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| Module 1 | Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients | |
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The fastest route to freelance success is focusing your business on specific clients (NOT taking all comers). We'll analyze your experience and interests to choose a niche — and then, to pinpoint exactly the type of clients you should approach. | ||
| Unit 1 | Pre-course Webinar - Avoid the Top 7 Mistakes of New Freelance Writers | |
| Unit 2 | Lesson 1 - Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients | |
| Unit 3 | 4-Step Checklist Inventory Worksheet: A Guide to Your Best Niches | |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 1 Homework — Beyond Niche: Discovering Your Clients | |
| Module 2 | Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered | |
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To start attracting your ideal prospects, we'll create a LinkedIn profile to serve as your online home for this launch. You'll learn what to put on each element of your LinkedIn, and how to impress — even as a newbie. | ||
| Unit 1 | Lesson 2 - Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered | |
| Unit 2 | Handout: Free Resources for Finding / Editing Images & Photos | |
| Unit 3 | Handout: LinkedIn Profile Mastery for Freelance Writers | |
| Unit 4 | Live Q&A #1 | |
| Unit 5 | Lesson 2 Homework — Your Online Presence: LinkedIn Mastered | |
| Module 3 | Build Your Network & Get Referrals | |
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Learn how to get clients contacting you for writing work! You'll discover easy steps to quickly build a large network — and scripts for exactly how to ask them to refer you clients who need your writing services. | ||
| Unit 1 | Lesson 3 - Build Your Network & Get Referrals | |
| Unit 2 | Handout: LinkedIn Referral Scripts | |
| Unit 3 | Handout: How to get 1,000s of LinkedIn Connections | |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 3 Homework: Grow your LinkedIn network + write your custom referral script | |
| Module 4 | Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style | |
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| We’ll deliver templates to use with first free-sample or paid clients | ||
| Unit 1 | Lesson 4 – Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style | |
| Unit 2 | Handout: Find Your First Freelance Writing Client With These 7 Pitch Templates | |
| Unit 3 | Live Q&A #2 | |
| Unit 4 | Lesson 4 Homework — Pitch and Get Hired: Templates and Your Style | |
