BOW 079: Laura Briggs: Tactical Tips To Grow Your Freelance Business Without Going Crazy
The Business of Writing Podcast
Release Date: 11/17/2020
BOW 100: Rachel and Laura: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
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BOW 098: Laura Valenti: Project Management Mindset
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BOW 097: Finka Jerkovic: How To Love Your Business, Clients, and Offers
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BOW 096: Angie Colee: Permission To Kick Ass
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BOW 095: Mayank and Prerna Malik: Scaling Your Biz While Working Less
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BOW 094: Rachel and Laura: Building A Business That Lasts
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BOW 093: Ilise Benun: The Writer’s Money Mindset
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BOW 091: Licia Morelli: How To Get Bad-ass Testimonials and Referrals
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In This Episode: Every once in a while we have an interview that is so packed with value and actionable advice, that it could be a whole masterclass on it’s own! Our guest today really pulled out the good stuff for us in this interview. Licia Morelli is a copywriter, best-selling author and marketing consultant. Her writing has been featured in Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Publisher's Weekly, Elephant Journal, Johns Hopkins University Press and more. She is also a poet and prose writer, publishes children’s books, helps copywriters grow their...
info_outlineIn This Episode:
This. Episode. Is. MEATY!
Laura Briggs is a two-time TEDx speaker, award winning author of How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business, and the founder of a nonprofit that teaches military spouses how to start a freelance business. She’s just released her second book, Six Figure Freelancer…
At least that’s what her “official” bio says. In truth, she’s much more than that. She’s an inspiring, no-nonsense author, entrepreneur, and project manager who creates needle-moving marketing assets for her clients, while helping hundreds of freelancers launch and grow their businesses.
She bounds effortlessly across industries – meeting the varied needs of her personal clients – while also helping military spouses find purpose (and a solid income source) by developing and promoting their own freelance skills.
Today we’re getting tactical as Laura shares actionable, step-by-step lessons for developing your skills, growing your freelance career, and scaling your business while maintaining your sanity.
Episode Highlights
- How Laura went from Middle-School Geography Teacher to professional writer and freelance coach
- Why Upwork donated $20,000 to help her launch her non-profit for freelancers
- Laura’s advice for writing in tough industries like Law
- The 2 things you MUST have to launch your freelance business (and what you should put off until later in your career)
- How to get started with freelancing, even if you have no clients and very little xperience
- Why Laura says you should pitch your ideas to agents even if you don’t have a book yet
- The biggest difference between pitching fiction and non-fiction work to publishers
- Why you shouldn’t rely on your publisher to market your book
- Laura’s step-by-step process for marketing her new books after they’re published
- How to write quickly so you can deliver great material fast
- Laura’s #1 tip for managing your time (and everything else) when you’re overloaded with work
- How to tell your clients that you need to scale back your work when you need a break
- Tactical tools and processes for managing multiple projects at the same time
- Laura’s advice for building your “legacy” business
- The biggest mistake new freelancers make when trying to launch their new business
And plenty more along the way. Get the resources mentioned in this episode below.