The Grant Writing Unicorn Podcast

Jumping into grant writing can feel like diving into the deep end without floaties—mistakes can cost you time, cash, and a shot at HUGE grant funding. 😅 If you’re tired of winging it, missing out on funds, or getting rejected, this video spills the secrets to what really works. You’ll walk away feeling way more confident and grant-ready—like the unicorn you were meant to be. 🦄 Stick around because Meredith dishes out her top five rookie mistakes and shows you exactly how to avoid them so you can finally land those grants you've been dreaming about!

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Ready to trade burnout and a narrow work life for flexibility, massive impact, and a business that actually lights you up? ✨ This video peels back the curtain on Amanda’s leap from a steady in-house grant writing job to bringing in six figures as her own boss—while still showing up for her kids and helping more people than ever. Wave goodbye to the fear of freelancing alone and “not being good enough,” and tune in to learn how Amanda’s risk paid off (big time) and how you can make your own dream work-life reality! 🚀

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Think you need a fancy degree to land grant writing gigs? Nope, that’s just old-school thinking. 🎓 If you’re craving a flexible, meaningful career but feel overwhelmed by where to start (or worry about getting stuck in an underpaid, overworked nonprofit job), you’re in the right place. Discover how total beginners are cashing in on grant writing, picking the projects that light them up, and using AI to boost their income—all while making a real impact. 🚀 Stick around to get Meredith’s seven-step grant-writing roadmap and peel back the curtain on careers you didn’t even know existed!

Feeling lost in the job-hunting maze and tired of your résumé vanishing into the online void? This video is your playbook to beating AI resume filters, crushing the overwhelm of endless applications, and standing out with skills that employers actually want. You’ll walk away knowing exactly how to turn your unique talents into that dreamy job you deserve—no more feeling stuck or invisible. Stick around for real success stories and clever strategies you probably haven’t tried yet!

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Ever felt like life just keeps piling on challenge after challenge—and you’re left wondering how to turn it all around? 😩 Heather Andrews knows that struggle all too well, from losing a dream job to wrestling with the chaos of family and self-doubt. But what if the “valley of despair” isn’t just something to survive, but a launchpad to discovering your true superpowers? 💥 In today’s conversation, Heather reveals how teaming up with talented people (even those who seem “untouchable”) and leaning into community support unlocked a path from burnout to $15k in just 10 months. If you need real talk, fresh...

Meredith spills the secret sauce on ditching undercharging and quitting the never-ending hustle, guiding you from doubting your skills to confidently running a six-figure freelance grant writing biz—without a website, LLC, or risking your day job. 🌟 You’ll want to stick around to discover the unicorn strategies that make landing dream clients and charging what you’re worth feel almost effortless!

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Feeling stuck in a job that doesn’t light your fire—or terrified to ask people for money? 💸 Natasha went from being a graphic designer with zero grant writing experience to leading a grant writing team—and even scored a raise and major confidence boost along the way! 🚀 Dive in to discover how investing in yourself can pay off, the inside scoop on juggling career dreams with a tight budget, and why having the right boss and professional community changes everything—don’t miss the “Unicorn Grant” twist that could change your career path too!

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🕵️‍♀️ Feel like finding federal grants is just a never-ending scavenger hunt? Drowning in confusing filters on Grants.gov and still coming up empty-handed? 😩 You’re not alone—but there is a faster way. Enter: Instrumentl.

In this video, we’re diving into how you can skip the overwhelm, dodge the dead ends, and find federal grants that actually match your mission—without losing hours of your life. From smarter filters to stress-free deadlines, Instrumentl might just be your new favorite grant tool.

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Sunshine, grit, and a dash of grant writing magic—Martinne's story is pure inspiration! 🌟 This video tackles that nasty imposter syndrome and the paralyzing indecision that keep so many of us from chasing our dream jobs or moving forward after a tough loss. You'll hear exactly how Martinne went from doubting her skills to landing her dream job, connecting in a brand new community, and turning grief into unstoppable motivation—all in just a few months. 🍀 Stick around to see how she makes huge life pivots look doable (and how you can, too)!

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Making extra cash on the side doesn’t have to mean working long hours or going back to school—especially if you’re already juggling a busy life! 💸 Meredith shows you how to transform your knack for connection (even if you’re introverted!) into a grant writing gig that pays off big, solving the overwhelming “Where do I even start?” and “Can I do this with no experience?” worries. Imagine going from newbie to earning your first $15k—and beyond—while finally building that freedom and flexibility you’ve been craving. Stick around till the end for real-life wins, step-by-step action, and...

