Become A Medical Writer

April 1, 2024

Strategic Brand Messaging: Strategies to Revive Your Brand

Your business has been going (fairly) strong for a while now and you want to grow. The problem is: you’ve outgrown your initial service offering and now your brand messaging doesn’t reflect the value you provide your clients. You know you need a re-brand, but you don’t have the time or know where to start—it takes so long just to do day-to-day marketing and service delivery. How do you break the cycle?!

Here’s the hard truth: you’ll never have the freedom-focused lifestyle…

February 23, 2024

Timeless Lessons From Walt Disney on Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurial journey of Walt Disney offers many valuable lessons. If you ask someone who’s studied his entrepreneurial success why he was able to accomplish so much in his lifetime, they’d probably say: he took big risks that paid off, he developed a strong and lovable brand, he formed strategic partnerships, he cultivated a sense of community, he adapted to new technologies and mediums, or all of the above.

While I agree that all of these factors and qualities contributed to…

January 24, 2024

Effective Storytelling in Business: 7 Frameworks for Growth

When a freelance medical writer doesn’t treat their business like a business, it fails. Every time. There isn’t a day that goes by when I’m not asked, “how do I get clients?”, “do you know anyone looking for a writer?”, “where do I find work?”, even from freelancers who are coaching others on how to succeed as freelancers… Why? Because they aren’t good at sales and marketing.

Luckily for you, Marketing is my middle name! And it’s foundational to…

January 10, 2024

Beyond Transactions: Building Strong Client Relationships

Building strong client relationships requires looking beyond the money exchanging hands in the client-service provider relationship. It’s a fact—everyone involved is looking to achieve financial gain. Yet, when the focus centers around money as a transaction, the dynamic shifts, creating friction between you and your clients.

Here’s the thing: treating clients like ATMs isn’t sustainable for long-term success. It doesn’t feel good for either party, and you can’t grow…

December 2, 2023

Redefining Business: Lessons From The Dating World

Have you ever applied a set of principles you learned in one aspect of your life to another, only to find that it’s a game-changer? That’s how I felt when I chatted with Prospology’s Mental Health Expert, Bernard Chen LMFT this afternoon.

The more we talked business, the more parallels we started to draw between dating and entrepreneurship. Here are our top 5 practical insights for you to apply in your business or dating life…

November 2, 2023

5 Opportunities For Career Progression: A Detailed Analysis

There are several opportunities for career progression out there! However, I see increasing numbers of people looking for help starting or growing their business without a clue what they want or need. Honestly, it’s infuriating—I want people to succeed, and making unfocused investments is not the way to do it. Then, what is?

The first step to knowing what you want and need to break into a field…

October 4, 2023

Abolishing To Do Lists: How To Manage Your Time At Work

Managing your time at work efficiently while maintaining a healthy work-life balance isn’t easy, but it’s possible. Being a creative, driven, and visionary person comes at a cost. While others are motivated by money and status, you’re more interested in pursuing your passions, reaching your full potential, and making the world a better place.

Traditional, technical roles just don’t work for you. You need to live a…

August 26, 2023

How To Build A Great Work Culture With A Remote Team

Creating a work culture that makes everyone and their dog want to join your company is no easy feat. But, when your business operates 100% remotely, you really do have your work cut out.

One of the challenges of establishing a strong work culture in a remote company is that your team members could be literally anywhere. When there are cultures within a culture, it makes everything more…

August 11, 2023

The 7 Components Of An Unshakeable Entrepreneurial Outlook

This is for you if you fell into entrepreneurship unintentionally—you acquired a client before you were ready, or don’t really see yourself as a business owner. Because of your detachment from your role as an entrepreneur, you have yet to develop an entrepreneurial outlook.

But now you’re realizing that you actually have a viable business here that you can monetize to support your ideal lifestyle. So where do…

July 28, 2023

5 Tips For Achieving Balance As A Travelpreneur

We all know the advantages of being a travelpreneur, combining the perks of remote working and self-employment—working from anywhere you want, travelling to cool new places, setting your own schedule, etc.

