"Hey, Connie,
Thanks for your comment on my new blog. I responded, but honestly I have no idea if that means you get the response automatically or if you have to visit again and chance upon it! :) Thanks for the friendship!"
Teaching classes/seminars
I know some of you do this...so I hope you'll share your wisdom with me on this.
First, I have both a bachelor's and master's in journalism. I am a part-time journalism professor at a community college, and I have more than 20 published clips as a freelance writer. I've also taught classes at free community centers, so I feel like I've got my teaching chops down.
I'm seriously thinking of offering a class on how to break into the freelance market - it would include some journalism training (like how to tighten your writing, AP style, interviewing skills etc.), how to come up with story ideas, how to find the right publication, and how to pitch to editors. Obviously, this would be a day-long intensive.
Anyway, I need some advice about how to determine the price I should charge, as well as how to promote myself outside my immediate area (so that hopefully, people would pay me to travel to other cities to give this class).
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Khalinsky on -
There's no magic formula. Some depends on how long the session is and how well known you are. One speaker told me not to charge less than $200 for speaking.
If you are putting on the workshop (a great way to get started & get some testimonials), look at what you want to earn from the workshop, and any costs involved, and then how many people you expect.
Does this help?
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Permalink Reply by DeLani R. Bartlette on -
That is helpful. I was thinking in the $150 range, but it's so hard to know what's enough vs. too much vs. too little - I don't want to undercut my fellow lecturers.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Khalinsky on
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You could start with $150 and put it up as you get more experienced & well known :)
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Permalink Reply by Denise Fisher on -
The recent women's conference I helped with based a large portion of the ticket price on the venue in which it was held.
As far as the promoting, we used a local radio station which helped to sell out the tickets during the last week.
Are you setting this up yourself or do you have helping hands? I do hope it's the latter as there is a lot of work involved for a successful class, but it is well worth it.
Best of luck
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