Freelance Medical Writer Success Trait Number 10: Being a Lifelong Learner
Learning a little bit of something each day is a bit like dollar-cost averaging in the field of investing: keep doing them consistently over time, and you will end up becoming very rich in both marketable skills and savings. It’s also always been my belief that the best investment you can possibly make—better than any mutual fund or stock market return—is in developing your own skills. Nobody can take them away from you.
In this episode I talk about some of the things that are useful to learn as a freelance medical writer.
Here are the 10 traits of successful freelance medical writers:
Focused on what the client and reader wants and needs
Follows directions
Follows formatting
Responsive
Well versed in AMA style and rules of editing
Organized and mindful of time
Cheerful/forgiving/flexible
Professional with clients on calls
LinkedIn presence
Lifelong learner
Access “LinkedIn for Medical Writers” here.
Download the free AMA Style cheat sheet here
Download the free AMA style reference list here
Find out more information about how to get into freelance medical writing at 6weekcourse.com
Does your company need medical writing assistance? Visit Nascentmc.com (http://nascentmc.com/)
Join VisualMedComms here. Learn how to make your medical and scientific communications visually appealing and benefit from incorporating a new set of in-demand skills. Find out more about joining the membership below.
3 Feb 2022
Freelance Medical Writer Success Trait Number 9: Having a LinkedIn Presence
This week’s episode covers freelance medical writer success trait number 9, which is having a strong LinkedIn presence. I interviewed Dr. Kalpana Shankar a few months ago on this topic, and I think our conversation really covers most of what I would have to say (and includes several value bombs from Dr. Shankar), so I am reposting that here, along with a short intro on the topic.
If you are a freelance medical writer and are interested in getting more clients, LinkedIn is definitely the place to be. You can have a fully built profile within a day. If you need a little guidance on that, check out my “LinkedIn for Medical Writers” course.
Here are the 10 traits of successful freelance medical writers:
Focused on what the client and reader wants and needs
Follows directions
Follows formatting
Responsive
Well versed in AMA style and rules of editing
Organized and mindful of time
Cheerful/forgiving/flexible
Professional with clients on calls
LinkedIn presence
Lifelong learner
Access “LinkedIn for Medical Writers” here.
Download the free AMA Style cheat sheet here
Download the free AMA style reference list here
Find out more information about how to get into freelance medical writing at 6weekcourse.com
Does your company need medical writing assistance? Visit Nascentmc.com (http://nascentmc.com)
Join VisualMedComms here
27 Jan 2022
Freelance Medical Writer Success Trait Number 8: Being Professional on Client Calls
In this episode, I talk about the many things we have to remember to pull off a successful video conference call with a client, including what to wear, how to set up the video, and other minutiae involved in a professional client call.
This is trait number 8 of the 10 traits of successful freelance medical writers.
Focused on what the client and reader wants and needs
Follows directions
Follows formatting
Responsive
Well versed in AMA style and rules of editing
Organized and mindful of time
Cheerful/forgiving/flexible
Professional with clients on calls
LinkedIn presence
Lifelong learner
Download the free AMA Style cheat sheet here
Download the free AMA style reference list here
Course EDITING FOR MEDICAL WRITERS (Learn AMA Style https://learnamastyle.com/)
Find out more information about how to get into freelance medical writing at 6weekcourse.com
Does your company need medical writing assistance? visit Nascentmc.com (http://Nascentmc.com)
VisualMedComms is a new membership where you can learn how to make your medical and scientific communications visually appealing and benefit from incorporating a new set of in-demand skills to offer your clients. visualmedcomms.com
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