“I’ll just wait until the new year,” said my client. “Wait, what?!? That’s 3 months away!” I said. OK, to give you some context, this was an exchange during a coaching session I held a couple of weeks ago, with a veterinarian whom I recently started working with, who is…
Category: Business Resources
Choosing a Business Structure
I recently mentioned the importance of choosing a specific structure for your business, and mentioned that it’s not a “one size fits all” situation. I thought I’d share my situation to illustrate how my experiences over the years have influenced my decisions on the business entity front. The Beginning…
What Business Structure?
If you’re thinking of becoming a freelance medical writer (or freelance “anything”!), you’ll have to decide on your business structure. These articles here and here provide good, basic descriptions of the different legal entities, and their pros and cons, that don’t make your eyes glaze over. d f Deciding on a…
Invoicing
Invoicing is something every business owner has to do – if they want to get paid! f So, what’s the best way to go about this? d Well, the bad news is that there’s no one way that suits everyone – but the good news is that there are numerous options available…
Self-Employment Taxes
For me, one of the downsides of being self-employed is that I no longer get to “enjoy” the fact that my employer is in charge of deducting my taxes from my salary, and just providing me with a regular, net income each month. I enjoy the simple life, and being…
Recording Devices: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3!
In my last post, I discussed a few options for recording presentations if you’re a medical writer who’s decided to start reporting medical conferences – or maybe you just need to record interviews with experts or key opinion leaders for articles you are writing. s h First-Time Use Once you…
Recording Devices: Pick Your Poison
In past decades, the warmer weather used to signify the height of conference season – although these days it seems to pretty much run all year round – especially with many organizations holding their annual meetings in the winter in a warm and inviting location. And some just choosing to…
AMWA-New England Chapter Meeting
Last week I attended our fall AMWA-NE Chapter dinner meeting, which turned out to be another fun evening. We met at Mick Morgan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Newton, MA. It was a fun venue, although our private room turned out to be not-so-private! It was a side room that was continuous with the…
AMWA Updates
Update from our AMWA-New England Chapter I was recently asked by the President of our local AMWA-New England Chapter to become an Executive Committee (EC) member. Naturally I was delighted and honored to be asked, and I accepted very graciously. Tonight was our summer EC meeting, and my first as…
Warm Email Prospecting
Strangely enough, after reposting my Marketing By Warm Email Prospecting – Part II after a “missing link” incident, I came across a Facebook update by Ed Gandia that same evening. He is once again making his free training series available via his website, but only for a few days. So don’t miss out…