Coaching
In the award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q, the main character asks: What the heck can I do with a B.A. in English? In my experience, one can do just about anything.
My own writing career began at the age of 5, with some particularly awful poetry. Since then, I’ve job-hopped all over the publishing industry, doing editorial and marketing work for several book publishers, copy editing and writing for both daily and weekly newspapers, and creating content for print and web magazines. At the moment, I’m the Assistant Editor at YourTango.com, and fill up the remainder of my time by writing and editing on a freelance basis. And, after years of wandering, I feel as if I’ve finally found that publishing sweet spot.
Which is where career coaching comes in.
After fielding an increasing number of e-mails over the years from those looking for tips, contacts, and advice, I’ve found that it gives me the warm fuzzies to help others find that sweet spot as well.
Career Coaching for Word Nerds was created to help those trying to find their way through the publishing industry. It’s for those who don’t know how to write a query letter. It’s for those who are unfamiliar with the pitch-to-publish process. And it’s for those who don’t know if they should be writing or editing…creating books or laying out newspaper pages…marketing web content, launching their own blog, or proofreading typeset pages…
What is career coaching, and what can it do for you?
The coaching process is a collaborative effort between coach and client to map out a path to career (and, by extension, life) fulfillment. Through a number of sessions, I can get you on your way to a job and/or career that is in line with your values, motivators, abilities, and life purpose.
How does it differ from consulting?
While consultants solve clients’ immediate problems, coaches provide their clients with the tools necessary to self-coach themselves through future career transitions.
Still not convinced? You can contact me using the form at the bottom of this page to schedule a free, 30-minute informational session.
But wait, you guys. One-on-one coaching isn’t the only thing I have to offer.
I also do Cover Letters: Quick, Easy & Awesome. For $100, you’ll receive a four-page packet containing how-to content and sample cover letters, and I’ll help you with cover letter development (one round of edits on up to three cover letters).
And then there’s So You Think You Can Market. For $100, you get a single, one-hour session with moi, in which I help you map out the perfect marketing platform using social media, web sites, online portfolios, mantras, and more. Within one week of this session, you will then receive a personalized marketing plan, containing the plans we discussed, in addition to worksheets to help facilitate future, marketing-related brainstorms.
You can also find information on my forthcoming e-course — 5 Weeks To Freelance Awesome — right here.
Also on the horizon are teleclasses on job search mechanics; story idea generation; writing for the web; contracts and negotiations; and more, in addition to a teleseries in which publishing professionals from all corners of the publishing world speak about their jobs and the industry at large, and answer all your burning, publishing-related questions. For info on these, an upcoming, FREE webinar on How To Give Your Career the Word Nerd Makeover, one-on-one coaching, and more, sign up for my monthly newsletter below.
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Contact Me for More Information
Feel free to contact me using the form below if you have further questions, or are interested in a free, 30-minute informational session.