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Different Ways To Attract New Training Clients
As a freelance trainer, your clients really are the key to your success and simply put, you need clients to book training sessions with you in order for your training business to be profitable. Whilst lots of trainers are good at retaining their existing clients and...
Useful Tips For First-Time Freelance Trainers
Taking the plunge and becoming a freelance trainer can be incredibly exciting, and many relish the opportunity to be in the training room doing what they love. However, it goes without saying that working as a freelancer is very different from working as a contractual...
Making Your Training Business Stand Out
As organisations become more aware of the benefits associated with training and development in the workplace, many are keen to work with freelance trainers to ensure their teams are receiving the highest quality training. When it comes to finding a trainer,...
The Importance Of Retaining Existing Training Clients
As a trainer, you will likely have a range of different freelance trainer jobs booked, but these jobs will either come from; new clients or existing clients. Generally speaking, freelancers can spend a lot of time focusing their time and energy on getting new clients...
The Benefits Of Turning To A Training Company When Trying To Find A Trainer
The vast majority of businesses nowadays will have training programmes in place for their employees and it goes without saying that there are a number of benefits to providing your team with development opportunities. Simply put, advancing the skills and knowledge of...
Why Training And Development Is Important For All Freelance Trainers
Whilst, generally speaking, freelance trainers are aware of just how important it is to ensure that they’re undertaking both personal and professional training and development throughout their career, this can often be overlooked. When they’re busy with freelance...
How A Training Provider Can Help You Grow Your Consulting Business
When deciding to become a freelance consultant or trainer, everyone has high hopes of running a successful, profitable and future-fit business, but this isn’t always as easy as it might sound. There will be a number of hurdles to overcome to get to the stage where...
The Importance Of Soft Skills Training In The Workplace
As a business owner, it is likely that you will implement employee training to ensure that your team has the hard skills they need to successfully perform their job role. Many focus their training programs and training courses on the specific work-based skills...
How To Sell Training Courses To Companies
There is an abundance of benefits to becoming a freelance trainer and spending your days in the training room doing what you love. However, starting your own training business isn’t always plain sailing. One particular thing that many who are new to the training...
Why It Is Essential To Review Your Employee Training Programme
It goes without saying that no matter what industry sector your company falls under, training in the workplace is incredibly important and having a well-planned and implemented training programme can be the key to your success. However, there tends to be one step that...
The Checklist To Follow For Developing A Training Program
There is no denying that training and development in the workplace are incredibly important and all business owners should have an effective training program in place for their employees. This training program won’t just give employees the skills they need to do their...
How To Improve Your Training Skills In The Workplace
It goes without saying, experienced team members and supervisors are frequently asked to provide new employees or employees who require additional support with training in the workplace. Whilst there is no denying that training and development are absolutely essential...
The Benefits Of Working With Professional Training Providers in The UK
As a business owner, there are a number of different things that you can do to help ensure the future success of your company, including providing additional training to your employees. There really is no denying that developing the skills and knowledge of your team...
How a coach or mentor could help you transform your training business
Becoming a freelance trainer is a crash course in running a business that most of us find A LOT easier with the support of a coach or mentor. People often talk about business coaches and mentors as if they are one and the same thing. However, you’ll find that there...
Five ways to use online groups to grow your training business
If you use social media, which most of us do, the chances are that you’re a member of some online groups, whether on Facebook, LinkedIn, Mighty Networks or another platform. Some groups are active and welcoming, while others are prone to friction or, conversely,...
5 reasons every trainer should join a mentoring group
Having a business coach or mentor can make a hugely positive difference to anyone in the business world but one-to-one support isn’t the only option. In my professional and personal experience, being part of a mentoring group can have massive advantages for trainers....
Why freelance trainers should have a mentor
People often ask me what the difference is between coaching and mentoring. Are they one and the same thing? Does one have more value than the other? And how are they relevant to freelance trainers? There are some fundamental differences between coaching and mentoring....
