Level Up Your Freelance Business!
We’re excited to announce the IIJ’s first-ever Level 2 Business of Freelancing course.
Over 10 weeks, level up your freelancing with mentorship and guidance from IIJ Founder Katherine Reynolds Lewis and other experienced freelancers.
You'll receive a full hour of interactive online class time every other week, each focused on a single concept or skill in advanced freelancing, with plenty of time for discussion, questions, and problem-solving with the group. You’ll also get a package of worksheets, freelance tools, and resources to rely on for years to come. Connect with classmates and Katherine asynchronously on the alternate weeks.
About the Course
What will you walk away with?
Customized business strategies: Develop a unique plan catered to you and your goals
Interactive learning: Live interactive courses that tackle some of the thorniest challenges in freelancing
Practical tools and resources: Techniques to help you land work and manage your time
Personalized feedback: Get another pair of eyes on strategies you’re using to land work
Community support: Connect deeply with other freelancers and build your network.
The course will run from Tuesday, Oct. 22 through Tuesday, Dec. 17, meeting every other week from 4-5 p.m. ET, sending you into the holiday season to process and prepare to start 2025 strong. During online classes, participants will hone key strategies including goal-setting, time management, pitching, finding new clients, and risk management. Enrollment will be capped at 30 participants to allow personalized advice and connection.
Note: You must have taken the IIJ’s business of freelancing course or workshop to enroll. (Experienced freelancers may apply for an exception to this policy, via a brief questionnaire about their freelance practice.)
Register today for just $59 for all five live, interactive sessions and 10 weeks of support.
Treat yourself with a course that delivers eight times the value of other freelance classes for the same price!
Can't make the whole course? Drop in for any of the five sessions for just $25 per class.
Course Topics
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Class 1: Goal Setting and Accountability Systems
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Class 2: Time Management and Project Scope
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Class 3: Pitching and Client Relationships
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Class 4: Increasing Revenue
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Class 5: Risk Management
About the Instructor
Katherine Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning science journalist and author covering children, education, race, gender, disability, mental health, and social justice. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Elemental, Experience Life, Fortune, New York Times, Parade, Parents, Slate, USA Today, and Washington Post, among others. Her book on children’s behavioral and mental health, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever – And What to Do About It, grew out of the most-read story Mother Jones has ever published. Katherine has been an adjunct journalism professor at American University and Northwestern University, and served as a guest lecturer in journalism at AU, Marquette University, Northwestern, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Southern California.
Participants in the level 1 IIJ business-of-freelance course said:
“What a wonderful class, full of encouragement, accountability, and useful tools and insights to reinvigorate my freelance business and take it to the next level.”
“The IIJ Business of Freelancing course was one of the best investments I ever made. It forced me to become organized about my billing, about how I choose my projects. . . . Take the course – you won't regret it!”
“Despite more than a decade in the business and three years freelancing, I learned A LOT in this class, and would highly recommend it!”
Click here to sign up. We can’t wait to see you there!
FAQs
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The course is for people who have been freelancing actively for at least one year. You should have completed assignments for multiple clients, at least one repeat client, and be looking for ways to up your systems for running your freelance practice. If you haven't already taken the level 1 course, we'll ask you to review the slides for the level 1 course and be familiar with the key concepts. In the level 2 course, we'll be focused on execution of the course strategies and trouble shooting.
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Please bear with us! We manually review questionnaires and aim to get back to everyone within 2 business days.
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You will benefit most from attending all five class sessions live. However, we will record all classes, so if you have to miss one for unavoidable reasons, you can catch up with what you missed before the next class. If you anticipate missing more than three classes, you're welcome to purchase drop-in passes at $25 per class, via this link:
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Absolutely! Everyone is welcome at all our public programs. We believe in building strong networks across lines of identity. If we launch a program that is limited to journalists of color, or another demographic group, we will clearly state that in the materials for the program. That said, we do center structurally marginalized individuals and voices, so please only enroll if you want to be in a community with that priority.
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We encourage you to only take this course when you can commit 1-2 hours a week to the class meeting, reflection, and thoughtful analysis of your goals and freelance business. Since the IIJ is new, we can’t guarantee that we will offer this course again in this form, at this low price. We do not plan to offer it before fall 2025, but we may not even offer it then, depending on funding. We are a tiny team and have to be strategic with the projects we commit to.
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Transactions are fully refundable within 3 days of purchase or before Oct. 11, 2024, whichever date is earlier. Refunds must be requested in writing. This policy balances the possibility of plans changing with the reality that when you take a spot, someone else may be blocked from enrolling. Email info@theiij.com with questions or concerns.
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