We all know the headache of staring down a blank grant application, only to get lost in a sea of research and repetitive copy-pasting. 😩 This video is your shortcut to slashing the overwhelm of grant writing and finally skipping the “throw spaghetti at the wall” approach—Meredith shows us how new AI tools from Instrumentl can turn those endless hours into just minutes of polished work. 🚀 You’ll walk away feeling like you’ve got a magic wand for grant applications, ready to win more with way less effort. Stick around to see how to set up a real nonprofit grant...

Quitting a toxic job and chasing your dream gig doesn’t have to be a leap of faith in the dark. 🌈 Audrey spills the real tea on how she went from burnt out and overworked in public health to thriving as her own boss, landing better contracts and taking charge of her work-life balance. Her story is living proof that with the right community and a little hustle, you can turn your side hustle into your main thing—and feel really good about it. 🚀 Stick around to find out exactly how she made the leap (and what unexpected twist gave her t...

Finding grants shouldn’t feel like digging through a giant bowl of jelly beans just to end up with a stomachache and a win rate that makes you want to scream. 🙄 In this video, you’ll see how to ditch the burnout of endless, low-chance applications and finally zero in on the grant money that really moves the needle—just like Jane, who went from scraping by with one tiny win to landing over $1.5 million for her fire department. 🎉 Stick around to learn Meredith’s foolproof grant research funnel and see how you can turn your late-night coffee-fueled writing sessions into...

Stepping out of the classroom and into consulting isn’t all rainbows and dollar signs—hello, self-doubt and waiting on overdue client payments! 💸 Alexandra spills the real tea on how she went from feeling shaky and second-guessing herself to stacking $30,000 as a first-year grant writing consultant (with zero experience, mind you) AND finally finding work-life balance as a busy parent. Expect a total vibe shift—from the overwhelm of missed contracts to actual confidence and alignment with work that matters.✨ Stay tuned till the end for how Alexandra turns letdowns into wins, builds meaningful connections, and keeps her momentum rolling—tru...

Picture this: you’ve just wrapped up your third weekend in a row working 36 hours, running on caffeine and running out of steam—sound familiar? 😅 Burnout, low pay, and a constant scramble for respect can make you wonder if freelancing is worth the leap, or just another hustle with a fancier title.

But guess what? Stacy Towles is spilling the tea on trading overwhelm for unicorn clients 🦄 and premium rates, plus the game-changing lesson that people treat you as well as you charge.

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If you’ve ever ugly-cried your way through a Sunday night dreading Monday morning, you are SO not alone. 😭 Shanna Adams shares how she escaped a soul-crushing job (even while being the family breadwinner!) and turned her leap of faith into winning a $20 million grant and building a thriving, flexible business that actually lights her up. 🌟 Ready to see what life looks like on the other side of scary—but totally worth it—career pivots? Stick around to get the real scoop on how she did it, and the shifts that can spark your own transformation!

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In this era of uncertainty, the grant writers thriving are the ones sharing knowledge human-to-human—not just lurking online. If you're feeling stuck in paralysis under the current administration, you're not alone. But you can do something about it.

🌟 Join us April 9–12, 2026 for the first-ever Grant Writers Gathering—a four-day, in-person event at Brasada Ranch in Bend, Oregon designed to help you lead through chaos, not be crushed by it.

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Federal grants are suddenly vanishing faster than turtles dodging toy cars, leaving nonprofits and local governments scrambling. If you’re feeling the pain of confusing grant cuts or terrified about losing funding on short notice, you’re not alone—and you don't have to face this chaos blindly. By the end of this video, you’ll feel equipped and empowered, like a resilient turtle ready to survive any twist the grant world throws your way! 🐢 Tune in for practical tips, insider alerts, and the scoop you can’t afford to miss if you want to keep your programs thriving.

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✍️ You can become a grant writing unicorn faster than you might realize.
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Whether you’re curious about grant writing, launching a creative project, building inclusive spaces, or just need encouragement to chase your dreams—Sam’s story will give you the boost of inspiration you need.

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Leveling up your life doesn’t have to mean burning out, working for pennies, or waiting for someone else to hand you permission. ✨ Monique went from living in her parents' house and doubting whether consulting could offer real stability, to building a thriving consulting business that gives her financial security and the freedom to uplift others. If you’re tired of undercharging, feeling stuck, or doubting your impact, this video will leave you fired up—find out how Monique redefined “success” on her own terms and why her money mindset might just change yours. 💸👭 Stick around for practical gems and inspiration yo...

