I am NOT a Social Media Expert, Guru or Diva - Just Unemployed

The recent over-proliferation of social media experts, gurus and divas is getting old quickly.  A bad economy and high unemployment rate has caused good people to take some questionable actions.  There are many out there posing as social media experts or even running social media companies who are not even using social media themselves.  I know I've done some things in the past three years that I'm certainly not proud of.  One of them was joining a network marketing opportunity and dragging people to meetings where neither their time nor their common sense was honored. Another was being paid to raise funds for an organization that would not allow me to hold an annual fund drive.  I've also done social media consulting projects for a number of individuals, companies and organizations that I had a pretty good idea did not have the 1) buy in 2) allocated resources or 3) desire to implement or continue the work that I did.  But I could not and would not claim to be a social media expert - there really is no such thing.  Too much to know and too much changing daily for ANYONE to know it all.

Because I decided early on to avoid pushing my services as a "social media consultant" to those who were just throwing their money away, I've found myself doing some more things I'm not proud of.  I've rented out all the rooms in my house, made the family room into a bedroom and rented that out too, while living in a partially finished garage with bits of carpet as flooring.  Even with that I have been delinquent on house payments, utilities and worst of all child support.  (So far I have kept from losing my house - and I intend to keep it that way.)

The occasional odd job has been my only real income for almost three years now and just recently have I started receiving payment for some of my blogging efforts.  Even so, I have been listing non compensated positions on my resume and social media profiles - perhaps in an attempt to trick myself (and others?) into thinking that I actually have a job?  I'm definitely not proud of that and it is time to face the fact:  I have been unemployed for almost three years.

Yes, I've been dreadfully, drearily unemployed for way too long.  It sucks. And much of it is my own fault.

I started out very motivated thinking that since I am known as "The Connector" and have helped so many people over the years that I printed newspapers and published news sites, I would be able to get a great job very quickly.  When I put out the word that I was looking for work, I had a number of people reach out - some sending me listings of positions that they thought were a fit, a couple offering me commission-based sales jobs and a couple people have even recommended me for jobs.

But despite my experience, knowledge and contacts I have been unable to even get a single interview.  NOT ONE SINGLE INTERVIEW.

Sometimes I have to think I pissed off the wrong person, or that EVERYBODY is discriminatory again hair farmers both of which I know are not true.  But eventually I have just been worn down and quit trying to find work.  Oh sure, I have my ads on Craigslist looking for jobs I can do with my truck and the tools that I own - and I have spent a lot of time working on my many websites and trying to figure out how to monetize them.  I still have big plans, dreams and desires for some of them like LuxuryFitnessFun.com and JoeAbs.com, but I need a more immediate income and I need it now.

I'm moving back into my house next week at the risk of losing it.  The income that the vacating renter has been providing may be the difference between having been able to pay "enough" to keep it and not.  I need to make up that lost income and a lot more real quick.  I'd love to not have renters in my house.  I'd love to be able to pay all my bills and obligations - and on time.  I would love to be able to eat on a consistent basis.  I'd love to be able to get my daughter that x-box she wanted last Christmas and the piece of jewelry I wasn't able to buy my girlfriend for Valentine's Day.  I need a job.

My first choice would be to work for a cool company like spreecast, but I am very flexible, extremely motivated and could be a huge asset to almost any company or organization.

I will consider all situations and will pay a bounty/referral fee of the equivalent of one week's salary to anyone who gives me a lead and or referral leading to ongoing employment.  I will work the first week for you and look forward to it.  Until then, I am not a social media expert - I am just unemployed.