This episode, DeaRonda Harrison explains why grant writers should focus on a specific niche, how to grow a grant writing business, and the different ways to market a grant writing business.

DeaRonda Harrison is the founder and President of June First Firm, a grant writing firm specializing in assisting nonprofits under new leadership transform their organization.

In this episode, DeaRonda Harrison explains how to learn about Federal contract grants, what you need to do to become a profesional grant writer, and how to increase your grant writing clients.

She also talks about how to create grant writing retainers with clients, the boundaries grant writers need with their retainer clients, and the benefits of having a virtual assitant.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to become a profesional grant writer.
• How to learn about Federal contract grants.
• How to become a Federal grant writer.
• Why grant writers should focus on a specific niche.
• How to grow your grant writing business.
• How to create grant writing retainers with clients.
• The boundaries grant writers need with their retainer clients.
• The benefits of having a virtual assitant.
• What makes a high converting sales process for grant writing.
• The different ways you can market a grant writing business.

About DeaRonda Harrison

DeaRonda Harrison is the founder and President of June First Firm, a grant writing firm specializing in assisting nonprofits under new leadership transform their organization.

DeaRonda works to onboard and train their new grants team reducing burnout, turnover, and lack of support. She knows and understands too well why quality grant professionals are leaving nonprofits in droves and wants to be a support system to properly train and onboard those new to the industry as well as more seasoned professionals.

DeaRonda has worked at and consulted with numerous leading nonprofits as a grant professional and has 10 years of experience as a grant writer winning awards totaling $35M over the course of her career. Her nonprofit specialty are those that focus on human services, K-12 education, workforce development, housing, and healthcare services. 

DeaRonda is a member of the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) where she served as Georgia Chapter President for two years. She obtained her Master of Business Administration from Ashford University and Bachelor of Science degree from the prestigious Tuskegee University.  

Connect with DeaRonda:

• Website 
• LinkedIn
• Nonprofit Consulting Conference 2024
• Freelance Grant Writer Academy

Quotables:

• “Try not to volunteer if you have a expertise, but if you do volunteer just do it for a short period of time. Give yourself a short timelimit because otherwise years will go by and you’ll still be volunteering.”
• “Create processes over people so that if something happens somebody else can jump in and do it.”
• “It’s not telling them no but you need to clear in your marketing because if you try and speak to everybody then you really speak to no one.”

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• New Grant Funding Opportunities for Small and Emerging Nonprofits
• Sales is Not a Sleazy Word: Selling Grant Writing Services to Nonprofits is Ethical
• You Don’t Need to Have a Grant Writing Agency to Scale Your Business
• Grant Easy Management Software

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