Twitter: Getting interns jobs since 2009

So I have an internship. “But Tess, you’ve already graduated from a BIG TEN UNIVERSITY (go spartans!), why are you working for free?” you might ask…Well, because you can’t put a price on real world experience. I mean you can definitely put a price on an education, and we all do…but jumping head first into the world of business and social media and gaining all of that experience is priceless.

Enter: Bill Seaver, CEO/Founder/Social media mastermind behind Micro Explosion Media. I stumbled upon his blog one night, shortly after moving to Nashville. I was basically grasping at straws trying to find a job or even an internship and decided to research Nashville PR firms and I don’t exactly remember how I found it, but there it was…in all it’s social media glory, MicroExplosion.com.

I started skimming over some of his posts and watching some of his videos and made an executive decision to reach out to Bill and ask if he ever hired interns. But I couldn’t just send him an email…that would be too 2007 of me. So I decided to follow him on Twitter and within a couple hours he was following me right back. Next step: direct message him. What better way to reach out to a social media marketing firm/consultant than through Twitter? That way Bill knew that I was serious about my internship inquiries, and that I had a basic knowledge of how social media works.

And as it turns out, I was right (this is true 100% of the time) and next thing I knew we were meeting for coffee and figuring out the details of the internship. Then we made it official by creating an email address for me at MicroExplosion.com. So far it’s been a great learning experience and I’m actually getting to put my skills to the test which is nice. I can already tell how beneficial this internship has been and will be for me and it’s definitely worth the time and effort.

Stay tuned for more adventures with Bill and Micro Explosion Media, as I’m sure there will be a lot in the next few months!