JASON MILLER | How to be successful with a little rockstar attitude #022

Jason Miller brought a rockstar attitude to his career, he never imagined how much success it would bring.

Author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller Welcome to the Funnel, he leads Global Content Marketing for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Prior, he lead company global content and social media efforts for Marketo. But his real passion, music, began with ten years at Sony Music developing and executing marketing campaigns around the biggest names in music.

Jason successfully aligns his personal passions with his career to find fulfilling, creative expression to all he endeavors. And when he’s not building campaigns, creating remarkable content, and tracking the ROI of social, he is winning awards as a concert photographer, singing 80’s metal karaoke, and Seinfeld trivia phenom.

Today, discover why your passion projects are critical to fueling to your career, and personal life satisfaction.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

What a little bit of ambition can do to transition a career

If you have the passion, everything else can be learned

How bringing your personality and passion to work creates opportunities and creativity

Why ambition, drive, smarts, and a desire to learn trump any resumé

Why no one cares about what you “want to do”, but only what you’ve done.

“Don’t leave me inspired without giving be a next step”

Why you should learn something new everyday… and learning cross functionally

Why our should ask yourself, “what do I want to be known for?” – go learn that

Why you should chase down the influencers, your heroes, and connect with them by to adding value

How you can find a virtual PHD on the web, all for free

Why you need to put yourself out there, get things out of your head and see who responds

The challenge of learning how to ask people for help

The 4 – 1 – 1 rule

How your passion projects and creativity dramatically improve your day job

Why there’s no such thing as work/life balance, but alignment

How Megadeath ties back to B2B marketing

Why job titles don’t mean a thing – “don’t worry about job titles, but getting paid what you’re worth”

and more!

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Jason’s Twitter:  http://twitter.com/jasonmillerca (@jasonmillerca)

His music blog: http://rocknrollcocktail.com/ (Rock n’ Roll Cocktail)

Jason’s Book – http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Funnel-Tactics-Content-Marketing-ebook/dp/B00PDHRO6S (Welcome to the Funnel: Proven Tactics to Turn Your Social and Content Marketing up to 11)

Book refered:  http://www.amazon.com/Content-Rules-Podcasts-Webinars-Customers/dp/1118232607 (Content Rules by Anne Handley and CC Chapman)

https://twitter.com/JoePulizzi (Joe Pulizzi), https://twitter.com/brennermichael (Michael Brenner), https://twitter.com/unmarketing (Scott Stratton), https://twitter.com/chrisbrogan (Chris Brogan)

Go listen to the “http://readtoleadpodcast.com/ (Read to Lead Podcast)” by https://twitter.com/thejeffbrown (Jeff Brown)

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Jason Miller brought a rockstar attitude to his career, he never imagined how much success it would bring.

Author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller Welcome to the Funnel, he leads Global Content Marketing for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Prior, he lead company global content and social media efforts for Marketo. But his real passion, music, began with ten years at Sony Music developing and executing marketing campaigns around the biggest names in music.

Jason successfully aligns his personal passions with his career to find fulfilling, creative expression to all he endeavors. And when he’s not building campaigns, creating remarkable content, and tracking the ROI of social, he is winning awards as a concert photographer, singing 80’s metal karaoke, and Seinfeld trivia phenom.

Today, discover why your passion projects are critical to fueling to your career, and personal life satisfaction.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

What a little bit of ambition can do to transition a career
If you have the passion, everything else can be learned
How bringing your personality and passion to work creates opportunities and creativity
Why ambition, drive, smarts, and a desire to learn trump any resumé
Why no one cares about what you “want to do”, but only what you’ve done.
“Don’t leave me inspired without giving be a next step”
Why you should learn something new everyday… and learning cross functionally
Why our should ask yourself, “what do I want to be known for?” – go learn that
Why you should chase down the influencers, your heroes, and connect with them by to adding value
How you can find a virtual PHD on the web, all for free
Why you need to put yourself out there, get things out of your head and see who responds
The challenge of learning how to ask people for help
The 4 – 1 – 1 rule
How your passion projects and creativity dramatically improve your day job
Why there’s no such thing as work/life balance, but alignment
How Megadeath ties back to B2B marketing
Why job titles don’t mean a thing – “don’t worry about job titles, but getting paid what you’re worth”
and more!

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Jason’s Twitter:  @jasonmillerca

His music blog: Rock n’ Roll Cocktail

Jason’s Book – Welcome to the Funnel: Proven Tactics to Turn Your Social and Content Marketing up to 11

Book refered:  Content Rules by Anne Handley and CC Chapman

Joe Pulizzi, Michael Brenner, Scott Stratton, Chris Brogan

Go listen to the “Read to Lead Podcast” by Jeff Brown

Thanks for Listening!

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.

Also, please leave an honest review for the Up In Your Business podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.

If you have any questions, please shoot me a note on the “Get In Touch” page.

And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.

Thank you to our guest for joining me for such a great episode. Until next time!