Promote Your Business and Get Paid for Doing It!
How can you gain credibility and exposure for you and your business, reach a motivated audience, develop a far-flung network, hone your presentation skills -- and get paid to do it?
Many writers, artists, speakers and entrepreneurs have found an answer: they teach classes in adult education programs.
Adult education is big business. In the new century, "change" is a hot topic and learning is no longer confined to traditional degree programs. As people want to grow their careers and enrich their lives, specialized programs have evolved to reach this market.
Some teaching venues require at least a master's degree. Others allow you to share your unique skills, from designing brochures to tarot reading. Temple University's continuing education program has offered a half-day class taught by a cleaning lady. The subject? Speed cleaning. If a target market exists for your business or if you have knowledge that people can use on the job, chances are a target market exists for you in the world of adult education.
By entering this world, you can demonstrate your skills to a receptive audience, meet some terrific people, learn more than you expected and even have some fun. Teaching requires more than a good speaking voice and a knowledge-filled brain. Every minute you are in the classroom, you are marketing yourself to your students. You must keep students involved for up to eight hours. Since the average adult attention span is about fifteen minutes, you have to design exercises, activities and questions. You have to deal with the unexpected. Students will arrive late, ask off-the-wall questions and challenge your expertise. Occasionally, students will be rude, insulting or even abusive.
Most people who teach find themselves exhausted after even a short class, yet also exhilarated. Teaching can be a high when everything goes well. The secret of successful part-time teaching is to identify your purpose in teaching and fine-tune your skills to your target market.
You want to reach students who are also potential customers. If a school features astrology and visualization, your course on finding the lowest mortgage rate won't fit, unless you suggest people consult the stars to meet their financial goals.
People who have added teaching to their promotional toolkit report finding success and fun along the way. One public relations consultant gets forty percent of her clients from adult education classes. A writer has developed a secondstream of income and a never-ending source of ideas. The opportunities are available to everyone, everywhere.
Want to learn more? Read Cathy Goodwin's ebook, published by intellectua.com: How to get started teaching in adult ed programs. For more information, contact Cath.
About The Author
Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., is an author, speaker and career/business consultant, helping midlife professionals take their First step to a Second Career. http://www.cathygoodwin.com.
"Ten secrets of mastering a major life change" mailto:subscribe@cathygoodwin.com
Contact: cathy@cathygoodwin.com 505-534-4294
PR Leap (press release), CA - Sep 6, 2008
COM) MintCopy Inc., a global network of expert copywriters has announced the launch of its copywriting services to help organizations and businesses meet ...
Search Engine Journal
Search Engine Journal - Sep 4, 2008
Both with on-page SEO diagnostics and SEO copywriting, we often need to perform various types of text analysis. Here is the collection of tools that should ...
Emediawire (press release), WA - Sep 2, 2008
Copywriting Summit 2008 dates announced -- will feature leading copywriters on how to break into the lucrative copywriting arena. Features Michael Stelzner ...
Promotion World (press release), CA - Sep 4, 2008
by Amber Smith Before venturing into the issue of what the ideal keyword density should be, let us understand the exact meaning of keyword and keyword ...
Brand Republic, UK - Sep 1, 2008
by Anne Cassidy Campaign 01-Sep-08, 16:15 LONDON - Titan Outdoor is launching what it terms "the biggest copywriting competition in the world" to promote ...
Creatives urged to think big by Titan Outdoor How Do
all 2 news articles
3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine, Germany - Aug 29, 2008
by Ray Edwards Improving these two skills will help you become far more successful as a copywriter. There are many good copywriters out there that do not ...
MarketWatch - Sep 3, 2008
... become a necessity to take the guess work out of such things as site design, advertising campaigns, email campaigns, copywriting, and graphic design. ...
3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine, Germany - Aug 27, 2008
by Ray Edwards Copywriting as a trade carries with it a great number of benefits. A copywriter will earn more than the average salary in the United States. ...
American Chronicle
American Chronicle, CA - Sep 5, 2008
AJ Vanderhorst owns Words w/ Verve, a freelance copywriting business. He grew up reading compulsively and writing numerous articles and stories. ...
3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine, Germany - Aug 26, 2008
by Ray Edwards If you’re an employed copywriter, you can make a little or a lot of money depending on your skill level and how well you advertise yourself. ...
