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Welcome to The Savvy Scribe Podcast! Today’s episode is all about the different ways you can pitch yourself as a freelance writer. We’ll be diving into various methods and strategies to help you stand out in the competitive world of freelance writing.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your career to the next level, this episode has something for you. So sit back, grab a pen and paper, and let’s get started!

8 Various Methods of Pitching as a Freelance Writer

1. Cold emailing or calling potential clients directly with a personalized pitch, along with links to your portfolio and writing samples.
2. Social Media: Leverage your existing network by posting about your services and availability on social media channels like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
3. Community Events: Attend networking events, conferences, and workshops in your local area to make connections with potential clients.
4. Cold Pitching: Use online directories and job boards to search for and contact potential clients you’d like to work with.
5. Content Syndication: Submit pitches to larger sites with large audiences, such as Medium, Huffington Post, etc.
6. Blogging: Create a blog to showcase your writing and pitch services to potential clients.
7. Guest Posting: Find blogs and other websites that accept guest posts and offer your services.
8. Freelance Marketplaces: Sign up for freelance marketplaces such as Upwork and Fiverr to connect with potential clients.

If you want some ideas on exactly how to do these things, go ahead and join us inside the Plan, Produce, Profit course.

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Welcome to another insightful episode of The Savvy Scribe podcast. Listen in and walk away with clear action items on building a diverse pipeline of client leads — including useful ways to leverage LinkedIn to get high-quality clients and create a fully-booked freelance schedule — with tips from our guest today, Lauren Ward.

About the Guest:

Lauren Ward is a six-figure freelance writer with almost a decade of experience in the field. Her focus is primarily on writing about personal finance, which, like healthcare, is a highly regulated niche. Her work has been featured on prominent media outlets such as Fox Business, Better Homes & Garden, and Bankrate.

"Every pitch you put in is an investment in your future business, and even if it doesn't pay off right away, eventually, it's going to lead to a really nice, steady stream of work."

~ Lauren Ward

Key Points That Will Help You Create a Fully-Booked Freelance Schedule:

• Lauren shares three strategies to create a fully-booked freelance schedule.
• How to find clients
• How to know if a client needs recurring work
• Pitching strategies that create a fully-booked freelance schedule
• Benefits of using LinkedIn

Resources:

Grab Lauren’s Freelance Writer Project and Income Tracker which you can use to track each month’s workload, earnings, deadlines, and completion status. She is also soon releasing an e-book called “The Fully-Booked Freelancer” so keep checking her on socials!

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Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

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In this episode of The Savvy Scribe podcast, we explore the topic of freelance writing rates and how to set them with confidence. As a freelance writer, one of the most challenging aspects of your job may be determining what to charge for your services. You don’t want to price yourself too high and miss out on potential clients, but you also don’t want to undervalue your work and end up underpaid.

So, whether you’re a seasoned freelance writer or just starting, I am sharing some valuable information with you to help you confidently set your rates and earn what you deserve!

Key points in this episode:

• Tips on how to set your freelance writing rates based on your expertise, experience, the complexity and length of the project, and the deadline.
• The mindset you need to have about being paid fairly for your work.
• Factors that affect your rate before proposing to your client
• How to present your proposal for your writing rates

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Welcome to another episode of The Savvy Scribe podcast! Today’s episode is part of our Plan, Produce, Profit series where we showcase the remarkable achievements of our PPP course participants. These aspiring freelance nurse writers join our course to learn the ins and outs of building their own businesses and gain invaluable knowledge and skills.

In this episode, we are delighted to introduce Wendy Sutas, one of our first PPP students, who will share her journey, the obstacles she faced, and the opportunities she discovered while pursuing her freelance nurse writing career. Join us as we delve into Wendy’s inspiring story and learn from her experiences in today’s series.

About Wendy Sutas:

Wendy Sutas, BSN, RN has over 25 years of experience in neonatal ICU, pediatrics, mother/baby, and utilization management. As the owner of Sutas Writing Solutions Co., she combines her solid clinical background with her writing skills to develop evidence-based health and wellness content for her clients.

She currently works in utilization management and has experience in Case Management with insurance companies, which she is able to do remotely from home.

