Speaking
About Laura
Laura Briggs spent most of her life preparing to be an educator and then burned out after working as a middle school teacher in Baltimore City. After started a freelance writing career on the side, she quickly replaced and surpassed her day job earnings and hit the sixfigure mark in just 18 months. Since 2013, she’s worked full-time for herself helping clients with content and project management by leveraging time management and digital teams. She now teaches others how to build fulfilling lifestyle businesses from home as a coach. Laura is the author of “Launch Your Own Freelance Writing Business” with Entrepreneur Press.
OFFLINE SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
- Keynote, Ohio Marketing Educators Association
- Keynote Randolph College Liberal Arts Symposium
- Speaker, TEDxLehighRiver 2019, “The Future is Freelancing”
- Speaker, TEDx GeorgiaTech 2019, “How Self-Education Can Solve the U.S. Skills Gap.”
- Faculty, Indiana Writer’s Center 2019
- Faculty, Midwest Writer’s Workshop 2019
- Breakout Session Speaker, Bedford
- Women in Business Conference, “Sharing Your Brand Story.”
- Editorial Freelancer’s Association this year on “How to When to Hire a VA”
TOPICS OF EXPERTISE FOR
INTERVIEWS AND KEYNOTES
- Landing TEDx talks
- Building a flexible freelance career online
- Elements of successful SEO writing & copywriting
- Pitching literary agents/writing nonfiction book proposals
- Hiring a digital team or finding your first VA
- Turning one-time clients into ongoing retainers
- Leaving a day job to pursue a career of passion