It's up to you to make yourself famous

It doesn't matter if your field is music, skateboarding, acting, modeling, gaming, MMA, screenwriting or any field. The challenge is the same: you must outwork others who are trying to do the same thing as you! College guys who qualify to become a Campus Man find they they stick out from other students on campus.

What You Need to Do to Make Yourself Famous

From day one and until the point you can say you have achieved your dreams, do the following:

• Constantly network with professionals and peers in your industry
• Constantly be curious and learn the inside details of the industry. Read a book about your industry. Ask professionals questions about the industry.
• Register to become a Campus Man - so you can begin gathering "followers"
• Constantly brainstorm new and unique ways to promote yourself. Then ask professionals what they think of your ideas. Then pursue the best ideas.

Often young people do not know how to become famous. Being clueless is a normal part of getting started in an industry or hobby. The mistake new people make is when they look for someone else to do all their work for them. Surprisingly, there is no person who will make you famous or "get your career started" for you. You must do the work required to make yourself famous or successful.

Lazy Students Who Avoid Promoting Themselves Never Become Famous

It is common for young people to think "I want to be "X" therefore, I need to find someone who will make me into "X" because I do not know how to do it. They hook up with the first professional they find and think "OK, now I will wait for this guy to do all my work. Then I will hear from him when he has something for me."

The idea that a powerful man or woman can step in and allow you skip all the hard work involved in starting a career is a foolish - and lazy. And if you are lazy, there absolutely will be someone else who will outwork you. While you are waiting for your magic person to make you into a success, your competition will be progressing past you - by doing their own work.

Networking Is Key

Yes, meeting industry professionals is important for success. That is called networking. But, you do not network for the purpose of finding one particular person. You never stop meeting and connecting with new professionals.

You should absolutely keep meeting professionals all the time. But don't expect one person will make you into a success.

It is OK to not know how to become successful at first. However, you need to network to find out information about tricks of the trade and to learn about opportunities - not to find one person who will do your work for you.

No Shortcuts: Don't Pay for Others to Do Your Work

Spending large amounts of money as a shortcut is equally foolish. Just because mommy or daddy can write a check does not mean you will become famous. For example, someone who is tone deaf cannot simply write a check to a professional and become a successful singer. Money can help you buy things (such as clothes to fit a style) and offers you independence (to travel and not be bound to a job), but paying money to someone to make you famous simply is not the road to success. It is highly likely you will get conned out of your money and waste your time instead of spending time and effort needed for a plan that really works.

Burning money is a good way to get labeled as a "tool" or "cheeseball" by professionals. If it could be done this way, then everyone with extra cash would become famous.

Waiting For a Savior in Your Hometown

If you do not live in a city that has ample opportunities in your industry, you must work even harder than people who reside in a big city. There is no magic person or company who is going to send you an airline ticket to swoop you out of your small town. Professionals in big cities have ample numbers of people available to them in their own big city.

As long as you wait for someone to send an airfare ticket to you, you will not be saving your extra funds to pay for your own airfare and hotel. As long as you play it safe buy waiting for an opportunity to come to you in your hometown, you waste time. Instead, you could be planning your academic schedule so you can spend summer pursuing your dream in a big city.

If you take your dream seriously, it will be easier to relocate to a big city simply because you are available to offers.

As long as you continue to believe that your roadblock is finding someone else to "start" your career -- you won't be spending enough time and mental energy doing the crucial things you need to build your career. If you don't concentrate on doing your part it's unlikely that you will ever build your career into something big enough to entice professionals.

Counting on one person or paying a lot of money for a shortcut is a very bad tactic which results in frustration, wasted time and, ultimately, failure to achieve what you want.

Taking that first step of Promoting Yourself Gives You Confidence

Sometimes people lack the confidence of taking that first step - and starting to "toot their own horn" and promoting themselves. Ironically, starting to promote yourself gives you confidence to know that you should continue to promote yourself. People see you in person and remark "I saw you on..." They give you feedback!

Two College Students Who Tell Their Stories

		Shane discusses how he learned that he needed to promote himself - instead of relaying on other people.
		Nick tells how promoting is not fun work - but necessary for success.

One easy way for a male college student to start in promoting himself is by using the free promotion and "Fan-gathering" tools available by Getting accepted as a Campus Man. Being a Campus Man allows you to take control of your career and build name recognition for yourself.