Ever heard the old saying It’s a marathon – not a sprint? But in the case of freelance training – it happens to be true.

The most successful freelance trainers – and indeed business owners and entrepreneurs I know have 1 thing in common. They are Action Takers. Here are some examples of actions you can take that will transform your training business and separate you from the rest of the crowd.

It’s well known that lack of confidence and self belief is one of the biggest barriers to success. We were talking about this last week at the workshop and one person was saying that he was worried that big corporates wouldn’t pay for his services and he felt as though he couldn’t really justify [...]

Let’s face it, being a freelancer can be very lonely and it can be very easy to beat yourself up when something goes wrong. If you’re not careful you can get on a downward spiral of self doubt – when that happens you may feel like giving up and going back to corporate life.
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Many freelance trainers tell me that they worry about the whole business of pricing more than anything else and the main fear seems to be that if they are too expensive they won’t get any work. But you also have to take the view that if you are too cheap you won’t have a viable business.

Are you finding it a lot tougher to get clients than you expected? Has your work dried up? Here are 6 key questions you should ask yourself if you want to move re-energise your training business in 2010.

Freelance trainers – what would you like to achieve in 2010 and what might get in the way?