Today's Spotlight on Success is on May Nguyen, who is based in New York City.
May Nguyen grew up in an entrepreneurial family of small business owners. When it was time to choose a career, she decided to venture away from what was familiar. She attended New York University at the Tisch School of Arts and studied film and television production. Following graduation, she worked in the entertainment industry in numerous high profiled projects that were national and international in scope. She's worked on the Comedy Central sitcom Strangers with Candy, the CBS Early Show and a number of media events covering the Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, Prince, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepsi. After a number of years in the entertainment industry, she decided to change course in pursuit of a more balanced life. She was seeking challenge but also desiring a high quality of life.
She found her niche in the dot-com world, in sales. Her journey has almost taken her full circle, as currently Nguyen finds herself most at home in the entrepreneurial spirit of small- to mid-sized dot coms. Currently May works for LinkExperts, a company that specializes in link building strategies as a way to optimize organic search results. Established in 2004, LinkExperts has well over 260 well-known and emerging clients.
1) Where did you get started in your business? My first .com experience was with RichFX. I found the job listing on the online bulletin board at NYU. I took a junior position as part of my career transitioning with the goal that I would work myself back up to a mid/senior level in a couple of years.