Ever wondered what happens when burnout meets a breakthrough? Carolyne was drowning in nonprofit overload and imposter syndrome, juggling grant writing with zero extra pay—and feeling totally alone in the struggle. With real talk on mindset shifts, community support, and finally finding her worth (plus landing her dream in-house grant manager job and a $20k pay raise!), this video is your backstage pass to turning stress and stuckness into confidence and celebration. 🥂 Don’t miss the magic—watch until the end for the little things Carolyne did that totally changed the game!

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After facing an unexpected layoff, Ruvini found herself at a crossroads—a place many of us know all too well. Her journey from uncertainty to landing two fulfilling nonprofit roles through grant writing shows just how transformative leaning into discomfort can be. Joined by Alex, she opens up about the frustrations, doubts, and small victories that led to success in grant writing.

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Manual grant research is a total time-suck, but there’s a way smarter (and way faster!) method thanks to a mix of everyday AI tools and savvy prompting. Skip the eye-burning spreadsheets and endless filtering—Meredith’s got real-life examples on how you can go from 60+ grant options down to the actual winners in under 30 minutes flat. This little workflow magic will have you feeling like a grant research rockstar—so stick around to see how you can ditch overwhelm and join a crew who’s truly ahead of the curve! ✨

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🌱 You don’t have to hustle nonstop to make big change in your community—just ask Kayla B., who landed a $5 million grant to bring local food into schools, all while balancing life and farm adventures! From feeling lost in grant writing to confidently scoring game-changing funding, Kayla spills what it’s really like to grow a grassroots project (even when imposter syndrome and burnout threaten to creep in). You’ll walk away with a boost of “I can do this!” energy and find out exactly how persistence and a tight-knit support system can transform your nonprofit dreams—stick around for Kayla’...

Messy spreadsheets and endless lists of software options can make grant management feel totally overwhelming. 😬 Meredith has sifted through 44 different platforms so you don’t have to, narrowing it down to the top seven tools that will actually make your life easier (without draining your energy or wallet). Get ready to transform your grant chaos into organized, stress-free success—with a free downloadable comparison sheet and loads of expert tips waiting for you in the full video! 🚀

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It sounds wild, but using everyday words like “woman” or “inclusion” could actually get your federal grant application tossed out in 2025. 😱 If you’re tired of pouring hundreds of hours into proposals not knowing If they will get discarded based on word choice, you’re not alone—and we’ve got your back with solutions! You’ll walk away knowing how to swap “risky” words for safe ones so your community can keep getting the funding it needs—without erasing your mission. 💪 Stick around for this video because the guide (and cathartic real talk) you need is waiting at the end!

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Woohoo, you landed the grant—but now comes the chaos of actually managing it without losing your mind (or missing a deadline)! 😅 Forget wrestling with clunky spreadsheets and playing broken telephone with your team—this video unpacks how Instrumentl’s tool takes you from scattered stress to organized genius. You’ll see exactly how easy it can be to automate tricky compliance steps and keep all your grant details and deadlines in one happy spot. 🙌 Stick around to see how much simpler (and saner) grant management can be!

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Landing your first job out of college and feeling like you’re totally winging it? 🎓💪 This video is packed with real talk on how to tackle those overwhelming grant writing responsibilities, fight off imposter syndrome, and go from clueless to crushing it in just a year. Watch how Hannah turns every “I don’t know what I’m doing” moment into big wins—not just at work, but for her whole community—plus, there’s a major glow-up in confidence you won’t want to miss! Stick around for all the uplifting stories and tips that might just inspire your next big leap.

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🚫 Ever been ghosted by a grant funder or hit with a flat-out rejection? We've all felt the sting of rejection after pouring our hearts into grant applications, only to get a big fat "no." 😩 But what if I told you there's a way to turn those nos into sweet, sweet yeses and that sky-high confidence by the end of this video? Tune in and let’s uncover those sneaky reasons your grant might get rejected and, more importantly, how to sidestep them for good! ✨

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Here's what we'll dive into:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - My Frequency is What I Frequently See
05:39 - Things Come to Me With Ease🧘‍♀️💫
07:33 - Things Don’t Happen To Me, They Happen For Me 🚀
08:22 - I Don’t Have Problems, I Have Puzzles 🧩🧠

Plus, I’ll share a vulnerable look into an area I’m struggling with and how I’m working through it, because the journey to living your best life isn’t always smooth—and that’s okay!