Outside of work, she is married with three children, aged 20, 18, and 14. You can find her with her family and planning her next adventure in her free time. With her children being older, she is now in a good place in life.

Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn!

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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If you’re ready to start exploring if freelance writing is your next PRN job or even full-time, I invite you to check out the Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and the Plan Produce Profit  + Writing Skills Course to help you get started today!

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Today, we have Gillian Hill with us and she is a copywriter specializing in brand voice and an editor for copywriters. She helps businesses own their voice to allow them to connect with the right-fit clients and stand out from their competitors. So, she’s coming on to tell us the five-step process to help you uncover your brand voice from your competitors and how to stand out with that.

About the Guest:

Gillian Hill, the owner of Gillian Hill Writing Services, is a copywriter specializing in brand voice and an editor for copywriters and freelance writers. She helps businesses own their voice to allow them to connect with the right-fit clients and stand out from their competitors.

Connect with Gillian on Instagram!

Key points we’ve discussed in this episode:

• What is a brand voice?
• How to use content to differentiate your brand from your competitors.
• A more scientific method to identify your client’s voice
• How do you communicate your brand voice as a writer?
• 77% of consumers buy from brands that share their values.

Resources That Will Help You Uncover Your Brand Voice:

Grab this accompanying worksheet to go with the 5 steps Gillian shared with us.

She also offers a course on how to use words and sentence structure and how to get more linguistic information about how to write for somebody. It uses free apps like Grammarly and Pro writing aid.

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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In this episode of The Savvy Scribe Podcast website designer and strategist Jenny Belanger shares three quick tips that can be implemented in less than five minutes to significantly impact conversion rate.

The Savvy Scribe podcast’s target audience is busy women who are focused on their areas of expertise and building their businesses. However, they often struggle with setting up their website online, getting it to work 24/7, bringing in leads, and making sales. This can cause confusion and frustration when it comes to figuring out what should appear on their website and where.

About the Guest:

Jenny Belanger is a website designer and strategist who specializes in creating money-making websites and brands for female founders and CEOs who are ready to scale their businesses. While listening to The Savvy Scribe podcast, she found two episodes particularly compelling: “3 Things to Do Every Day to Explode Your Business With Martha Krejci,” and “Building a Freedom-Based Business With Jamie Kullman.”

Jenny wants to show our listeners that there is an easy way to ensure that their websites are doing the heavy lifting and bringing in high-paying leads, even while they sleep. This will allow them to grow their business and achieve success.

Key points we’ve discussed in this episode:

• Jenny’s top five tips for creating a money-making website that connects with visitors and books clients
• Three quick wins that take less than five minutes to implement but will have a significant impact on conversion rate.
• The NUMBER ONE mistake service providers make when designing a website.
• The importance of being clear, not clever, and she identifies our website as an example of a great landing page

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

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And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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LinkedIn is a powerful tool for professionals to connect, network, and find job opportunities. However, many people only scratch the surface of what LinkedIn has to offer. In this episode, we will explore how to use LinkedIn to its full potential, including tips and tricks to expand your network and showcase your skills and the right types of content to post to showcase your expertise to potential clients. Let’s dive in!

Insights in this episode:
→ Steps to use LinkedIn to its full potential

→ What to post on LinkedIn

Steps to Use LinkedIn to Its Full Potential

1. Create a professional profile

2. Connect with the right people

3. Participate in groups

4. Share content

5. Ask for recommendations

6. Leverage your network

7. Monitor your reputation

What to Post on LinkedIn
Should you really be posting on Linkedin? In episode 26 called, “Quick Win: Do I REALLY need to publish on LinkedIn for it to work for me?“, we mentioned this stat but only around 3 million users share content on a weekly basis. This means that only about 1% of LinkedIn’s 260 million monthly users share posts, and those 3 million or so users net the 9 billion impressions.

If you’re not used to posting on social media, it can be intimidating. Here are some ideas to get started:

1. Try to avoid sharing healthcare content

2. Share a brand’s blog posts

3. Respond to a brand’s tweet or LinkedIn post

4. Tag a brand on a guest post

5. Start with who is your ideal client

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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If you’re ready to start exploring if freelance writing is your next PRN job or even full-time, I invite you to check out the Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and the Plan Produce Profit  + Writing Skills Course to help you get started today!

