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Jan 2025
31m 9s

How to Self-Promote Without The Ick

Career Contessa
About this episode

Nobody cares more about your career than you, so you need to make yourself and your achievements known. Embrace the skill of self-promotion. Career coach Lindsey Lathrop- Ryan is here to offer:

  • Insight into why self-promotion is so uncomfortable
  • The 4-step strategy that makes self-promotion more effective and way less icky
  • Quick self-promotion tactics that take less than 5 minutes


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