Working within the “Blogoshpere”

I just finished posting a comment to the blog of one of Public Relations most well known professionals. I don’t know why I was scared but I guess it’s because this person is such a “guru” in the PR field. The topic was relevant to my experiences and I guess I was just trying to reach out and take that first step. I guess that knowing that this person will possibly read my comment was a great motivator. This is where “working” within the blogoshpere comes into play.
There are so many professionals out there blogging with their e-mail address posted waiting for feedback. To me, this is a “red flag” meant to get your attention to make you realize that there’s a networking opportunity there!
I recently wrote an entry about social networking websites. I was critical about the social aspect of these website versus the possible networking opportunities. After taking another look I think these websites could work to your advantage. Of course you have to keep in mind what type of information you share. However, this is a chance to take, to further your career goals. Believe it or not but there are high executives using these websites as their marketing tools.

So when does the “little guy” ever get to be the big boss? Why not be your own boss? At least within the realm of selling your qualifications or talents.
I don’t know if others feel the same way but personally, I don’t want to wait ten or fifteen years to be accomplished. Maybe I’m just too eager to get instant results but this new wave of blogging, networking, and instant exposure is too good to pass up. I’m willing to take the chance to further the possibility of getting my dream job.
My plan is to make this blogoshpere phenomenon work for me. I’m going to try using these social networking websites as my own publicity “vehicle’. Some of these websites have millions of members. There has to be someone out there who can point me in the right direction.