How to be an Entrepreneur as a Business Journalist

Presented by Maya Payne Smart and Joe Grimm

Day 2:Building Your Team

Presented by Maya Payne Smart

Today’s Agenda

• Identifying your business model

• Documenting your work flow

• Defining your ideal role

• Delegating the rest (up, down and sideways)

Goals for Today

• Understand that you must have great clarity about your goals in order for others to help you

• Recognize that no one succeeds alone and that your network determines your net worth

• Learn when and how to foster strong relationships with people inside and outside of your company

Model 1: Freelancing

Model 1:Freelancing

Model 2:Author/Speaker

Model 2:Author/Speaker

Model 3:Freemium

Model 3:Freemium

Documenting Workflow

• Generate story idea

• Pitch to client

• Negotiate contract

• Conduct online research

• Schedule interviews

• Conduct interviews

• Write article

• Proofread and fact check

• Submit to editor

• Revise

• Invoice

• Remind

• Collect

• Deposit check

How Work Disappears

• Define what’s important

• Neglect the unimportant

• Automate what you can

• Do your job

• Delegate the rest

What’s Your Job?

• Generate story idea

• Pitch to client

• Negotiate contract

• Conduct online research

• Schedule interviews

• Conduct interviews

• Write article

• Proofread and fact check

• Submit to editor

• Revise

• Invoice

• Remind

• Collect

• Deposit check

Delegating…

You Can’t Delegate…

• Working out

• Eating well

• Relaxing

• Friendships

• Family

• Ultimate responsibility

Getting Unstuck

• What’s standing between you and this action step?

• What pay off are you getting from staying stuck?

• How can your team help you move forward?

• What can you do to minimize fear/anxiety/risk so you are motivated to act?

• What next steps can lead to the big leap?

Questions?Please e-mail me at maya@writingcoach.com.