Grant Writing & Funding

✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com/137 to join the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course ✨✨ There always comes a time when starting a business that stumps people. Creating the best name for your grant writing business is one of those times. Sometimes it completely throws people off the tracks that they never get back on and actually start their business. Don’t let this stop you! To help you navigate this process I have identified three different ways (and the pros and cons) to help you find the best name for you grant writing business. Using Your Name Pros:  It is more personalized  If you have a unique name it won’t be taken!  It works for the 80% connection of social media (I am commenting on other people’s post, not a business name).  It is easier to get started (you don’t need to spend months trying to figure it out) Cons:  If you have a common name, you will need to add a little more in, i.e. “Holly Rustick Grant Writing Consultancy”  If your name changes (get married, divorced, etc.) then your name shift can be difficult  If you decide to dissolve your business, then you may need to rebuild your social media and website branding  You can’t separate yourself from your business so easily Basic Company Name Pros:  It tells the story very quickly of what you do; i.e. Grant Writing & Funding  It is found more easily when people are searching online (i.e. someone looking for grant writing and my business pops up. They aren’t looking for my name, but for what I do). Cons:  A lot of the popular super basic domain names; i.e. www.grantwritingandfunding.com, are taken  It can feel a little sterile  Some people forget to personalize their branding because their business name is what they do and not who they are (i.e. they use stock photos and not pictures of themselves). Whimsical Name Pros:  It can be fun and exemplify your character  You might be passionate about the words Cons:  It can be too abstract that you won’t get noticed; “Wish Granted!” vs. “The Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing.”  It can confuse your ideal client because they won’t know what you do  It can be cute to you, but hard to pronounce and doesn’t connect to other people Be sure to check out www.grantwritingandfunding.com for more info! Warmly, Holly

This episode is for you, if: ● You are tired of getting in your own way ● You are not confident in submitting a grant application ● You are not confident in securing nonprofit clients or partnerships What you will learn, is: ● You will gain confidence in approaching clients or funding sources ● You will learn how to believe in yourself in your business or nonprofit ● You will become the person you want to be What is impostor syndrome? You may have heard this term kicked around on social media, podcasts, books, and more. But it is real. According to Very Well Mind, Impostor syndrome is defined as “the experience of feeling like a phony—you feel as though at any moment you are going to be found out as a fraud—like you don't belong where you are, and you only got there through dumb luck.” Learn the five different types of impostor syndrome and how to overcome them in your nonprofit or freelance grant writing biz in this podcast! Check out www.grantwritingandfunding.com/136 for more info! If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author Want to do me a favor? Please leave a review on this podcast!

Have you ever known deep in your gut what your dream is, but you aren’t currently living in it? Or maybe you commit to living your dream but don’t even know where to start. If you could sit down and have coffee with someone who turned $1,000 into $15,000 during the pandemic while helping others and working less, then would you? Because today we are doing just that as we listen to how Dr. Omotola Akinsola as she shares all her secrets and how she overcame challenges. But even if you are not looking to open a freelance grant writing biz, and you run a nonprofit, you will also want to catch this as she is going to spill all in how she has also continued to grow a thriving nonprofit after doing a needs assessment. Due to that, her nonprofit has served more than 8,000 students and teachers in Nigeria. This episode is definitely for you if: ✔️ You want to start or grow a nonprofit ✔️ You want to turn leads from being those that ghost you into high paying customers ✔️ You are a parent and need to balance running a business with being home with your kids ✔️ You want to find out how to price and charge clients ✔️ You want to be inspired because you need something positive to listen today (yes, Tola is that amazing!) ✔️ You want a free coupon on Tola's Grant Writing Made Easy for Nonprofit! Check out www.grantwritingandfunding.com/135 Today’s Dr. Akinsola shares behind-the-scenes on: ✔️ How she grew up in poverty in Nigeria and followed her dreams in taking big risks ✔️ How the education strike made her start to do her own personal and professional development ✔️ Her Fab 6 heroes include: Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, and her parents ✔️ How she burned all her bridges to do the massive things she wanted to do ✔️ How and why she attended university in the States ✔️ Why and How she did a focus group before launching a nonprofit ✔️ How she opened a nonprofit in Nigeria while being a student in the States ✔️ How her nonprofit in Nigeria has trained more than 8,000s of students and teachers ✔️ When and how she opened her freelance grant writing biz; The Funding Magnet ✔️ How she created a product after talking to 300 nonprofits ✔️ How the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course changed her business and she 15X her investment within a matter of months ✔️ How she has diversified her streams of income ✔️ How she learned how to create passive income ✔️ How she learned her value and how to price ✔️ How a one-hour consultation helped her raise $5,000 for her nonprofit ✔️ How she realized she was wasting her time with dead leads and started getting clients with less drain

