Why Retire When You Can Re-fire?! by Pam Perry

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Is it time for a career change? Are you feeling a certain way about your retirement? Do you feel an urge to level up or get out?

Hey, I get it! I’ve had many career pivots in my 35+ years in the communications industry, and I can tell you that making a change is work -- and it is worth it.

If what you want to do is really different from what you’ve been doing for the past 10, 20, or 30 years, then this episode is for you, whether you want to add to your body of work or throw it all away. Listen in here: https://media.blubrry.com/get_out_there_get_known/content.blubrry.com/get_out_there_get_known/E57-Why-Retire-When-You-Can-Re-fire.mp3 and learn: My 5 top tips for introducing the new you, true stories of women whose pivots have been a huge success, the keys to leveraging your existing body of work, where to start with re-energizing your personal brand, why you’ll want to “go digital content crazy,” how social media makes this easier now than it’s ever been … and more!

“Podcasting is a really good way to showcase any new expertise or new interests that you have.” – Pam Perry  

Highlights From This Episode:

  • Is it time for a career change?
  • My 35+ years of successful career pivots
  • Why career pivots are easier now than 10 or 20 years ago
  • My 5 top tips for making a career change
  • True Story! From nonprofit executive to author, coach, and pageant winner
  • Don’t leave behind your experiences -- leverage them!
  • Working a new look for your new brand
  • How to test drive your workshop or course idea
  • Are you ready to go digital content crazy?
  • Using mentorship and/or consulting as your off-ramp
  • True story! Choosing a new career that sits beside your old one
  • 3 places that everyone is looking and listening to these days
  • How to do engaging TikTok videos or IG Reels -- without dancing💃🏿
  • 4 ways that a coach can speed up your change-up
  •  Answer this question to fast-track your networking
About Pam Perry: Pam Perry (www.pamperrypr.com) is an award-winning communications professional and publisher of Speakers Magazine. She is a PR Angel helping her clients manifest media. She works with authorpreneurs and speakers to help them build a platform and attract major media and clients. After working with Pam, her clients have been featured on CNN, TBN, NBC, The Word Network, Radio One, Oprah Magazine, Steve Harvey Show, Essence, Ebony, Black Enterprise, PBS - and many other major media outlets. Her clients have been offered major publishing contracts, created successful full-time careers as "authorpreneurs" earning six-figures.  

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