Are You Ready to Exit the Military? Seven Things You Must Do So You Have A Successful Transition

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 18, 2012 -
Jacksonville, North Carolina – Retired United States Marine Jaynine Howard is the coach for the military and host of From Military to Mainstream http://webtalkradio.net/shows/from-military-to-mainstream/ .  In this episode she shares seven things that she did prior to making the transition from the military to the mainstream so that she had a successful retirement in 2002 from the United States Marine Corps.

Howard offers seven things that all veterans, regardless of branch of service, should do prior to leaving the military.

1. Be Debt Free.

2. Have a minimum of two years living expenses in an account you can access.

3. Research the industry you would like to work.

4. Network – networking should have taken place throughout your military career.

5. Be flexible and be willing to relocate.  

6. Have realistic expectations.

7. Know your options.

Coach Jaynine Howard is the owner of Dream Catcher – Business & Career Coaching. She is a member of the Carteret Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Leadership Carteret Class of 2011, Jacksonville - Onslow Chamber of Commerce, and the American Psychological Association. She is also a retired United States Marine and former psychotherapist who works with Veterans and those on Active Duty.  Dream Catcher is where your desire to succeed and your commitment to grow personally and professionally meet so you can turn your dreams into reality. You can start turning your dreams into reality by downloading this week’s episode or past episodes of From Military to Mainstream.  You can take her assessment to see if you are ready to make the transition at http://coachjaynine.com/blog

Coach Jaynine is a retired United States Marine and former psychotherapist who works with Veterans and those on Active Duty. She will teach you the systems and strategies needed to grow personally and professionally.

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Three Benchmarks That Written Content Needs To Meet In Order To Be Successful

The features that should be employed in any effective marketing strategy are too many to count, but you can take specific elements and apply the appropriate steps. A blog is just like a business and needs to be handled accordingly. If you have a company, you need structure, marketing,IT management, and all the other elements that it entails. As far as a blog is concerned, it needs many elements that translate into a sound and coordinated approach.

With any blog, content is obviously one of the most important ingredients to having a good site and, if you’re boiling it down, there are three main benchmarks that need to be reached. This is essential to the writing process in order to express your thoughts clearly, professionally, and effectively. Readers are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to the content that they’re consuming, and it’s up to the writer to meet the exceptional demands of writing any content, without which you will see a resulting decline in your blog’s efficacy.

A vast majority of material on the web is riddled with spelling, grammar, and syntax errors. Not everyone is adept at forming thoughts and sentences, but it’s up to the writing to learn how to do this. Poor sentence construction can derail a post or article long before the reader even has a chance to get past the first paragraph. This isn’t to imply that a single spelling error turns someone off. These things happen from time to time, but exceptionally bad writing is a quick way to turn a reader off. If you feel that you may be lacking in any of these areas, you can get apps or software programs that can give you a good foundation for writing so you’re not making rookie mistakes when creating content.

Any content must feel natural and keep with the overall flow of a blog. If your blog is about finances, you don’t want a piece that has nothing to do with it. This is an unfortunate side effect of marketing, link-building, and SEO, but you have to ensure that your content is keeping with the overall aim of your blog. If this is seen to be lacking, you run the risk of turning readers off and losing credibility. People know junk content when they see it. You should also ensure that you’re always aware of the audience that you’re speaking with. The same rules of relevancy applies and your topics should be informative to the following that fuels your blog.

Every work is important, and before you start clacking away at the keyboard just to get something out, you should sit down and draft a basic skeleton outline of any written content. Doing this will give your content purpose and flow that will decrease the chances of awkward concepts or thoughts cropping up in the body of your work. Keeping a goal or thought in mind will keep the narrative of the piece in order and both capture and engage the reader. Taking this approach is far better than rambling on in a way that’s more similar to a stream of conscientiousness than thoughtful precision.

When writing for a blog, you should always keep these concepts in mind. Anyone can create a blog, but not everyone can have a successful one. Consider these steps every time before you sit down to write any content that’s going to be seen by thousands of people.

This guest post was written by Brandy, who runs an IT Management web site.

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