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EPISODE CREDITS:

Hosted by: Meredith Noble & Alex Lustig

Audio Edit by: Ana Castro

Connect with Us:

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro 

02:00 Transition from burnt out teacher 

04:00 Overcoming the fear of being without paychecks 

05:52 Finding grant writing as a good fit leaving a career as an educator 

08:47 Surpassing goals as a new grant writer 

11:42 Winning a competitive grant 

14:10 How long before you saw success as a grant writer? 

16:56 What it's like to subcontract 

18:02 The Global Grant Writers Collective has helped me 

18:18 Rapid fire get to know you questions 

21:53 How is The Collective helping you get to the next level...

You might not know yourself as well as you think you do. Here are five tips to lean into what makes you, you:

“When we are ourselves, we straight up glow.” ✨

Resources and links:

🔸 Ch'eghwetsen Point System: The Gentle Habit Building Method That Doesn’t End in Self-Criticism

Curious about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this free training on how to build...

If you have the fear of failure (we all do!), start recognizing if you’re needing something to succeed and therefore squeezing the life out of it. 🍋Or, are you detaching yourself from the outcome, staying open, making little shifts, and chilling out?

Resources and links:

🔸 Career Foresight Coaching // Jennifer Spoelma

🔸 “Bending Reality: How to Make the Impossible Probable” by Victoria Song

🔸 Free training on how to build recession-proof opportunities and become a grant writer

Questions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page...

Meredith found clarity about her role on social media through taking concrete action! That’s the punchline: clarity requires action. ✨

How can you apply that concept in your life? What action can you take to get clarity on something that you have been ruminating on?

Resources and links:

🔸 New reviews page on the website

🔸 Free training on how to build recession-proof opportunities and become a grant writer

Questions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq 

Or, emai...

Meredith reflects on 7 major lessons in building a business to $1M in revenue. As a whole team, we’re dedicated to staying humble and remaining wildly committed to our members. (Psst: that’s never going to change). 

Resources and links:

🔸  Podcast episode: Meredith And Alex Have A Work Wedding

🔸 Free training on how to build recession-proof opportunities and become a grant writer

Questions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq 

Or, email us at info@senworks.org Duration: 00:19:05

Meredith shares how 2022 went for her, including some business details and a lot of personal details. TMI? Maybe. But, we like to keep it real around here. 

We’re sure you had a big year too. Let us know. How was your year? Did 2022 end differently than it started for you?

Resources and links:

🔸 Podcast episode: Co-founder Meredith Noble Lived Through a Gas Leak Explosion. Here’s The Story. 

🔸  If you’d like to see the walk through, watch this YouTube video

🔸  Energy clearing work from Grant Writing Unicorn Ressel Yu

🔸  ...

In this podcast episode, Meredith explains how you can come up with a single question in lieu of a resolution. This single question emphasizes your big priority for the year and serves as your decision making framework. 

Resources and links:

🔸  Attachment Styles

🔸  “Bending Reality: How to Make the Impossible Probable” by Victoria Song

🔸  “The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

🔸 Free training on how to build recession-proof opportunities and become a grant writer: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing/

Questions about the Gl...

For Rose, traveling after college was been a transformative experience. She packed her life into a 40L backpack and she started traveling with her husband which turned into 5 years of travel.  🎒   Along the way she learned how to be a writer. 

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✨  Tips to combat fear of writing not being good enough: 

1️⃣  Know every writer faces this.

2️⃣  Writing is an internal process and you just have to jump in.   

3️⃣  Gran...

Alex’s mini-sabbatical was amazing, and it turns out, much needed. In this podcast episode, she talks about her top 5 takeaways. 

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🔸  The Burnout Was Bigger Than She Realized

🔸  Learning, Learning, Learning

🔸  Building Emotional Resiliency Is Hard-Won + Worth It 

🔸  Confronting Fears & Seeing Them For What They Really Are 

🔸  Life Can Be Simple If We Ma...

For Rose, traveling after college was been a transformative experience. She packed her life into a 40L backpack and she started traveling with her husband which turned into 5 years of travel.  🎒   Along the way she learned how to be a writer. 

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✨  Tips to combat fear of writing not being good enough: 

1️⃣  Know every writer faces this.

2️⃣  Writing is an internal process and you just have to jump in.   

3️⃣  Gran...

A month after graduating with her English degree and six months after joining the Collective, Abby received an email from an engineering firm asking if she wanted to interview for a job. She landed it!

Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing

Two major parts of Abby’s story include her second baby being born with heart defects requiring four open heart surgeries in one year an...

Making dreams a reality is no small feat! Luckily, we learned our lessons the hard way so you can skip ahead to the good part.

