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EPISODE · Dec 19, 2023 · 31 MIN

Replace Your Full-Time Income with Freelance Grant Writing

from Grant Writing & Funding · host Holly Rustick

This episode, Holly Rustick explains how to earn more as a freelance grant writer, how long it takes to learn how to write a grant template, and how to get feedback on your grants. Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author who has been coaching grant writers how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017. Holly explains how you can replace your full time income with a part time role writing grants, the ways a programme can help with your grant writing process, and how to ethically raise your grant writing revenue. She also talks about the common objections nonprofits have when hiring freelance grant writers, ethical sales strategies that grant writers can use, and how to do value based pricing.What you’ll learn in this episode:The ways a programme can help with your grant writing process.How to ethically raise your revenue with freelance grant writing. How to replace your full time income with a part time role writing grants. The amount of time it takes to learn how to write a grant template. Using AI to write grant applications. Finding your unique industry concept. How to get feedback on your grants. Ethical sales strategies that work for introverts. Strategies on how to do value based pricing. Common objections nonprofits have when hiring freelance grant writers. Quotables:“You can earn more money than working a regular job, you can work anywhere, and you can also create amazing change in the world and bring meaning to your life.”“Once you get clear on your unique industry concept everything falls into place.”“It’s amazing to see how many people in the program are quickly quitting their jobs because they are able to get booked out with clients.”ABOUT HOLLY RUSTICKGrant Writing & Funding (GWF) has a Global Movement to Secure $1 Billion in Grant Funding for Good and $30 Million in Grant Writing Businesses by 2030.  Holly Rustick, CEO of GWF, is leading the movement; a world-renowned grant writer with 20+ years of experience, bestselling author, and business coach for new and seasoned grant writers to replace their full-time income writing grants part-time from home through her signature programs: the Freelance Grant Writer Academy and the Grant Professional Mentorship.  Rustick is the host of the top grant writing podcast “Grant Writing & Funding” and the author of the Bestselling book, The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing. With an MA in International Political Economy,  past-president of the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce, serving on numerous boards of directors, Holly is also an unapologetic feminist. She lives on the island of Guam with her beautiful daughter, Isabella. CONNECT WITH HOLLY RUSTICK Website: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ Resources mentioned in this episode:Register for the Free Webinar, Jan. 10th, 2024 “Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job and Replace Your Income with Freelance Grant Writing” Click hereGet a Free Book in December!Join the Waitlist for the Freelance Grant Writer Academy. Click here.Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job: The Power of Freelance Grant Writing for Financial FreedomThe Real ROI of Grant WritingGrowing your Nonprofit Consultancy PracticeOTHER RESOURCES:Weekly Newsletter: “Write Grants. Get Paid” - Get thought leadership on grant and freelance grant writing strategies every week in your inbox.  https://grantwritingandfunding.com/Freelance Grant Writer Academy: Replace your Full-Time Income Writing Grants Part-Time from Home. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-academy/Grant Professional Mentorship: Double your Monthly Revenue with an Income Stream Outside of Grant Writing. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/mentorship RATE, REVIEW, & FOLLOW THE PODCASTFavor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener?This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review!“Every time I listen to Holly’s show, I learn something” <– If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show!Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to get grant and freelance grant writing proven strategies and conversations in your podcast player every single week.Thanks for listening!Warmly,Holly RustickLeading the $1 Billion for Good Movement: By 2030, aspiring and seasoned grant writers inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy & Grant Professional Mentorship will 1) WIN $1 Billion in Grants, and 2) MAKE $30 Million in their Grant Writing Businesses. We are on our way already.———————————————————————————Thank you Bloomerang for sponsoring this week’s podcast!Bloomerang offers donor management, online fundraising, and volunteer management software that helps small to medium nonprofits, like First Tee of Greater Akron.After just one year with Bloomerang First Tee of Greater Akron doubled their unique donors, improved donor stewardship, and raised more funds. To hear the full story, visit bloomerang.com/grantwritingpodcast/ ———————————————————————————