Ebooks, Scripts,
Websites, and more... I want to tell you how I go about writing... Read More Advertising is key! Unfortunately most people waste their money on... Read More An interesting debate is currently raging among copywriters, web designers... Read More Tech-writing is a tricky business. It's not a very high... Read More As the famous cowboy Will Rogers once said, "Even if... Read More From the early days of search engine optimization, keywords and... Read More No doubt, the headline is the most important part of... Read More Unless you know the secret motivational secrets that make people... Read More Network marketing is an art as much as it is... Read More We all know that words have the power to persuade,... Read More Headlines attract attention. Headlines generate interest. The time spent writing... Read More Putting out a high quality product is a given these... Read More Quality is what you need. What you don't have is... Read More Once a upon a recent time in a galaxy not... Read More Want to get the most media attention and spotlight for... Read More Whether you're selling a product or service, the 10 tips... Read More If you've been writing web articles to help promote your... Read More In a previous article I talked about a few similarities... Read More Many small businesses fail because their owners don't pay enough... Read More Imagine a bland, colorless existence. Where food had no taste,... Read More In the world of web copywriters, many will try, but... Read More Lets start with copyright infringement.It is easily explained as copying... Read More Your goal is to land a few nice, secure freelance... Read More A letter or postcard allows you to "talk" one-on-one to... Read More Did you know that jobs writing about food are available?... Read More
Adsense
websites
How To Write Powerful Headlines
Why You Should Write To Inform And Not To Sell
Want a Sticky Site That Sells? Forget Content!
10 Tips for Tech-Writers
Why Is FREE The Most Powerful Marketing Word You Can Use?
Does Your Copy Look Fake To the Search Engines?
How To Write Headlines That Get Attention
Website Promotion: 10 Secret Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy
How To Be Creative
Top 10 Ways For Copywriters To Overcome Writers Block
Headline Writing Can Lead To Fortunes: Here Are The Basics Of Writing Headlines
How You Can Proofread Your Own Work
How To Find Editing Services Online
Beyond Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales arent the Only Thing Needing Catchy Openings
Steps to a Writing an Effective Press Releases
10 Keys to Copy That Sells!
Getting Paid for Your Articles
3 Ways to Increase Conversion Rates
Writing Great Website Sales Copy
Copywriting: Engage Prospects By Involving Their Senses
Copywriting for the Web: Do You Have What It Takes?
Copyright, Copyrighting, and Online Copyright Abuse - Save Yourself the Headache by Reading This!
How To Find Freelance Copywriting Jobs
How To Write An Effective Ad
How To Find Freelance Jobs - Writing About Food
Affordable and Reliable Web Hosting Starting at $1.95/Month
Common Mistakes That Can Kill Your Web Copy
Sometimes learning what not to do is as important as... Read More
Hook Your Direct Mail Sales Letter Readers With Good Transition Sentences
Anglers in Maine catch trout using dry flies with barbless... Read More
Website Promotion: 10 Secret Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy
Unless you know the secret motivational secrets that make people... Read More
How To Become A Freelance Copywriter In New York
As a freelance copywriter in New York, your work is... Read More
No-Holds-Barred Conversation with Dan Lok - Part 1
Question: If you were starting out and had no references... Read More
Advice for Copywriters: How to Win the Freelance Bidding War
Are you a freelance copywriter working from home? If so,... Read More
5 Deadly Copywriting Mistakes That Kill Sales
Chances are that you are making many, if not all,... Read More
Copywriter Rates, Getting The Facts Beforehand
Have you ever had the experience of hiring a freelance... Read More
3 Steps To Better Sales Copywriting
Whether you're wet-behind-the-ears or a seasoned copywriter, your craft will... Read More
Three Tips For Magnetizing Your Copy
The difference between good copy and great copy is the... Read More
How Not to Write a Press Release
Several years ago, when I was working for an agency,... Read More
Some Important Tips On Proposals And Price
Here's a critically important copywriting technique I use when writing... Read More
Touching the Prospect?s Emotions in Your Sales Letter
Your prospect has emotions? and you MUST touch these emotions... Read More
The Formulas Freelance Copywriters Employ When Creating Web Content
What is it exactly that copywriters DO when they produce... Read More
Is Your Web Copy Plain Talk?
It's true, we were all taught in school to express... Read More
Bullshit Avoid the use of the word Bullshit
It is important in this new paradigm of political correctness... Read More
Fill Your Readers with Confidence
Site visitors generally stay with you for as long as... Read More
Can Anyone Succeed as a Freelance Copywriter?
This is a question that can be answered in a... Read More
Real Estate Professionals Need You to Write for Them!
Ask yourself these questions:Are you an experienced writer?Do you want... Read More
7 Big Ticket Copywriting Secrets I Learned from Ted Nicholas
I recently sponsored and attended Joel Christopher and... Read More
How You Can Proofread Your Own Work
Putting out a high quality product is a given these... Read More
Copywriting FAQs
One of the biggest challenges a copywriter faces is to... Read More
How To Find A Copywriting School
Have you heard the good things about the field of... Read More
Writing Copy for Voiceovers
As with any of the performing arts, an effective voiceover... Read More
How To Find Freelance Jobs - Writing About Food
Did you know that jobs writing about food are available?... Read More
Copywriting |