Lesson #1: Fail Fast

Preparing to launch the Alaska Movement was a year-long process. Two and a half months in, she realized there wasn’t a succinct problem that needed to be solved. She called it quits which was hard to do because: ego.  😮  The only thing that would have been a failure was an unwillingness to make something hurt in the short term in exchange for a longer term gain. 

Les...

The Ch'eghwetsen Method is a habit building system Meredith built to encourage healthy habits without being self-critical. Renee Warren, founder of We Wild Women, is to thank for getting this system out in the world.  ✋

For Meredith, she noticed that hunger and drive to always be doing her absolute best were in conflict with each other while training for a long distance mountain bike race. There was a lot of hurtful self talk and never feeling good enough while preparing. 

In an “aha!” moment, Meredith realized that all days are meant to be equal. She built a...

A gas leak explosion in a tiny house derailed the original schedule to get this podcast episode posted, but it’s finally here!  🎊 

📚  “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters” by Priya Parker

Alex loves gathering. "We spend all this time thinking about the beginning of events and we don’t spend time thinking about the end. This book talks about how we intentionally gather…including the beginning and the closing." Parker has encouraged us to think more deeply about how our Collective members can feel connected!  ✨

📚  “Breath: The New...

Meredith Noble, co-founder of Learn Grant Writing, shares what happened when she was in a tiny house that had a gas leak explosion. In this podcast episode, Meredith covers:

🔸 Background on why she moved to Valdez, Alaska to build a company.  🏔️

An Alaska woman at heart, Meredith was able to feed her soul while doubling down to create a successful company. 

🔸 Quick history on the last two years at Learn Grant Writing.

Learn Grant Writing has evolved greatly in the past two years and the team is deeply proud of where the c...

Dr. Christie Edwards, Alex’s mom, is living and breathing the Unicorn Lifestyle. 🦄 She’s living an awesome life and is passionate about serving her clients as a Doctor in Natural Medicine. She first earned her B.A. in Zoology to serve animals. Then, she went back to school for further study (right around the same time that Alex graduated high school). Christie became the owner of a packaging store business where she learned a lot about business operations, marketing, and connecting with others. 

Steve, Alex’s Dad, likes to say that “no one could make a packaging st...

Karisa Coe, member of The Grant Writing Unicorn Collective, conducts an informational interview with Meredith. The timing is divine as The Collective is in the midst of an informational interview challenge. Karisa is a recent college graduate from Texas A&M University who is working towards becoming a freelance grant writing consultant. She reached out to Meredith for an informational interview to learn more about the why and how behind entrepreneurship. 

Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering o...

In this episode, we sit with Meredith, Alex, Jared (Alex’s husband), and Tobias. We celebrate the work wedding of Meredith and Alex as Alex legally becomes part owner of Learn Grant Writing. 

The four gather at an AirBnB for a weekend away to honor the occasion. As is tradition for Meredith and Alex, tarot cards are drawn for each of the four individuals. The cards pulled by each person pertain to their personal lives and inspire thoughtful reflection. “Anything that manifests in your business is tied to your personal life.”

Jared reflects on his skeptic...

The Mission Makers belongs to Kim and Bob, unicorns extraordinaire.  They created this business to fill the void of programs they are passionate about not receiving the proper funding. Kim is also very involved with the YMCA and currently working as a developmental specialist dealing directly with the grant writing for a large city campaign project.  Truly a team in everything they do from serving on boards together, exercising, and being business partners. They play on each other's strengths and also know when it's time to call it a day!

The Mission Makers is growing, already having 15 cl...

We unicorns 🦄 sidestep the chaos and pressure of designing the entire year by breaking it down into bite-sized chunks. We feel less overwhelmed and more inspired to build the life of our dreams 🌈 when we divvy up everything into threes. 

Ask yourself...why do we plan? 🤔 

Planning ahead gives us a roadmap to success, helps us to avoid the feeling of everything being on fire, 🔥 and is ultimately an energy management tool. 

We find great satisfaction in knowing that we've done everything in our power to make the Grant Writing Unicorn Collective an amazing, transf...

Join us for January's 21-Day Informational Interview Challenge! 🔥 If you are considering becoming a grant writing unicorn in 2022, now is a darn good time to join. 

Learn more here ⤵️ 

https://www.learngrantwriting.org/grant-writing-training

🔸 What is an informational interview? 

🔸And how do they help me get clients as a freelancer? 

An informational interview is a conversation with someone who interests you to gain knowledge about their organization or their industry. It is also a conversation to understand if they have a need that you can help solve. This is you 90% listening...