Chapter 1 Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars

“I’ve told people thousands of times that they’ve just got to ask for what they want. The problem with that is they don’t know what they want!” Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars, Meyerson, pg. 4.

As children, we’re encouraged to dream big when we’re asked what we want to be when we grow up. As we get older, the story changes, we’re told we should be practical, aim for something you can do, or something you’re good at, not necessarily what your dream once was. Be realistic, they say. As an adult, I realized that I was working jobs that I was good at, but not necessarily what I wanted to do, just something that would bring in a paycheck, for a while, that was enough.

A few years back, I decided that I’d had enough of “security” and that steady paycheck. I was going to finally do what I wanted. I was going to be a Graphic Designer. I figured that because I was artsy and had an eye for color and layout, I’d be a big hit. I was working for a Supplement company out of Henderson when I realized that Photoshop Elements and Microsoft Publisher just weren’t going to cut it. I needed better programs and more important, I needed to learn how to use them. That’s when I decided to come to the Art Institute of Las Vegas. It’s been 3 years and I’m so close to graduation, I’m already making plans for my portfolio show. In the interim, I changed my major to Web Design and Interactive Media. Those Graphic Designers aren’t going to get very far creating for print. That’s a fact and I’m grateful that I realized it early on. Now I’m blazing my own trail because I started dreaming big again and asking for what I wanted.