Austin shares a detailed example of a Value Validation Project for Away Luggage!

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[0:30] - Value Validation Project for Away Luggage

[0:53] - Client’s background

[3:03] - Researching the target company

[4:36] - Present 3 ideas for improvement

[9:01] - Pay attention to the details

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Austin shares one tactic that you can use to 10x your LinkedIn profile views in 10 minutes per day!

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[0:30] - Content creation isn’t for everyone

[2:55] - Find other creators in your space

[4:38] - Bookmark their post feed

[5:10] - Leave a value driven comment

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Austin shares 3 mistakes that he has made as a creator along his creation journey!

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[0:30] - Using a pseudonym

[2:06] - Failures and lessons on LinkedIn

[5:22] - Failures and lessons on Instagram

[7:19] - Failures can be good if you learn from them

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Austin shares why he spent over 40 hours preparing for each interview during his job search!

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[0:30] - Interview preparation is key

[3:13] - Why spend so much time?

[4:08] - Do your research!

[7:22] - Rehearse & Refine your answers

[10:54] - Create a Value Validation Project

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Here’s a breakdown of how I spent the time:

[15 Hours] Researching the heck out of each company and their products to understand goals, challenges, and new initiatives.

[5 Hours] Chatting with employees and connections to best understand how to position myself.

[10 Hours] Drafting answers to interview questions. Then revisiting and refining them. Then recording myself delivering them. Then doing mock interviews.

[2-3 Hours] Researching my interviewers to understand who they are, what they care about, and how they want to be engaged with. Then building engagement plans for each.

[10 Hours] Brainstorming, building out, and refining Value Validation Projects for each company.

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Austin shares the number one skill that you can learn for the next 5 years and beyond!

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[0:30] - Writing is EVERYWHERE

[2:23] - Rearranging words to drive interaction

[4:24] - Read, write, and practice

[5:55] - A real world case study

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Ask Austin Anything! In this episode Austin answers questions from listeners just like you. Get your question answered on a future Ask Austin Anything episode by submitting it to the link below.

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[0:25] - #AAA for March 2022

[1:23] - Ryan - “What is the most common reason people struggle to ask for a raise?”

[4:46] - Cecilia - “In what format do you recommend negotiating (e.g. phone, email, text, in-person)?”

[7:58] - Helena - “What would you recommend if you tried to negotiate salary after an offer was extended, but the recruiter told you there’s literally no room for change, these are the standard salaries for offers, they’ve never heard of an increase happening, and they insist on all of that?”

[10:58] - Alec - “When going for promotion at your current company, how do you position yourself to not be automatically slotted in at the bottom of the band?”

[14:43] - Daniel - “How can job seekers deal with the anxiety of negotiating the offer?”

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Austin shares how you can land more jobs by using his “Rule of 5”!

Time Stamped Show Notes:

[0:30] - “Rule of 5”? - What’s that?

[1:20] - Experimentation & Iteration

[2:25] - Different avenues to your dream job

[5:40] - Share your value

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Austin shares how you can monetize your passion and make a living doing something you love!

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[0:30] - Reality vs. Ideal

[1:45] - Industry examples

[4:08] - Other examples

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Austin shares how you can 10x your networking by starting a podcast!

Time Stamped Show Notes:

[0:30] - Barriers to networking

[1:15] - Podcast guests are new networking contacts

[2:32] - Yeah, but how do I start a podcast?

[6:16] - Ask questions that you want the answer to

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Resources Mentioned In Today’s Episode:

• Anchor.fm
• Fiverr.com

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Austin shares how you should be spending your time as a job seeker in 2022!

Time Stamped Show Notes:

[0:30] - The job search has shifted

[1:10] - How much time to spend on your job search

[2:32] - Set your priorities

[4:33] - Research, research, research!

[5:29] - Austin’s time % breakdown

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