The Networking Edition

Hi Guys!

As promised our first podcast has been uploaded onto the Smoke radio website, head over there and have a listen or click here to listen on our mixcloud page!!

Let us know what you thought of the show and what you'd like to hear on future shows.  Be sure to check out the rest of the blog to check out the show playlist, our top 5 networking tips featured on the show and much more!!

Top 5 networking tips

1. Be Confident

Don't be afraid to put yourself out there, make sure you're confident with your skills and abilities.  Talk to anyone and everyone, what's the worse that could happen!

2. Sell Yourself

Let everyone know what you're good at and what you do, be able to sell yourself in minutes, you want people to be interested in you!

2. Utilise your pre-existing networks

Whether it be your lecturers or fellow course members, they could be of use to you.  Your lecturers will have expertise in your desired field so are a great place to start when looking for useful industry contacts or a starting point on good places to intern.  Your peers are also in the same boat as you so it's great to pull your resources out and help each other out! 

3. Use the Internet

The Internet boom has meant that entering the job market these days has a lot to do with cyberspace.  Google useful job sites and use social media sites such as LinkedIn which are specifically career based.  Social media sites Twitter and FaceBook are also great for networking.

4. Do your research

Make sure you know the key players in the industry you're interested in so that you're targeting the right people.  This doesn't necessarily mean you should only target the people at the top but that you're making sure you're acquiring a useful art of networks! 

Flashback Record

Here at Spill the Tea we love a fresh, hot record just like we like our brew but it's always great to take it old school!! Check out the flashback records we've featured on our show so far and don't forget to request your favourite flashback songs!!

FLASHBACK RECORD 01/05/2013-Craig David-7 Days


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Playlist 01/05/2013 Networking Edition

Hey Guys, check out the great tracks that were featured on our Networking podcast!!

1. The Weeknd-High For This
2. Juicy J, Big Sean & Young Jeezy-Show Out
3. Trinidad James ft Reija Lee-Females Welcomed
4. Chris Brown-Fine China
5. DJ Khaled ft Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne-No New Friends
6. Iggy Azalea-Work
7. Rihanna-Pour It Up
8. Kelly Rowland-Kisses Down Low
9. Beyonce-Bow Down (I Been On)
10. Joey Bada$$-Pennyroyal
11. FLASHBACK RECORD: Craig David-7 Days
12. Wale ft Tiara Thomas-Bad
13. Ace Hood ft Future & Rick Ross-New Bugatti
14. Juicy J ft The Weeknd-One of Those Nights
15. Rocko ft Future & Rick Ross-U.O.E.N.O
16. Childish Gambino-L.E.S.

Comment below telling us which were your faves and let us know what song you'd like to hear in the future!

Spill the tea on...Networking!

Hi guys the first episode of our podcast is imminent and the topic of the forthcoming show is networking!  This is aimed at students just starting university, soon to be graduates or anyone embarking on a career in the entertainment industries.  Networking enables you to build up a solid network of contacts and through acquiring these contacts multiple doors can be opened.  Spill the tea networking podcast will be jam packed with music, networking tips and experiences of soon to be graduates.  As this is the launch of spill the tea we thought the networking edition would be a great way to get all of us talking!  So comment below about your experiences, what you do and we can all share tips and tricks! Don't be afraid to join the discussion, here at spill the tea we want to create a forum where you feel free to express yourself and your opinions!! So let's get spilling, let’s get networking!  Keep your eyes peeled for the podcast which will be uploaded very soon! 

Welcome!!

Hi guys and welcome to Spill the Tea!! Here you will be joined by Me Lady L and my co-host Mr T in an online forum where we want you to feel free to discuss anything and everything!! To spill the tea usually suggests the sharing of gossip amongst a group of friends, picture the elderly women drinking tea and gossiping about the latest new in the neighbourhood or the group of teenagers after school having a laugh and sharing the onslaught of the day. Spill the tea is a concept designed to make you feel comfortable with interacting and sharing news and opinions with a group of friends that you'll create here!! But we want it to be more than tea time gossip, or your usual music blog, we want nitty gritty, current affairs that are grinding your gears and you feel need to be addressed!!

So...how does it work you ask? Well Mr T and I (Lady L) have more than just a blog to offer you; we also have a fortnightly radio show that will be available as a podcast on Smoke Radio, The University of Westminster's amazing radio show; run by students for students! Spill the Tea is a show that will incorporate great music and great discussion, creating a vibe like none other! So back to the actual spilling of the tea; well topics of discussion will be set here on the blog for us all to discuss, the most popular will make it on air where we can share opinions and great music. So if it's your studies, your future or your finances that are weighing down on your mind, comment on the blog, Spill the Tea!!! Don't forget the show is about music too, so share your current faves so you can hear them on air and share the classic oldies, so that we can feature them in our Flashback Record segment.  When it comes to the music policy think Hip Hop, R & B, Grime, anything to get the party started!! The first of many podcasts will be available to listen to online next week at Smoke Radio there will also be a link here to take you there! For now comment below about what you'd like to hear and what you'd like to discuss so we can all Spill the Tea!

P.S. Look out for the next blog post; we will be announcing the topic of our first podcast...TIP: it's designed to get you making friends and making moves!!

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