But no-one really talks about the down side of a freedom-focused lifestyle when it comes to travel.

How can you keep up with your responsibilities, while also taking…

July 14, 2023

3 Narratives That Limit Your Entrepreneurial Freedom

Many coaches say the hardest part of entrepreneurship is building your business in such a way that allows for freedom and autonomy.

But, for many of us, building a freedom-focused lifestyle isn’t the hard part—it’s experiencing the freedom we already have.

In this article, I’ll introduce three ways in which the stories we tell…

June 30, 2023

Get Paid What You're Worth As A Freelancer

A month ago, I met a spectacular woman and emerging entrepreneur who—frankly—is a cut above the rest. Not only does she live an enviable freedom-focused lifestyle that anyone would kill for, she does it with 100% authenticity. Nevertheless, she does not get paid what she’s worth.

Why am I sharing this? Because despite being incredibly accomplished and well-respected in all the career paths she’d had thus far, Jen suffers from a severe case of imposter syndrome and it’s stopping her…

June 16, 2023

Resilience In Business: Staying Put In Hard Times

One of the biggest killers of momentum in entrepreneurship is failure. Luckily, there is one way to stop failure from becoming a setback. That is by having resilience in your business.

We’re all emotionally affected—at least in some way—by rejection or setbacks. But it’s those of us who are resilient enough to continue driving forward in our business in times of doubt or uncertainty who end up succeeding in the long…

June 2, 2023

10 Entrepreneurial Principles Of Success

If you really want to create and maintain a life of freedom, your business must be profitable. But that’s easier said than done. Only 1 in 10 startups actually generate commercial revenue, irrespective of their industry or location. However, if you want to be that 1 in 10 startup that succeeds, learn and apply the entrepreneurial principles that have worked for others.

A few months ago, at the largest medical devices conference in the…

May 19, 2023

10 Ways To Build Client Trust By Being Authentic

A few months ago, I had a coaching session turned “here are all the things I love about you and your approach” call. While I love words of affirmation, I realized there was a lot to learn from that feedback. So I paid attention.

What kept coming through was an immense appreciation for my authenticity in business. “You have really modelled that and it’s been so pivotal for me,” Liz shared. “When you talk your talk and walk your…

May 5, 2023

3 Leadership Practices Of Top Entrepreneurs

As a first-time entrepreneur, you’ll often approach crossroads where your actions as CEO are critical—not only to the success of your company but also to your freedom.

These crossroads are inevitable. However, over time, you can learn how to navigate them with skill and confidence.

As a successful small business owner with total freedom in my life, one…

April 26, 2023

10 Easy Ways To Prevent Conference Burnout

I attended my first big conference in 2019. With 800+ registrants and countless sessions on offer, it was daunting to say the least.

As I approached 4 days of non-stop networking and structured learning in an unfamiliar location, I was determined not to burn out.

After all, this was a significant investment for my business and I wanted it to be worthwhile…

November 26, 2022

3 Ways To Enjoy Vacation As A Recovering Workaholic

When others go on vacation, it seems like such a relaxing, enjoyable experience. But, when you try to do it, it ends up being stressful and guilt-ridden.

I know this only too well. Because I, too, am a recovering workaholic.

Here are 3 things that help me enjoy my vacations more…

October 19, 2022

Getting Sick On Work Days: 5 Important Lessons

Getting sick on work days as an entrepreneur can feel like a “make or break” moment. Why? Because it is. There are many important lessons to be learned.

While you can’t always control when you get sick or how bad it is, you can control what you take away from the experience.

This week, I had a terrible cold that lasted for 8+ days…

October 13, 2022

Becoming A Medical Writer: A Beginners Guide

Becoming a medical writer is easy when you know which steps to take. The problem is: most people don’t.

With countless medical writing courses and insistence on a medical writing certificate online for success, it’s hard to know where to turn.

As a healthcare worker who built a 6-figure medical writing business in 18 months, I’ve got a lot to say about this…