This episode, Holly Rustick explains how to earn more as a freelance grant writer, how long it takes to learn how to write a grant template, and how to get feedback on your grants. Holly Rustick is a world-renowned grant writing expert and Amazon bestselling author who has been coaching grant writers how to run successful 5-6 figure businesses since 2017. Holly explains how you can replace your full time income with a part time role writing grants, the ways a programme can help with your grant writing process, and how to ethically raise your grant writing revenue. She also talks about the common objections nonprofits have when hiring freelance grant writers, ethical sales strategies that grant writers can use, and how to do value based pricing.What you’ll learn in this episode:The ways a programme can help with your grant writing process.How to ethically raise your revenue with freelance grant writing. How to replace your full time income with a part time role writing grants. The amount of time it takes to learn how to write a grant template. Using AI to write grant applications. Finding your unique industry concept. How to get feedback on your grants. Ethical sales strategies that work for introverts. Strategies on how to do value based pricing. Common objections nonprofits have when hiring freelance grant writers. Quotables:“You can earn more money than working a regular job, you can work anywhere, and you can also create amazing change in the world and bring meaning to your life.”“Once you get clear on your unique industry concept everything falls into place.”“It’s amazing to see how many people in the program are quickly quitting their jobs because they are able to get booked out with clients.”ABOUT HOLLY RUSTICKGrant Writing & Funding (GWF) has a Global Movement to Secure $1 Billion in Grant Funding for Good and $30 Million in Grant Writing Businesses by 2030.  Holly Rustick, CEO of GWF, is leading the movement; a world-renowned grant writer with 20+ years of experience, bestselling author, and business coach for new and seasoned grant writers to replace their full-time income writing grants part-time from home through her signature programs: the Freelance Grant Writer Academy and the Grant Professional Mentorship.  Rustick is the host of the top grant writing podcast “Grant Writing & Funding” and the author of the Bestselling book, The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing. With an MA in International Political Economy,  past-president of the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce, serving on numerous boards of directors, Holly is also an unapologetic feminist. She lives on the island of Guam with her beautiful daughter, Isabella. CONNECT WITH HOLLY RUSTICK Website: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/ Resources mentioned in this episode:Register for the Free Webinar, Jan. 10th, 2024 “Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job and Replace Your Income with Freelance Grant Writing” Click hereGet a Free Book in December!Join the Waitlist for the Freelance Grant Writer Academy. Click here.Quit Your Toxic Nonprofit Job: The Power of Freelance Grant Writing for Financial FreedomThe Real ROI of Grant WritingGrowing your Nonprofit Consultancy PracticeOTHER RESOURCES:Weekly Newsletter: “Write Grants. Get Paid” - Get thought leadership on grant and freelance grant writing strategies every week in your inbox.  https://grantwritingandfunding.com/Freelance Grant Writer Academy: Replace your Full-Time Income Writing Grants Part-Time from Home. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-academy/Grant Professional Mentorship: Double your Monthly Revenue with an Income Stream Outside of Grant Writing. https://grantwritingandfunding.com/mentorship RATE, REVIEW, & FOLLOW THE PODCASTFavor, please? If you love this podcast, would you please do me a favor and leave a review on iTunes or your podcast listener?This helps others find the podcast and I read each and every review!“Every time I listen to Holly’s show, I learn something” <– If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show!Also, if you haven’t done so already, follow the Grant Writing & Funding podcast to get grant and freelance grant writing proven strategies and conversations in your podcast player every single week.Thanks for listening!Warmly,Holly RustickLeading the $1 Billion for Good Movement: By 2030, aspiring and seasoned grant writers inside the Freelance Grant Writer Academy & Grant Professional Mentorship will 1) WIN $1 Billion in Grants, and 2) MAKE $30 Million in their Grant Writing Businesses. We are on our way already.———————————————————————————Thank you Bloomerang for sponsoring this week’s podcast!Bloomerang offers donor management, online fundraising, and volunteer management software that helps small to medium nonprofits, like First Tee of Greater Akron.After just one year with Bloomerang First Tee of Greater Akron doubled their unique donors, improved donor stewardship, and raised more funds. To hear the full story, visit bloomerang.com/grantwritingpodcast/ ———————————————————————————

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