Elizabeth enrolled in General Proofreading: Theory and Practice proofreading course with Proofread Anywhere in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis... and still succeeded. Today, she's fully booked and still gets to be a stay-at-home mom to her two kids! Our proofreading course includes more than just how to become a proofreader; it includes how to build your clientele and succeed long-term.
Hi, my name is Elizabeth. I am a stay-at-home mom and part-time/full-time, kind-of-in-between proofreader. I chose proofreading because I wanted to be able to do something that I enjoyed to bring in extra income without sacrificing time as a stay-at-home mom. So extremely happy with my decision to do that and to use Proofread Anywhere. The reviews and everything that I found as far as the training itself for Proofread Anywhere's general course, which is the one I ended up taking, was excellent.
Had, you know, just rave reviews on the training itself, but it also had the marketing piece and the business structure setup and guidance, I guess you'd say, included in the course as well. And that was huge for me because that was -- I felt like proofreading was kind of almost going to be the easy part.
Not that it's easy, but of the two, the business stuff, I just had no idea where to begin. So that was very helpful, and I'm very glad that I did ended up doing that. But again, the training is extremely thorough. They -- I think Caitlin even says in the, the course itself up toward the beginning in one of the videos that she teaches you how to fish, and that is very much the case.
There is no hand-holding. And I don't mean that in a bad way; there are all of the tools that you need to succeed, but it prepares you for the real world of having to go out and get what you want, you know? Clients don't just fall into your lap, and it gave me all the tools that I needed to go pursue and be confident in pursuing work once I graduated and you know, it was -- I followed the advice of some people in the grad group as well and treated it like it was my job to do that until I got to where I wanted to be.
And so like I said, it was really, really good for us and our family. It helps that it's something that I enjoy doing. So it's kind of an outlet at the same time. But yeah, so now I'm up to pretty much capacity of what I can handle in a week with still, you know, obviously being a stay-at-home mom, but I'm able to proofread literally anywhere.
And I mostly work while they're asleep, so it doesn't, you know, encroach on that time, which was the #1 thing for me, but I'm very happy with the results that I've gotten. I think that we had a lot of life changes in the year after I completed the course. So if I can build this and get to where I am with all the stuff that we went through, you know, change-wise, just in general, then I truly believe that anybody can do this.
And I would encourage them to, if they're of the mentality that this is what they want. So I hope that helps!