February 2012
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“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present...”
– Will Smith
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January 2012
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The 5 C's of Building a Community
As I sit on a flight to Canton, Ohio to speak to an Advertising Federation chapter, I’m tweeting, on Facebook chat and answering emails. I wouldn’t be do any of those things if I didn’t have a community of followers/friends or potential/existing sponsors to have a conversation with. I also wouldn’t have the chance to do public speaking without a community that’s...
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December 2011
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The Essential Shirt Wearing Tools!
After 3 years of wearing shirts for a living I’ve learned a ton about cameras, lighting, equipment and still feel like I know absolutely nothing. I’d like to give credit to Alan Seales, DeAndre Upshaw, Ben Rabicoff and probably a few other people for helping gather up the perfect set of tools for my daily shirt wearing.
13” Macbook Pro: $1000-1600
This laptop is an extension of...
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What do you think of the new design?
I got bored seeing my previous theme everywhere so I picked up this Calidor theme. You like it? I whipped up a quick header image from their design and can’t wait to create a few pages. Should be a fun evolution of my personal blog…
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Top Secret Awesome Project 2011
So I’ve got this project… It’s been in the works for about 6 months. It’s going to be big. It’s going to be crazy. And it’s going to be done by Monday (Dec 5). I’ll update this blog post daily with new photos.
Day 3 continues…
Day 3 is underway!
Day 2 Part 2…
Day 2 Photos (more teasing…)
Day 1 Photos (just a tease…)
November 2011
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It's Black Friday Time!!!
Alright everyone, avoid the lines, parking lots and smelly people in malls. Below you’ll find a list of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals from IWYS sponsors and random things I found on the web. Enjoy!
Electronics:
Sharp 42-inch 1080p TV (LC-42SV49U) $199.99 at Best Buy - Click here
Toshiba Smart Blu-ray Disc Player $39.99 at Best Buy - Click here
Nintendo Wii with Super Mario Bros...
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Welcome Caroline Winegeart to IWearYourShirt.com
It is with great excitement that I announce a new hire for IWearYourShirt.com. As we grow from 365 yearly sponsors to a potential 1,825 sponsors in 2012, things behind the scenes have to be able to keep up. Enter Caroline Winegeart (@ckelso).
Logistically, 2011 has run smoothly due to the hard work of Heather Macdonald (@hmacdonald) behind the scenes. Many of you may not know that Heather has...
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“Like a Facebook fan or Twitter follower, a business card merely represents...”
– Hal Thomas via Measuring Social Media ROI (Mashable)
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October 2011
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September 2011
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After 1,000 Days, Some Thoughts
Well, my 1,000th day of wearing t-shirts for a living has come and gone. It felt like a second birthday this year thanks to the ridiculous amount of tweets and FB posts (thank you so much) and all the comments on IWearYourShirt.com.
I remember thinking through the details of how IWYS would work back in 2008 and what things might look like for me in 3-4 years. Would there be 5 shirt wearers? 10?...
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Third IWYS 2012 Hiring Email
*This was the third email, sent at 2pm on Sept 26*
Happy Monday potential 2012 Shirt Wearers for IWearYourShirt.com!
This email is the third to this list. Read Email #1 here and Email #2 here if you haven’t done so already.
I wanted to clear one important item up: Your video resume should be 3 minutes in length. Not 3-5 minutes. I greatly apologize if you already started and have 2 extra...
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Second IWYS 2012 Hiring Email
*This was the 2nd email, sent at 5pm on Sept 19*
Hello potential 2012 IWearYourShirt.com (IWYS) shirt wearers!
This is the 2nd email to go out to this list. If you missed the first email click here to read it. To keep this email a bit shorter, here are a couple things you should know in applying to be a 2012 t-shirt wearer:
Read the 1st email I sent out.
Your video resume should be filmed...
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First 2012 Hiring Email
*This was the 1st email sent Sept 12 at 3pm*
Hello potential 2012 IWearYourShirt.com (IWYS) shirt wearers!
It is with great pleasure that I send this email and give you a head start to becoming an official t-shirt wearer. There are two sections to this email. The first is about the hiring process itself and how it will work. The second will answer questions about being a professional t-shirt...
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Sometimes You Need To Listen To Your Own Advice
What’s the title of this blog? Focus More Do Less. Am I doing that right now? Absolutely not.
I’m in the 3rd year of a growing business in an industry that is young, thriving and kind of all over the place. There are so many opportunities out there and I don’t want to let them pass me by. I think I made some great decisions in 2009 and 2010 when it came to growing...
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If I Could Invent 5 Things...
This post is meant to get your creative juices flowing. The only limitations to what you can invent are that it has to actually be feasible… Like, you can’t invent flying cars because it would be pandemonium and our society isn’t even able to discern the left (fast) lane and right (slow) lane. Here are 5 random inventions I want:
Printers that don’t need ink cartridges or...
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June 2011
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