Today’s Tip: Add Another String To Your Bow
As a freelance trainer it’s really important to practice what you preach by investing in your own personal development, for example attending workshops and seminars, listening to expert speakers, reading books, journals and blogs. Keeping yourself updated and informed enables you to become more competent and competent [...]

Today’s Tip: Have a Plan for Keeping Connected
How good are you at keeping in touch with your network? Is it something you do regularly and consistently or is something you only do when you are not out delivering training? Building your network is key to the success of any business but there’s absolutely no [...]

Today’s Tip: Hire A Business Coach
If are serious about re-energising your training businesss and getting it back on track you should pay serious attention to hiring a business coach.
What A Coach Can Do For You
1. Force you to do some serious thinking about where your business is right now and where you want [...]

Today’s Tip: Use Linked In To Reconnect With Old Contacts
As a freelance trainer it’s pretty important to grow and maintain a trusted network of contacts; it’s a fact that people buy from people they know, like and trust.
Linked In www.linkedin.com is a fantastic resource that you can use to make new connections and build [...]

Today’s Tip: Get Out Of Your Office
We’re now half way through this 20 part series on How to Re-Energise Your Training Business.I hope you are finding it useful and are already benefiting from some of the hints, tips and ideas I have given you.
Today’s tip is a very simple and straightforward one. Get out [...]

Today’s Tip: Keep A Success Diary

If your business isn’t going as well as you would like how are you feeling right now?
Worried? – I just can’t see things getting any better…. everyone seems to be having a hard time
Full of self doubt? – I wish I hadn’t started this business in the first place, I [...]

Today’s Tip: Start Your Own Trainer Network
In Part 8 of 20 Ways To Re-Energise Your Training Business we suugested that you join a Trainer Network.
One way of making sure you stay fully involved in your network is to start your own! Starting your own Trainer Network has many advantages:
1. It builds your profile – [...]

Today’s Tip: Join a Trainer Network
5 Reasons to Join a Trainer Network
1.It makes you feel good! It’s nice to be able to give help, support and advice to other people.
2.You can share ideas with like minded freelance trainers who talk your language.
3.It makes you feel less isolated, knowing you are part of a supportive group [...]

Today’s Tip: Do The Numbers Game
Write down all the clients and associate contracts you currently have. (This includes training companies which have you on their books but who haven’t used you).
Your next step is to analyse who has given you the most work.
Go through your records and add up the total number of days work [...]