This week we’re chatting to freelance proofreader, Melanie Cotton. Melanie taught French and Spanish during a 25-year career in the same secondary school before retraining as a proofreader and leaving to focus on her business, Argentum Proofreading, four years ago.

She helps self-publishing authors, independent publishers and businesses of all shapes and sizes share their words with complete confidence. She has clients across the globe but is based in Cheshire.

We talk about:

• Melanie’s teaching experience and how she left
• Training to be a proofreader, gaining accreditation, and starting to build her business
• Getting clients and referral networking
• Investing in a professional website
• Establishing a consistent income
• Getting clients from LinkedIn
• What you can earn as a proofreader and pricing your work
• Running a business and wearing all the hats
• Melanie’s advice for those looking to leave teaching and set up their own business

Have a look at Melanie’s website for her proofreading business:

www.argentumproofreading.co.uk or say hello to her on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-cotton

I’d also recommend a look at her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@routesoutofteaching4635 where she interviews ex teachers about how they left teaching and what they’re doing now.

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Today we are joined by Caroline Bowmer, who left a 15 year career in science teaching in 2019 to start her own business, Alchemy Education, an online education company.

Caroline and her team use a transformative programme of tutoring, exam technique and mindset coaching to help students to reach their potential and get their best possible GCSE and A Level exam results.

We talk about:

• Caroline’s teaching experience and how much she loved being a teacher
• How grief can make you reconsider your career path
• The need for flexible working when you have a young family
• How teaching isn’t a very family friendly career
• Building a tutoring business as a side project
• Growing her business to replace and exceed her teaching salary
• Managing a team of tutors
• The importance of mindset and a strong support network
• Recognising your transferable skills
• Leaving teaching and building a life that is more balanced and rewarding

You can find Caroline’s website here: https://alchemy-education.com/

Say hello to Caroline on LinkedIn

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This week, I talk to Victoria Doxat. Victoria is a thought leadership consultant and ghostwriter who left a 17 year teaching career this year to focus entirely on her business. She works with corporates and multinationals and specialises in planning, writing and editing whitepapers, expert articles and bylined articles for senior executives.

We discuss:

• Victoria’s experience teaching GCSE and A Level philosophy
• Getting involved with a union
• Challenges and rewards of teaching and union work
• Transitioning into freelance writing
• Building a successful freelance business
• Victoria’s current work and client base
• Advice for teachers considering a career change

Take a look at Victoria’s website: www.victoriadoxat.com

Say hi to her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-doxat/

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