Heidi Grey, Skilljar & TheRougeEssentials.com: Balancing Your Career With a Side Hustle & Passion

CLOSE.IO WOMEN IN SALES INTERVIEW SERIES

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Host: Rebecca Luo, Close.io Account Executive [email protected], @rebeccatluo

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Heidi Grey is a Strategic Account Manager at Skilljar (https://www.skilljar.com/) and the founder/blogger of The Rogue Essentials (www.therogueessentials.com), a fashion and lifestyle blog focused on inspiring women to go outside of the norm to curate their own list of essentials. Her experience in sales, mobile attribution and fashion have all led her to launching and seeing success in her blog. Prior to Skilljar, Heidi worked as a Manager at Nordstrom, before moving to Sales & Account Management roles at AWB, Optify, and TUNE.

Episode highlights:

Heidi's unique measure of her blogging success

How she's applied what she's learned in retail, mobile attribution, and technology to her blog

How she balances her career with her side hustle, and dealing with burn out

How to curate your essentials in your every aspect of life, in areas such as your style, career, creative endeavours, and community

Heidi's definition of the modern woman and why she admires Sandi Lin, CEO of Skilljar