Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor
Hosted by Paulina · Paulina Cossette
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- 104
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- 44
- Transcribed
- 11
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor
In 2019, I was a political science professor who was fed up with the stress and hostility of academia–not to mention the low pay. I left my tenure-track job and went from barely surviving to thriving as a freelance academic editor. Today, I own Acadia Editing Services, an editing and coaching business that brings in six figures a year. In this podcast, I’ll discuss the challenges of academia, what academic editing involves, and what life as a freelancer looks like. If you’re willing to jump outside your comfort zone, it IS possible to find joy, true flexibility, and a profitable and rewarding career as an academic editor or coach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Paulina Cossette
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 29 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
44 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Sell a Group Program in a Hurry: How to Test Your Idea Before the Season Starts (and Before Perfectionism Talks You Out of It)
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So for the rest of this episode, I'm going to walk you through what that kind of imperfect action can look like, what are the bare minimum things that you need to do to test the market if you're short on time, and you just want to get it out there and see if it'll work. So the first step is creating a landing page for an interest list. Now this page should focus on the pain points and struggles of your ideal clients. And it should briefly highlight the transformation that your program will offer. These are the desired outcomes that your clients can get if they join this program. The call to action is very simple. […]
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