The Most Fun Way to Find Clients and Job Opps - Info Interviews!
How do you find clients? How do you find a fulfilling job opportunities? Our answer is the Organic Networking Framework - a simple method no matter if you are introverted or extroverted to build your network authentically. Learn in this episode how to conduct informational interviews to uncover opportunities for yourself and NEVER apply for a regular job again.
The Grant Writing Unicorn Podcast
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Show Notes
Join us for January's 21-Day Informational Interview Challenge! 🔥 If you are considering becoming a grant writing unicorn in 2022, now is a darn good time to join.
Learn more here ⤵️
https://www.learngrantwriting.org/grant-writing-training
🔸 What is an informational interview?
🔸And how do they help me get clients as a freelancer?
An informational interview is a conversation with someone who interests you to gain knowledge about their organization or their industry. It is also a conversation to understand if they have a need that you can help solve. This is you 90% listening and 10% talking. It's the least scary form of networking on the scale of networking scale. If you want to have a career you love, it means taking ultimate, radical responsibility!
If you're thinking about a career in grant writing in 2022, join us in the Grant Writing Unicorn Collective and our 21-Day Challenge. All you need to do, is join the Collective by January 10th and you can participate! ⤵️
https://www.learngrantwriting.org/grant-writing-training
What questions do you have about the challenge or informational interviews? DM us on Instagram (@learngrantwriting) or shoot us an email. 🧡 The team at Learn Grant Writing
00:00 - How do informational interviews help me get clients?
00:27 - What is an informational interview?
00:50 - Objective of informational interviews
01:32 - Why are informational interviews important?
2:00 - How to get clients without going to conferences or marketing on social media
2:20 - Process of asking for an informational interview
02:49 - How to uncover a client's pain points
03:09 - Funding Strategy Overview
04:06 - How a Funding Strategy Can Increase Your Win Rate
04:30 - Example of a grant writer's success
05:33 - How you can start as a freelance grant writer with no experience
06:33 - How funding strategies lead to paid grant writing work 07:12
07:12 - The Organic Networking Framework
07:30 - Challenges grant writers face in networking
09:00 - How Meredith landed her first grant writing job
09:49 - Two main mistakes freelance grant writers make
14:20 - What is the 21-day challenge?
14:45 - Beating overwhelm as a freelance grant writer
EPISODE CREDITS:
Hosted by: Meredith Noble & Alex Lustig
Audio Edit by: Ana Castro
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