Successful Editorial Freelancing

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Starting a new direction in your career by turning freelance is exciting. However, making that transition can be daunting and make us think again. This short course is designed to help you to work through any concerns you may have about going freelance and give you the confidence to take that first step.

Whether you are an established freelancer or new to the freelance world, it is worth taking time to review your current activities, and invest in yourself, with the aim of making a greater success of your new career.

Whichever of these situations you are in, you are already displaying something of what it takes to be an effective and successful freelancer: you are willing to question and look sideways at yourself, realise you can learn from experts in your field and reflect on what you don’t know in order to be more successful.

If you are planning on going it alone, this course will provide the practical nuts and bolts of what is required to set up as a freelancer in the publishing industry today. It will equip you with the confidence and business sense to create a successful and sustainable freelance income.

Who is it for?

Those who have completed Essential Proofreading or Essential Copy-Editing
Editors and proofreaders employed in publishing who want to make the transition to freelance status
Established freelancers who would like to grow their current business
Those who are thinking of going freelance but unsure if it is right for them

What will you achieve?

On completing this course you’ll be able to:

Have the motivation and confidence to start your own business
Be equipped to manage the difficult first six months of freelance life
Understand what publishers are looking for in freelance editors and proofreaders
Recognise what is required to gain new customers, and build close relationships to secure repeat business
Identify your most profitable target market
Understand the importance of building your brand and marketing your business, even when busy, to sustain ongoing revenues

Be self-resourceful and maximise your sphere of influence to generate new customers

What are the key benefits?

Convenient and flexible – study from home, in your own time, at your own pace
The support of a personal tutor at every stage of assessment
Your own personal business plan, assessed by your tutor who gives individual comments and suggestions, with emphasis on:
- Researching your market
- Understanding what would make you particularly attractive to your publisher clients
- Why they would want to employ your freelance services
Financial, tax and company advice sections are specific to the UK market

What's included?

Personal tutor

Each student is assigned their own tutor, an experienced freelance professional, who provides support throughout the course and for up to three months after completion.

Course materials and access to online learning platform

You’ll have full access to the PTC's online learning platform, through which all course materials are accessed. You can work at your own pace and, when you’re ready, you can tackle the assignment, which will be marked by your tutor. You will be given feedback on the business plan you have created and can clarify any issues raised with the tutor.

How to enrol and pay

Payment options

The emailed version of this course costs £95.

To enrol, you need to click on the ‘Add to Cart’ button on this page. You will be asked to register (if you have not already done so) and, at that point, will be able to pay immediately by credit/debit card, request a pro-forma invoice, or download and complete a “fillable” PDF enrolment form to be emailed to the Publishing Training Centre at courses@publishingtrainingcentre.co.uk.

Course completion

You must complete the course within 12 months of enrolment or, if you wish to continue the course beyond this period, you can study for a further 12 months following payment of a £75 re-registration fee. Any further extensions are at the discretion of The Publishing Training Centre.

Money-back guarantee

If, within 30 days of buying the course (and before any assignments have been sent to your tutor for marking), you decide that the course is not for you, simply let us know and we will issue a full refund. Note that access to the learning platform will cease once your refund is confirmed.

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