After nearly a year of swanning around and having my mid life crises, I have come to the stage I have to decide what I want to do when I grow up.What I'm planning for 2010
I have been offered a job working 0.5 at the Otago Polytechnic Educational Development Center as an educational programmer/facilitator. But that leaves me to find other work and projects. After consideration, I've decided that my best option is to become a self-employed facilitator and consultant in education, eLearning and workplace learning, focusing on heath professionals in New Zealand and Australia.
The way forward
I am looking forward to being flexible and picking up projects that I find suits my interests. But I have a lot of things to do before I am able to get my new business off the ground including deciding on a slogan, designing a logo, setting up websites and domains and marketing my services.
Do you have any advice for me to help me set up my business?
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10 comments:
Congrats Sarah.... O.5 is great, gives you an income and then still allowing you to branch out into your own business.... excellent. Now you have to think of a business name and logo..... I was wondering where you would end up....looks like for now you will be living in NZ.
Thanks info midwife. Yes, looks like I'll be here for another year but I am still looking for opportunities to do consultancy work and short term projects in Australia. So if you hear of anything, please let me know :)
Any ideas about what I could call myself - I am hopeless at things like this.
BTW, what are you doing up so early?
Stewarting technology for...
use you need as a project for a third year Design (communications) student to sort out. it has worked for others.
Willie
Thanks Leigh for the suggestion...I knew you'd come up with something. I see the play on 'stewarding' but I think your suggestion is far too subtle for the people I hope to work with...they won't know what 'stewarting technology' means.
Willie: thanks for suggestion...I'll follow up on that.
I know this is a terrible question to ask cos I should know the answer...where's the place to go to get a website...or should I continue to keep this blog as my company website?
Hi Sarah,
It sounds like a scary and exciting adventure and I wish you all the very best.
kind regards
Helen
Brava Sarah!
As to website - I built my first by hand, and in 2007 HAPPILY moved to a site built w/ wordpress with my blog as the primary front page. I find this helps potential clients get to know the "real me!"
:-)
@Helen...have to say I am taking easy way out by holding onto 0.5 job at Otago Polytechnic so I have the best of both worlds...regular employment and an opportunity to explore how life as a consultant pans out.
@Nancy Thanks for comments. This is soemthing I need to look at in more depth because I wouldn't want to change this blog but at the same time, I want to look at how I can raise my profile in New Zealand & Australia.
Sarah, congrats on the focus (though this decision may not come as a surprise for those of us following you!). Yes, I agree with needing a website and a catchy subtitle (think of how you would answer the question, "So, Sarah, what do you do?"). For the website, I recommend getting your own domain name, perhaps your own name (as I use for my consulting work) or something that represents something that you do (such as what Nancy White does with her website). Either way, it can still point to a blog or otherwise integrate with one.
Wishing you the excellent success that I am sure awaits you!
Thank you very much for this great advice, Jeffrey. I hope to get myself properly sorted over the Christmas holidays.
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