| The traditional climb up the professional ladder can be one of competitiveness and self-promotion. |
| Some people blog for fun, for self-promotion to pursue a special interest or to stay in touch with a bunch of friends. |
| Shameless self-promotion, for instance, can land a company on the front page of the local paper. |
| But part of how he achieved that is by shameless self-promotion and hustling. |
| However long the odds, he couldn't bring himself to turn away all those labors of hope and industry and self-promotion. |
| And, somewhat surprisingly, he has almost no patience for the mechanics of self-promotion. |
