SHORT COURSES AND FREE resources
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Grab a freebie or try one of my short digital courses:
SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS AND STRATEGIES
30 ideas for social media posts (free)
A free PDF with 30 ideas for social media posts that can be adapted for your business, and used again and again in different ways.
20 CTA ideas to get engagement (free)
Arguably, just about every post should have a CTA (call to action) of some sort, but here are 20 that won’t just get ignored.
All About Hashtags (£9)
A mini course with everything you need to know about hashtags and how to use them effectively to increase your reach
GETTING CLIENTS
Quick ways to get clients as a teacher or coach (free)
Marketing is a longer-term strategy, but sometimes you need clients RIGHT NOW. 10 practical strategies to pull a client out of the bag.
Get ELT writing or editing work quickly (free)
10 practical strategies to drum up some writing or editing work at the last minute.
The Happy Client Template Toolkit (£59)
Everything you need to both save you time, AND create a first class client experience.
Get help with your LinkedIn profile
Download a detailed PDF walking you through setting up your LinkedIn profile so you can attract the right clients.
Or get my personal detailed feedback and tips in a thorough audit of your profile and posts.
SALES AND NEGOTIATION
The Non-Sleazy Sales Kit (£17)
This mini course and downloadable PDF will take you through a highly effective 10 step sales or discovery call process to help you get comfortable with selling, while putting the potential client at the heart of everything.
The Earn Learn Thrive Productivity Planner
Are you an ELT Freelance professional or business owner?
You love the freedom and flexibility running your own business brings, but often feel overwhelmed with everything you have to do. You already spend so much time working in your business, serving clients- how are you supposed to find the time to actually run your business effectively, and even plan ahead or come up with new business ideas?
The Earn Learn Thrive Productivity Planner: for ELT Freelancer Professionals and Business Owners is specifically designed to help you break down your goals into bite-size manageable chunks, and use your time in the most effective way. You can get more done, AND actually reduce the amount of time you spend hunched over a desk.
Step by step, the productivity planner will take you through an easy system which helps you to get better at planning, assessing your time accurately, and learning as you go.
It’s a combination of goal setting, regular reviews, and daily time blocking. And it really works.
- The ELT Productivity Planner is undated, so you can start at any point in the year.
- There are 8 x six week sprints, meaning that it will last at least 48 weeks (if you don’t take any holidays- which you definitely should!)
[If you’re outside the UK, go to your local Amazon site.]
Blog
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Human beings are hard-wired to compete and compare, and it’s perfectly natural. That doesn’t mean it’s going to make you happy.
What is Strategic Mindset- and why it’s important.
When I’m coaching freelancers and business owners I often see them try something once, not get much response and conclude that the strategy isn’t working and they should give up.
How to stop rumination, or chewing over a worry.
Most people find themselves ruminating from time to time, especially when stressed. This is particularly common in the middle of the night, when the logical brain is more shut down and sleepy. At these times the Inner Troll, or more reactive part of the brain, can more easily take over.
Fear of failure? Maybe it’s actually fear of success?
Do you procrastinate because because you have a fear of failure? Perhaps it’s because you are secretly worried about succeeding?
Do you procrastinate? How to overcome it.
Do you find yourself thinking any of these things?
‘I just need to clear my desk before I get started.’
‘I’ll start by dealing with my email, ease myself into the day.’
‘How on earth did it get to 6pm and I haven’t actually got anything done?!’
If so, you probably already know you’re prone to procrastination. This habit of putting things off until the last minute can be a minor irritation for some people, and a major problem for others.
Do you really thrive on being busy?
I used to believe that I could thrive on being busy. Powering through to do lists made me feel energised and productive.
The beauty of Beginner’s Mind
What might you experiment with if you didn’t already ‘know’ that you ‘couldn’t’ do something? That’s the beauty of Beginner’s Mind.
5 causes of burnout and how to avoid it.
The causes of burnout might seem obvious.. too much work, right? Doh. But, in fact, while workload is obviously a major contributing factor, it’s a little more complex than that. In addition to workload here are 4 more causes. Lack of control One of the biggest causes...
Freelancing: the good, the bad and the ugly.
whether you are self-employed or not, we all need to learn to look after ourselves as well as we look after others. This might mean negotiating a fairer deal for ourselves at work, or requiring other members of our family to take a fairer share of the load at home.
Join my community for ELT Freelancers
The Confident ELT Freelancer Collective is a vibrant community, offering you ongoing support, training and accountability.