This episode, Holly Rustick explains the difference between a job and an anchor client, how to become a freelance grant writer while maintaining a full-time job, and how you should treat your job while starting your own business

Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author who has been coaching grant writers on how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017.

Holly explains the mindset freelance grant writers need to have, why you should treat your 9-5 job as an anchor client, and how to eventually transition from being their employee to a freelancer who works for them.

She also talks about the different strategies you can use to reposition yourself as a freelance grant writer, how to improve your relationship with a nonprofit, and how to transition from a job to freelance grant writing without any risk.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to treat your 9-5 job as an anchor client.
• How to become a freelance grant writer if you have a full-time job.
• The mindset freelance grant writers need to have.
• Strategies to reposition yourself as a freelance grant writer.
• The difference between a job and an anchor client.
• How you should treat your job while starting your own business.
• How to move from an organization’s employee to their freelancer.
• How to transition from a job to freelance grant writing without the risk.

Quotables:

• “When you treat your 9-5 as your anchor client instead of your financial stability many things change for good.”
• “As soon as we start thinking of them as a client instead of an employer we have to start doing some strategy.”
• “Even if you work at a toxic nonprofit or have a toxic client, we will eventually transition them out. But for now, they’re your anchor client, it’s cash flow and while you have that cash flow coming in it gives you the capability to onboard other clients that would be a better fit.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Toggl Track
• Freelance Grant Writer Academy
• Transitioning to Freelance Grant Writing: Building Your Business Gradually
• Replace Full-Time Income on Flexible Hours as a Freelance Grant Writer
• Doubling Clients and Cutting Hours: Dr. Lauren’s $500K Grant Writing Journey inside the Academy
• Grant Easy Management Software

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