The Savvy Scribe

Send us Fan Mail Learn how mini bits of content will help your business propel forward. In this episode, I explain why mini lessons are essential to you as a busy nurse/parent. Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community" I appreciate you following me and listening t...

Send us Fan Mail Abbi Perets is a copywriter with 20 years of experience working with some of the biggest brands in the world and the coach moms turn to when they want to break into freelance writing. As a mom of 5 kids, including one with significant special needs, Abbi understands the unique challenges moms face when they build businesses. She shares a lot in this episode: - How copywriting save...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I want to tell all you Savvy Scribes about how to streamline your business using workflows. I like that quote we use in the nursing world, "If it wasn't charted, you didn't do it." and relate it to workflows and systems.  Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free...

Send us Fan Mail Gina Horkey is one of my favorite freelancers out there. Gina Horkey is a married, millennial mama to two precocious kiddos from Minnesota. Additionally, she’s the founder of several websites, which now includes GinaHorkey.com . Gina specializes in helping everyday folks learn hard digital marketing skills to launch their own service-based businesses online, working from the comfo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode I dive into the recent books I read: Atomic Habits https://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/ In these books, I discovered that good habits create goal achievement. All of us can say that we want to be millionaires, own our own businesses, etc etc, but until we put those habits into place to help create goal achievement, nothing will happen. Welcome to the...

Send us Fan Mail This episode was a Facebook Live Event that I hosted. You might hear me talking to the audience during the show. In this episode, we talk all things mindset (I know there's other episode on this), but it's SOOOO important. We talk about: What do I mean by mindset? What is it? Why it's important to switch your mindset 4 Things you need to know about the Entrepreneuri...

Send us Fan Mail Daphne Gray-Grant teaches business owners, academics, corporate communicators, book writers and others how to banish writer’s block so they can write with happiness and ease. She started her career in the writing world in a family business, then started in a large metropolitan daily company as a senior editor. She became a director of communications and then did something big -- s...

Send us Fan Mail In this Savvy Scribe Episode, I talk all about OUTSOURCING What is it? Who does it? Can you as a freelance business owner do it? What about as a parent/spouse? Can you outsource with no money? I mentiom the things I outsource and an approach on how to do it for yourself. Then, I dives into her personal life and shares tips on what I outsources in the home. Mentioned in the episode...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode I have Damion Keith Jenkins is a Masters Prepared Registered Nurse, NCLEX Prep Expert, Nurse Content Writer, & Public Speaker that has a real passion for nursing education! Damion is the owner and lead educator at The Nurse Speak, LLC. – a nursing education and consulting company & blog. He specializes in providing individualized NCLEX Prep tutoring se...

Send us Fan Mail From $200 Essay Content winner to Six-Figure Freelance Writer Carol Tice She started as a song writer who won an Essay content to a freelance writer who built her own freelance life in 2005. She grew overtime and now makes 6 figures as a freelance. She gives tips on how to conquer the technical mountain of blogging and using your insight for your blog as a magazine - in short, pro...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode has questions you want to know the answer to, especially when you are first starting out. That's why I invited my very own husband to the show. Someone who is never fearful about talking was a little podcast shy, which makes me laugh because he's the total extrovert when it comes to the two of us. Welcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you'...

Send us Fan Mail Awarding winning medical writer, Melissa Crawford, talks about all things medical writing. We dove into A LOT in this episode! She talks about: - how she became a medical writer - how she improved her writing over time (and tips for the beginning writer) - why she got into writing in the first place - how she sets her rates - how she talks/schedules clients - why you should know y...

Send us Fan Mail On Today's episode, we have Antonette Montalvo,  a nurse practitioner turned business owner. She is so incredibly inspiring to nurses and those who want to go into business. In this episode we go through: - Antonette's career path up until now - The advice she has on how all nurses can be leaders, even without being a preceptor or charge nurse - How to help nurses become...

Send us Fan Mail Today episode is all about clearing the clutter with office organization! I am all alone in this episode – which is always a good thing when it comes to talking about my mess 😉 Especially during a pandemic, it’s important to keep your space neat and tidy to keep it inviting. Let’s Start Office Organization Things you’ll need Garbage can File folder Label maker File holder That’s...

Send us Fan Mail Nurse keith is here today to tell us about how to use your writing skills to empower you as a nurse and nurse entrepreneur.  Topics we discuss include:  - how he started his nurse career. He has a fascinating story about what he did prior to nursing and we talked about how it probably made him a better nurse. We discuss lots of advice related to how to own a business. When touchin...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Murphy and I met on LinkedIn, not too long ago, but have shared many laughs in our conversations leading up to today's episode. Paul is a paramedic turned teacher who then advanced himself to management and leadership throughout his career. Now, he writes and is a consultant. We cover a lot in this episode, so grab a pen!  We start with - His background - When and why di...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone wants the magic pill. The magic pill that tells us how to start a successful business without doing the work. Let me tell you, people, it’s not how it works. Starting a business starts with you making a plan. Today’s episode starts with the plan before you even land a client. Like what you’re hearing? Give us a 5 star rating! The Savvy Scribe Podcast ! Interested in takin...

Send us Fan Mail Laura Briggs is the host of the podcast Advanced Freelancing . "With a focus on crushing the online business scene, Laura and her guests discuss very practical tips and strategies for everything from creative entrepreneurship and location independence to digital marketing and building sustainable biz systems." She also has a book Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve always been told that I write fast. I can create content quickly and I pride myself in that. It doesn’t happen because I have some magical superpower. It happens because I have a plan, routine and rituals that I do. Take a listen and implement some tips for yourself. Other episodes that can help you with time management and more: Episode 23: https://thesavvyscribepodcast.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Joy Lere is my guest today. Dr. Joy Lere is a psychologist, consultant, speaker, and writer who practices at the intersection of behavior and business, specializing in work on the merger of money and mind. Dr. Lere has previously served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Clinical Psychology at George Washington University and has held clinical and research positions at Children...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Emily Countryman. Emily is from Washington where she has grown up in an entreprenueral family (she even shares her first job as a kid). She now owns 6 weight loss centers for Idealwellness (Idealwellness.com + shiftsetgo.com). Today we talked about how to start growing a business, how you can add health coaching on as an RN, and how tips to stay or get fit as a bu...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes making money as a writer isn't always what you want to do, even if it's what you ARE. A writer can do a LOT of things on the side that don't JUST focus on writing. 7 Outside of the box ways I make money as a freelance writer I always say, just like if you ate too much cake, you'd eventually get sic fo cake, writing is the same way.  I have seen it in...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there Tribe! Today I have Merideth Brow on the show talking all things mindset (which we ALL should be doing).  I had a great conversation with her about following your passion and realizing how mindfulness can work with western medicine, which seems to make nurses skeptical.  She is also teaching mindfulness courses through Chamberlain University her course co-taught with her...

Send us Fan Mail Recently, I read a book and wanted to give you guys my review on it. Laura Vandercam is an amazing writer and a busy, busy, mom! She explains how we all have 168 hours in a week, but if we don't use those hours, we lose them. So, I explain how to make the best of it in this episode. Other episodes in which I talk about managing time are:  https://thesavvyscribepodcast.com/201...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Savvy Scribes! Today's episode is with my friend, Deanna Gillingham. Deanna has QUITE a story from how she started her business as a stay at home nurse - there's more on that. This episode dives into Deaanna's journey: - Starting from her first job - All her nursing experience - How she started the Case management institute - How you should focus on a small...