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Thank you for asking and sharing. Congrats on your progress! I’ve been wondering the same. I haven’t made progress in this work, but am close to setting an end date for my regular job, which will help my progress here change. I’m wondering if a new cohort (and new office hours) are a go for this year.
Congrats on the refresh! I think the top part about who you are and how you can be helpful is the strongest. When it gets to all the options for things I can do next, I think there could be more clarity/simplicity. Is there one main thing/service you’d like to offer? Can you be really clear about that option? Then if people aren’t ready to “buy,” you could offer free and lower-cost ways to engage after that. Again, congrats! This is really tough and you’re doing great!
It sounds like some wise choices all around! Congrats on deciding on some boundaries that feel good. 🙂 Thanks for sharing back!
Great question! I may be too late replying, but I wonder if saying something about your “standard rate,” and that given your keen interest in this project, you’d be delighted to offer a discount, but had a one-time discounted rate (channeling some of Stephanie’s lessons learned here) of X in mind. Maybe something like…
My standard rate is X. However, I have a keen interest in this project and would be delighted to offer a special discount on a one-time basis. Would a rate of X be possible for your budget?
Just a thought… I’m curious to learn from others’ ideas too. And would love to hear how it goes/went!
Thanks, KaYing! Great idea! It’s a good way to help me make sure I’m explaining my vision well, too… in order to have something decent to “feed” ChatGPT. And thanks for the empathy/sharing your timeline too! 🙂 Your website is looking great! Congrats on getting it going, and thanks again!
Welcome, Janet! I feel no further than you — probably less far. Thank you for sharing about your interesting and impactful work! I’m looking forward to seeing how you build out a website. 🙂
Hi Chris,
Thanks for sharing! It’s very interesting to hear about the variety you’re seeing in your work. I’d be curious to learn more about your work and how you decide to niche down, as well as how you identify clients and how you got into international work. Very cool!
Thank you so much, Alicia! I really appreciate your response and question. Both (hopefully). I have a rambling reply to Stephanie below with more info/thoughts if you’re interested. Thanks again!
Hi Stephanie,
Thank your questions and thoughts!I’m currently a digital learning designer for non-credit learning and outreach-related efforts at a University. Related to that, I do some academic research and evaluation-like work. I’d like to continue to do this kind of work, but for a broader audience and with more variety.
I don’t have a crystal clear image of who is in the market for this kind of work. It feels a little chicken and egg… and that there will be a need to “guess and check” and refine the audience, messaging, etc. Is that right?
I’ve recently done some consulting for individuals/small businesses creating wellness-related courses. I know from academic research that museums and government organizations doing outreach-related teaching/informing do not have established best practices around evaluating their online teaching/outreach. Years ago I also did some collaborative K-12 core curriculum writing work and arts integration for k-12 schools via arts organizations.
I think that the consulting/research project work is likely the fastest way to ramp up a new business. However, my broader goal is to celebrate and support the ways we’re teaching and learning in daily life. Given that, I do also have in the back of my mind that future services/products could include online or in-person courses, events, field trips, etc.
After the second time I watched the naming video… here are a couple of new ideas that would allow for more growth opportunities, but could be paired with a tagline to be more specific:
- A lively curiosity
- Always learning everywhere
With a tagline like…
- Learning research and design
- Learning research and design for out-of-school learning
- Practical design and research for creative learning experiences
- Experience design for experts who want to teach differently
- Research and design for lifelong learning
I really welcome any guidance/redirection! Thank you!!!
I think this is an interesting strategy: https://www.wildterrains.com/shop/mentoring
A few months back, she only charged $100 for an hour (but wisely upped it).