Editorial Business Best Practices
Two seasoned editors will discuss best practices for three crucial aspects of running a successful editorial business. Erin Brenner will help you define the protagonist in your brand story to make it more engaging for prospects. Kristen Tate will discuss how to build trust with your client through an organized, step-by-step onboarding process. Finally, Erin and Kristen will share practical tips, stories, and details about that all-important final detail: accepting payment from clients. Join us for this 90-minute presentation that’s sure to help you grow your editing business this year!
How to Attend This Event
MEMBERS: All PEN members will receive the access link for this meeting ahead of the event date—no registration required. However, registering does help us know how many attendees to expect.
NONMEMBERS: Registration is required to attend this meeting and closes two hours before the start of the event. Nonmembers may attend up to two free Professional Editors Network meetings before becoming a member, but access to recordings of our meetings is an exclusive benefit of PEN membership.
When you register, you will receive an immediate confirmation email indicating when you will receive the meeting link. If you registered but cannot find your confirmation email, or if you have any questions about this event, contact events@pensite.org.
Speakers
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Erin BrennerRight Touch Editing and Archer Editorial TrainingErin Brenner is the owner of editorial services firm Right Touch Editing, which specializes in providing small and midsized organizations with writing and editing teams. Additionally, Erin provides freelance editor coaching and website reviews through Archer Editorial Training. She shares her expertise through her blog, The Writing Resource, and by speaking at industry conferences. Erin is the author of CIEP’s Marketing Yourself Guide (with Sarah Hulse), Copyediting’s Grammar Tune-Up Workbook, and 1001 Words for Success: Synonyms, Antonyms & Homonyms. Her book The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability will be published by the University of Chicago Press in spring 2024. Find Erin on the web at https://linktr.ee/erinbrenner.
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Kristen TateThe Blue GarretKristen Tate launched her editing business, the Blue Garret, in 2015. She works directly with authors, providing developmental editing and copyediting for fiction and creative nonfiction. She writes a weekly newsletter for word workers, full of craft advice, cheerleading, and personal reflections on how to balance life, work, and words.
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