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As nurses, it’s no secret that we have a work/life balance problem. We’ve been told our entire lives that it’s essential to have a balance between our professional and personal lives, yet too often we neglect our personal lives in favor of our careers. The result is stress, overwork, burnout, and compromising our health and well-being.

 Working on a business that fits into your life rather than working your life around your business is the key to success. Join me and my guest, Brooke Hamilton, in a relevant discussion on this episode of The Savvy Scribe Podcast to help you create a business model that works for you

Insights in this episode:
→ How Brooke ventured into building her own business and entered the digital marketing world
→ Her 5 tips on how to build a business that works into our lives
→ Why it is important to fit your business into your lifestyle
→ The benefits and importance of setting a goal
→ She shared some of the tools she is using to have a solid workflow strategy
→ Why do you need to invest in yourself and the benefits it can give you

About the Guest
Brooke Hamilton is a medical speech-language pathologist turned digital media manager, blogger, and real estate investor. Passionate still about speech therapy, she is contingent in the hospital and sees pediatric speech therapy clients privately. She is working on creating her first social media course and also has plans for speech therapy courses and digital products as well. She is a girl mom to 2 under 2 and happily married to a kiwi (New Zealander!)

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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If you’re ready to start exploring if freelance writing is your next PRN job or even full-time, I invite you to check out the Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and the Plan Produce Profit  + Writing Skills Course to help you get started today!

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Oh, the website debate. Do you need one to "get found online" is a question I was asked recently, and today, I will answer whether it's the most important thing you should have as you start your business.

Key points we’ve discussed in this episode:
→ The first things you should establish when you start your business
→ Things you need to get found online
→ Does every business need a website to get found online?

I will tell you, one of the things that hold most of the students back in the Plan Produce Profit course is starting their website. 

We didn’t learn this stuff in nursing school. It’s like a different language working with code. And, it can take a long time.

However, I don’t discourage it. I think every business needs a website, especially now.

But not RIGHT now.

 What’s more important?

A LinkedIn profile, samples, and a niche.

The rest can come later.

You likely won’t be found as a writer online. Being found on Google is very tough for a solo provider of services. Companies spend a lot on advertisements for their businesses to be found. It’s not realistic or recommended for a freelance writer.

Our websites should showcase you. All about you, what services you provide, your portfolio, etc.

But do not get stuck starting your business because you don’t have a website.

That can come in time. I know a lot of writers that started without a website, but guess what? Hey, have one now.

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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In our fast-paced world, it seems like there’s never enough time for anything. But what if we could actually use our time more effectively? How would our lives change? Today, my guest, Rachel Wynn is sharing her productivity tips that can help us work smarter and get more done in the process.

Key points we’ve discussed in this episode:
→ Rachel shares some useful tools or apps that could help us work smarter and be more productive
→ How to save and maximize time
→ The importance of making time to rest
→ Her passion for teaching people about invisible labor.

About Rachel:
Rachel Wynn is a tenacious, poised, and creative professional in the communications field and is the Founder and CEO of both Starlight Social and Feminist Founder. She also built an online community for women in business called the Reclaim. It was created for those who are looking to reclaim some of their time and rest and try to be not productive. Its monthly craft club event is free, so anyone is always welcome who just wants to bring a craft, dust it off, and then join the community.

Resources to help you work smarter:
→ Automatic text expander tool (Magical)
→ ChatGPT for outlines, research, and more
→ Group tabs when researching
→ Ambient noise for increased productivity (Noisli)
→ Manage multiple Gmail inboxes (Checker Plus)
→ Put money on the line (Beeminder)
→ Rest is productive (The Reclaim community, my company)
→ Focus music for studying or working from home
→ Sleep meditation and stories

Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"

I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNES

And if you love it, can I ask for a Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and visit savvynursewriter.com to help you get started today!

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If you’re ready to start exploring if freelance writing is your next PRN job or even full-time, I invite you to check out the Savvy Nurse Writer Community on Facebook and the Plan Produce Profit  + Writing Skills Course to help you get started today!