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Setting up a business: getting off to a successful start as a freelancer
Language: German

Setting up a business: getting off to a successful start as a freelancer

Starting your own business - are you still toying with the idea or are you already well on your way? Whenever you want to start your own business with your idea, this tutorial will answer your what and how questions. The positioning of your services or products on the market, customer acquisition, finances, business practice and legal challenges - trainer Jan Brinkmann bundles all the important aspects for your self-employment in a single course. You will receive practical decision-making aids and concrete recommendations for getting started as a freelancer. A few example topics: Calculating hourly rates, writing quotes and invoices, keeping an eye on private and business finances and liquidity, pensions, insurance, taxation and legal forms ... Beforehand, you will receive extensive information on market analysis, customer acquisition and marketing. These nine training hours with 62 lessons save you the tedious and time-consuming task of doing your own research!

  • Preparation: How to successfully position yourself on the market, analyze it and win customers.
  • Finances: How to protect yourself, avoid payment defaults and keep an overview.
  • Freelancer practice: How to retain clients, write quotes & invoices, calculate your hourly rate.
  • Law (as at 25.5.18): Act with increased certainty with regard to legal forms and taxation, among other things.

Avoid the big and small mistakes right from the start when setting up your own business - if you're going to be self-employed, do it right!

Details
  • content: 10 h Video training
  • Licence: private and commercial Rights of use
  • Bonus: including working material
Categories
Online Marketing & Business, Business, Marketing & Sales
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Positioning

Acquisition

Finances

Business as a freelancer

Legal questions

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Becoming self-employed as a freelancer - this is important!

Do you want to take the next step in your career and become self-employed? But you're still unsure, have unanswered questions or lack a holistic overview? Then replace uncertainty with knowledge, get answers and gain a clear view of the really relevant aspects of setting up your own business.

Over 9 hours with 62 video lessons sounds like a lot? Yes - but it's nothing compared to the time you would have to invest to research each of the topics compiled here individually. Set off on the path to self-employment with Jan Brinkmann:

Position yourself as an expert & win customers with a sophisticated marketing strategy.

Hone the idea you want to start your own business with and position your business specifically on the market. This requires a few preparatory measures. In the course, you will learn how to analyze your niche and develop your brand, unique selling points and target group-specific messages on this basis. Your trainer will then provide you with numerous recommendations on how to acquire customers. What is the best way to approach customers? How should you design your contact form and your telephone availability? How do you operate successfully with your blog, on YouTube, Facebook & Co? - Get strategic tips for your marketing.

Keep track of your finances and know your rights and obligations.

"You need to be in control of the numbers, not the numbers in control of you." - As a freelancer, you know the opportunities and risks of your business. Jan Brinkmann shows you how to operate as safely as possible in this environment. Learn methods to avoid payment defaults and keep your private finances and liquidity under control. Find out what precautions you should take and what insurance you should take out. Retain the right customers, write correct offers and invoices and know the legal pitfalls that you will encounter again and again (note: as of 25.05.2018, the GDPR information is not taken into account).

What will you gain from this course?

Overview and clarity for your business start-up - acquire knowledge and practical methods for starting your own business. This compendium looks at all the important aspects that play a role before and during your freelance work - for more security in terms of finance and law as well as more know-how in terms of customer communication and marketing.

Note: The "Positioning" chapter corresponds to the first chapter in "Customer acquisition via Facebook and Google AdWords" - a training course that introduces you to a marketing strategy for acquiring new customers.