Life After College Book – Happy Launch Day, Baby!!!

There’s so much going on today that I barely know where to start! This is a three-part post: launch-day reactions and videos, interviews you don’t want to miss, and details on how to enter to win a signed book and coaching session from me!

1. Pinch Me.

Life After College Book Signing - Jenny BlakeMy house is in a state of disarray, you couldn’t pry me out of my sweats if you tried, stacks of unopened mail pile higher every day, and I have to add things like “shower” and “leave the house” to my to-do list. In Jenny Blake world this can only mean one thing…book launch day is upon us, baby!!!

It’s finally HERE. Today.

What?!? I know…I can hardly believe it either.

Just as some girls spend years fantasizing about their wedding, I’ve had visions of my book launch party and first book signing for as long as I can remember. What I’d be wearing, how I’d be glowing with happiness as I celebrated the proudest day of my life with friends and family, and a feeling deep in my gut that I was fulfilling my exact purpose on this planet.

Through all the ups and downs of the last two and a half years, I am thrilled to report that my vision became a reality this weekend. I had my first book signing on Thursday (sold out of books!) and my book launch party on Saturday — a signing at Books, Inc. followed by drinks, dancing and cupcakes. Some short video highlights (courtesy of my brother Tom, aka T-Bones):

Video #1: Book Signing at Books, Inc – 36sec (open in new window):

Video #2: Cheers! From the book launch party – 8sec (open in a new window):

2. Interviews + “Behind the Scenes” Webinar Recording

I’m collecting all interviews, reviews and mentions on the book website — here are some that you don’t want to miss!

3. In honor of LAUNCH DAY (SQUEE!!) I’ve got a special giveaway for you:

Two readers will win an autographed copy of Life After College: The Complete Guide To Getting What You Want and a 45-minute private coaching session ($300 value!) to help you find clarity and inspiration around whatever topic you choose.

Giveaway Rules:
Each of the actions below equals 1 or 2 entries. After you’ve completed one or more, leave a comment below telling me how many entries you’ve earned (we’re on the honor system here!):

  1. Share this post on Twitter with the hashtag #LACBook – 1 Entry
  2. Share this post on Facebook – 1 Entry
  3. “Like” the Life After College Facebook Page – 1 Entry
  4. Let me know you are subscribed to the Inside Scoop newsletter – 2 Entries
  5. Write an honest review on Amazon.com (obviously only if you have already read the book!) – 2 Entries
  6. Copy and paste this template email to let your networks know about the book – 3 Entries

The contest ends on Wednesday, April 3rd at 5pm PST.

Good luck and thank you so much for being here to celebrate with me!!

Big love and hugs to you all :)
Jenny

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P.S. Webinar Reminder – If you’re free at 5PST/8EST tonight, join me and Brazen Careerist for a 30-minute webinar and 30-minute Network Roulette! During the webinar I’ll share my career development philosophy and side hustle tips for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of Q&A, then we’ll head into a 30-minute Network Roulette where the first five people to get paired with me will win signed copies of Life After College.

P.P.S. Bloggers - are you registered to attend #BiSC yet? This will be my second year in attendance at Bloggers in Sin City — a fabulous weekend of drinks, dancing, and chatting poolside. If you register by Wednesday, you’ll be eligible to enter to win another book + coaching giveaway!

  • http://twentyorsomething.com Susan Pogorzelski

    I love how the countdown says “0 days, 0 minutes”! Congratulations, Jenny! All your hard work has paid off into something fabulous, you should be so proud! :)

  • http://positivelypresent.com Positively Present

    YAY! So excited to the actual book launch! As you can tell from my post on http://www.PositivelyPresent.com, I love the book!

  • Anonymous

    Yay! Finally, I’ve been waiting years for this. LOL! Congrats Jenny! You are doing a stellar job with promoting your amazing book.

