her blog, Planet of an Ape. Captured by her positive outlook, I invited April to guest post on First Comms Job. A second year undergrad, she has already spent 4 months working with Netball Queensland as a match reporter, prior to her week at The Courier Mail and is a glowing example of a proactive comms job seeker. So without further ado, here’s April and her guest post.
Your Communications Internship by April Chan