*Sign up for the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course Waitlist and get a Bonus Downloadable today: www.grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance.* In this podcast you will learn how to get clear on who you want to serve as a freelance grant writer or nonprofit consultant, as well as what types of grants are best suited to you to write. This is super important as serving all nonprofits isn’t always the best place to start. Why not? Well, it is hard to really market specifically, cultivate clients, and get experience and expertise in a certain field. You may have heard that creating an avatar or ideal client is important in any business. That’s true – even in this business. You want to know what types of nonprofits you enjoy serving otherwise you might either take on clients that drive you crazy or have a hard time getting any clients because your message is too large. • If you just don’t even know how to market, or • wonder why your clients drive you crazy and end up being WAY too much work, or • just aren’t sure why you are not attracting leads… it could be due to not creating a niche market. This podcast will help you get clear on your messaging and show you how to gain more clients while focusing on less. In the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course, I go over this in more detail and quizzes so you can get clear on specific niches. But today’s episode will definitely help you get clear on your niche market. If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author P.S. if you love the podcast, please leave a review on iTunes! That would make me SO happy! :)

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a freelance grant writer, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you opened your business awhile ago but have hit a plateau.  In either case, this podcast discusses the fundamentals of growing a freelance grant writer business. Yes, there are some fundamentals and if you skip these you are going to struggle. Big time. And the thing is, you won't know why. You will just feel like you are never focused and always doing. You will get stuck in the hamster wheel syndrome. So this podcast is breaking it down! Big time.  This week, we will go over the top 3 fundamentals and next week we will go over 2 more fundamentals.  If you want more of this, be sure to sign up to the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course Waitlist to get the accompanying downloadable: Freelance Grant Writer 5 Actions Steps to Make It Real. Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com/133. I only open the Freelance Grant Writing Master Course 1 to 2 times per year, so get on the waitlist to start on September 7th, 2020! In the meantime, check out this podcast to start growing your Freelance Grant Writing Biz today! Warmly, Holly BTW, if you love the podcast, please leave a review on iTunes! That would make me SO happy! :)

🌟 Check out www.grantwritingandfunding.com for tons of free grant writing & funding resources for aspiring freelance grant writers, nonprofit consultants, & nonprofit leaders 🌟 Are you interested in becoming a better grant writer while gaining experience and not just on a volunteer level? If you have experience in a specific field: education, homeless shelters, climate change, workforce initiatives, tribe work, etc. then you could become a federal grant reviewer. In this episode, two of my AMAZING Changemaker Members share their experiences in how they became federal grant reviewers! I get asked how to become a Federal Grant Reviewer almost as much as I get asked how to write grants! So much, that I am putting a course together on it! If you want to sign up, see below! In this podcast episode, Christine Taylor, Jennifer Mitsch, and I discuss the following: ✔️ Overview of Becoming a Grant Review Process ✔️ How a Grant Review Process is like the Family Giving a Review on the New Boyfriend ✔️ What it Takes to Become a Grant Reviewer ✔️ How Jennifer and Christine Became Grant Reviewers and their Experiences ✔️ Why It’s So Important to Follow the Scoring Criteria in Writing Grants ✔️ The Don’ts of Grant Writing and What Reviewers Catch ✔️ Hacks on How to Be a Grant Reviewer (even if you’ve never done it before) ✔️ Why Grant Reviewing Helps You Become a Better Grant Writer ✔️ How Points are Deducted on Grant Proposals (see behind-the-scenes) ✔️ The Magic of 3 on a Grant Review Panel ✔️ How You Get Paid to Be a Grant Reviewer ✔️ How Freelancers Can Pitch to Nonprofits to Write Grants That They Have Reviewed If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! Please leave a review on iTunes if you love the Grant Writing & Funding Podcast! Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author

✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com/131 to join Sean's FREE Webinar: How to Transform Your Board of Directors in 90 days✨✨ If you are a nonprofit leader, freelance grant writer, or nonprofit consultant than you know that the role and efficiency of a healthy board of directors are vital for nonprofit health! That’s why I brought on Sean Kosofsky from Nonprofit Fixer to share with you how to improve a nonprofit’s board of directors. If you resonate with not knowing how to ask your board to financial contribute, what their expectations are of showing up, or how they can be the most effective, then this episode is for you! Also, we talk about how freelance grant writers and nonprofit consultants can add a board of director training to their services and how this can help nonprofits get MORE funding. Sean Kosofsky is the NonProfit Fixer! He has worked in nonprofits for more than 27 years, including as executive director for five organizations. He has worked in policy, communications, grassroots advocacy, direct service, development, management and served on numerous boards. He has raised millions of dollars for causes, candidates and campaigns. His work has appeared in news stories around the world, and he has offered webinars or blog posts through AFP, Candid, Idealware, Bloomerang, Wild Apricot, and Pamela Grow’s Motivate Mondays. He has worked on a wide range of issues including LGBTQ equality, reproductive justice, voting access, bullying prevention, climate change, and more. He offers coaching, consulting, training and free tools at his website Nonprofitfixer.com and courses at http://Learn.MindTheGapConsulting.org. In today’s episode, we discuss the following: ✔ How to help recruit, retain, and grow a board of directors ✔ How a freelancer/consultant can conduct board of directors training for nonprofits as a side income or main income ✔ Sean’s colorful story on why he became involved with nonprofits ✔ How you can use your passion to do good in the world ✔ How Sean moved to a new city and started a freelance nonprofit consultancy ✔ How to leverage your relationships in your geographic area to get new leads ✔ What freelancers need to focus on that will lead to a full-time hustle job ✔ The huge space available for nonprofit consultants ✔ How to test your services to see which ones will sell the most ✔ The key elements in why a board of directors is inefficient and how to fix it ✔ 80% of what You do - Recruit, Retain, Remove board members ✔ The 3 M’s: Members, Meetings, and Money ✔ The Board Agreement: How to have a board of directors actually commit to bringing in funding every single year ✔ The Fundamental Change to Uplevel a Nonprofit: Flipping the Mindset of Board Members Links Mentioned From the Episode: ✔ Join the August 6th FREE Webinar: How to Transform Your Board in 90 Days. Click here ✔ Find out more about Sean, get a free consultation, or see FREE resources at: nonprofitfixer.com ✔ Find out more about Sean’s courses at: http://Learn.MindTheGapConsulting.org If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author

Why is this important? Well, it’ll do the following things for you Freelance Grant Writers and Nonprofit Consultants: • Create relationships on and offline • Develop & nurture warm leads • Give you a plan of how to start the pitch discussion Okay, I am going to outline the 3 Essential Steps for Freelance Grant Writers to Pitch Services #1: Reframe Your Thinking from When Do I Ask for Money to What Problems Do I Solve? #2: Create / Share Valuable Content that Solves the Problems #3: Implement the “Give, Give, Give, Ask” Approach If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author

✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to your Freelance Grant Writer: 6 Weeks to Summer Success Toolkit! ✨✨ I know, I know, many of us still have our kids at home this summer as summer programs are still closed (ahem), and we may be burned out with being on our screens all the time. I get it. You need something tangible that you can do today that will move your business forward and pick up some serious momentum. The “Work Smarter, Not Harder’ adage could never be truer than right now. So first let’s cover what reading this article – and doing the free downloadable – will not do for you. You will not make a million dollars overnight or get 5,000 clients in 15 minutes. But here’s what it can do for you: ✨ Be the gamechanger that keeps you working in your business this summer ✨ Give you the confidence to take it up a notch ✨ Provide guidelines that relieve your stress and that looming monster in the back of your mind called procrastination Get the Toolkit here: https://grantwritingandfunding.com/freelance-grant-writer-six-weeks-to-summer-success-toolkit/ If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author

✨✨ Visit www.grantwritingandfunding.com to get the proven G.R.A.N.T.S. formula to write winning grants ✨✨ If you are a freelance grant writer / nonprofit consultant: ● You might be paralyzed with going after funding because you just aren’t sure what to do. ● You might not want to pitch your services because you are nervous asking nonprofits for money right now. ● You aren’t sure what types of grants and funding are available. If you are a nonprofit leader or development coordinator: • You might have put off applying for grants because you aren’t sure what projects you want funded • You might have been focused on getting PPP and CARES Act funding and put the grants to the side. • You might just think the Feds aren’t funding regular grant programs right now. This podcast episode will address all these three items and you will learn the following: • The current grant environment • Where to find grants • Why charging clients is acceptable or if you are a nonprofit how to pay for help This will help you to be competitive in the current funding arena and gain new clients if you are a freelance grant writer or nonprofit consultant, or help you stand out in the crowd and move forward in sustainable funding if you are a nonprofit leader. If you have any questions, feel free to email holly@grantwritingandfunding.com I’d love to connect with you! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzIfwJt0az9KKwKz1Uc8vg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyrustick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rustick-0765b817/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/grantwritingandfunding/ Thanks for listening! Holly Rustick Expert Grant Writer & Bestselling Author