In this episode of the Grant Writing and Funding podcast, host Holly Rustick discusses strategies to help individuals replace their full-time income with flexible hours by becoming freelance grant writers.
Holly shares her personal journey of transitioning from a demanding job to achieving financial stability and flexibility through grant writing. She addresses common challenges and fears associated with freelance grant writing, and offers insights into overcoming self-limiting beliefs and building a successful grant writing consultancy.
Holly emphasizes the importance of confidence in grant writing skills, value-based pricing, ethical nonprofit sales strategies, and client delivery.
She also highlights the positive impact of the Freelance Grant Writer Academy in helping students secure significant grant funding and nonprofit client sales.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Create stable income with flexible schedules
- Learn grant writing skills for sustainable income
- Overcome imposter syndrome and sales anxiety
- Gain confidence in grant writing skills
- Establish boundaries and policies for work
- Access coaching and support for growth
- Achieve financial stability with freelance grant writing
Quotable:
“A full time income while writing grants on part time hours from home, it equals freedom and it equals stability.” – Holly Rustick
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