  • http://juststandardlines.org/ Cheila Esquilin

    Congrats girl! It seems like dreams DO come true 8-)

  • http://twitter.com/FrugalBeautiful Ruby

    Your success THRILLS me! I have been reading your blog off and on for years, I have your book and you represent your readers with such dignity and grace! So proud of you and sending you a high five via blog comment! Congrats!

  • http://twitter.com/lovedbylisa Lisa Lewis

    Tweeted and Liked the book on Facebook.

    Go, Jenny, go!

  • Sarah

    Great webinar!!

  • http://twitter.com/MShahab Mariam Shahab

    Congrats Jenny! My RSS feed & tweet streams are all abuzz about how fabulous you and your book are! I’m loving the video teasers for the book chapters :)

    I’d love to get my hand on a copy of LAC book and did 1 – 3, totaling 3 entries in to the giveaway.

  • http://profiles.google.com/xobelladonna Bridget Burnham

    I did 2, 3, and 4.

    Congrats and Happy Launch Day, Jenny! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=33708973 Jenn Zicherman

    I am so incredibly happy for you!!! Best of luck with everything and please don’t forget to stop and breathe this all in!

    This is an AMAZING giveaway and I like the “life after college facebook page”

    Thanks for your generosity and for the opportunity to win! =)

    Jenn Z

  • http://frugalnaturally.wordpress.com/ Liz

    YAY! I can’t wait to read it. I’ve been following your blog for awhile after accidentally finding you online. Love your personality, style and purpose.

    I’ve blogged about your book on FrugalNaturally.wordpress.com, sent the template email to everyone I know (200+), Liked and Shared you on Facebook (and have in the past), I tweeted it with the hashtag, and I am a subscriber! I sure hope I win, I really am an admirer of your work!

    Thank you,
    Liz

  • http://www.waterfallingupwards.com Sarah Kathleen Peck

    CONGRATS! I just took a look and realized I can probably tally up a bazillion (yes, for real) entries (okay, 10, but still). Clearly I’m not doing it for the entries. I do it ’cause you’re a ROCK*STAR and it’s awesome to watch. Have a BLAST this week and I hope you pop out of bed every morning with a grin on your face and time to take 3 deep breaths before plunging into your crazy days. :)

    Seriously, Congrats.

  • http://twitter.com/SoCalTJ TJ

    I THINK i have 6 entries, but do they really count since most of them were done before I even knew about this little giveaway?

    Your call!

  • http://profiles.google.com/kara.lieman Kara Lieman

    Congratulations Jenny! I am still reading through my copy of the book – I’m doing a couple chapters each day. I shared the link to the book on facebook and I’ve been subscribed to the inside scoop newsletter.

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  • katya-vasko

    Hi Jenny!
    Congratulations with the book launch! I hope it will be a success for a long time as it is really useful for many people of different age!
    Have been reading your blog for some time and like it a lot! Would love to have a book too, made 3 entries (no.3 and 4) of the list but even if i wont win gonna buy it. I hope they ship the books to China! :D

    Katya

  • Leanna Pelham

    Jenny – it has been tweeted, emailed and subscribed to! So excited to read the book!

  • http://profiles.google.com/amanda.joanne.hansen Amanda Hansen

    Hi Jenny!

    I have been spreading the word about Life After College! It has been so helpful to me! I can’t help but share the love.

    I know the contest is over, but I have written a review on Amazon, liked your FB page, Tweeted about your book, and shared your post on FB. =)

    Thanks so much for everything! Seriously, cannot thank you enough!

    Amanda
    @sfmusicchick

    • http://www.lifeaftercollege.org jennyblake

      Thanks so much for all your help spreading the word Amanda!! I’ll be announcing the contest winner/s soon… :)

  • http://profiles.google.com/amanda.joanne.hansen Amanda Hansen

    Actually… maybe the contest isn’t over… I guess I am a bit confused with the date and day… Wednesday, April 3… regardless, still spreading the word!

    =)

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