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Updating for Black Friday 2024! Keep Checking Back!
Are you a bargain hunter? I’m one of the biggest bargain hunters you’ll ever meet! Want to know what one of my favorite shows is? Extreme Couponing! 😊 It’s a bit extreme for me, but I still love watching them get cartloads of groceries for almost free. When it comes to shopping for my business and blog, I scour the internet until I find a discount code. Or I wait for Black Friday or Cyber Monday… And lucky for all of us, that time has come!
Here are all the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals I could find for the products I use and love for my editing/freelance writing business. I update this page every year as soon as I know when the sales start. So if you’re here in advance of Black Friday, please note that some of the deals might not be updated yet.
Proofreading Courses and Grammar/Punctuation Resources
Proofread Anywhere
Let me start with the best deal you’re going to get this Black Friday!
I’ve taken several proofreading and editing courses, but Proofread Anywhere is the one I got the most value out of. It’s an online, self-paced course that you can easily fit around your other commitments. It gives you the opportunity to get lots of proofreading practice and even shows you how to get clients and set up your own website.
***BLACK FRIDAY: Get 70% off Proofread Anywhere until Dec 2, 2024, with the code BFSALE70!***
I wrote a detailed review of the General Proofreading course if you want to check it out.
I also interviewed the course creator, Caitlin Pyle, to see what skills she thinks a great proofreader needs.
Grammar Lion
Want to become a successful proofreader or freelance writer but worried that your grammar skills aren’t up to scratch? I felt the same when I first started out, so I took courses and read books to hone my skills. I recently took another grammar course that I LOVED! Grammar Lion is a comprehensive but easily digestible course that will help you gain confidence in your grammar skills.
If you want more info about Grammar Lion, check out my review.
Knowadays (Formerly Proofreading Academy)
The Knowadays Become a Proofreader course is an online, self-paced course that teaches you how to proofread in a variety of different genres, providing well-rounded training as well as helping its students get comfortable with the tech aspect of proofreading.
After completing this comprehensive course, you will have honed your skills in the following areas: grammar, spelling, punctuation, formatting, referencing styles, and readability.
What I particularly liked about this course is that it shows you how to proofread academic, business, and creative writing (fiction and nonfiction) documents, which gives you a good idea of the type of content you might enjoy proofreading.
Read my extremely detailed Knowadays (formerly Proofreading Academy) review here. 🙂
Learn How to Be a Transcript Proofreader
Are you a fan of true crime? If so, there’s a different type of proofreading that may be perfect for you! Transcript proofreading involves working with court reporters to proofread their transcripts. The difference between general proofreading and transcript proofreading is that with transcript proofreading you’re dealing with the verbatim spoken word, so you can only edit for spelling, punctuation, and readability, rather than for correct grammar. That makes transcript proofreading challenging but also very interesting because of the subject matter.
Elizabeth Wiegner (a.k.a. The Proofreading Business Coach) is having a 20% off Black Friday sale on her Transcript Proofreading Academy with extra bonuses on Friday, November 29, 2024.
If you want to learn more about transcript proofreading before you commit, check out Elizabeth’s workshop “Is Transcript Proofreading the Right Money-Making Business for You?”
Business Coaching for Editors and Proofreaders
Struggling to get your head around the business side of being a proofreader or editor? I feel you. It can be overwhelming to have everything on your shoulders and not have anyone to bounce ideas off. Well, there is someone you can turn to for help. Tara Whitaker, an editor with more than ten years experience, offers 1:1 coaching that will help you elevate your freelance editing business. Whether you just need one session to get your head around a tricky business issue or you would like ongoing support, Tara has different packages to suit everyone.
If you’re already a member of Tara’s Freelance Editors Club (FEC), you get an even bigger discount! And if you’re not already a member, you’re missing out because the FEC has everything you need to feel confident about your business and build a community of likeminded editors such as weekly coworking sessions, biweekly Q&A calls, a book club, training sessions, and a private community where you can ask questions. You can sign up here (you can save money by choosing the yearly option)!
Punctuation 101
Do you have a punctuation nemesis? Let me guess . . . I bet it’s commas, right? I’ve created a punctuation e-book and workbook combo that will help you bring your punctuation skills bang up to date. You’ll learn the rules, see the punctuation mark in action with example sentences, and test your knowledge with a 150-question quiz. This combo is usually $17, but you can grab it for $7 until Tuesday, December 3, 2024!
Grammar Conundrums
Finally learn the difference between commonly confused words so you can become a better proofreader and writer! Grammar Conundrums is an e-course that’ll help you finally demystify homophones (e.g., accept vs. except), get your head around grammatically troublesome words (e.g., bring vs. take), and master subtly different words (e.g., compose vs. comprise).
This combo is usually $27, but you can grab it for $17 until Tuesday, December 3, 2024!
Also, a heads up: I updated this course this year, and it now covers 50 tricky word pairs and includes at least 750 quiz questions!
Resources for Writers
Write Your Way to Your First 1K
Love to write? It’s an excellent way to earn money from home! A freelance writer earns money through writing blog posts, articles, web content, SEO content, e-books, etc. for other businesses to publish on their websites.
It can be hard to get started as a freelance writer though. With the course Write Your Way to Your First 1K, you’ll learn the exact blueprint for setting up your freelance writing business and the tools and strategies you need to land and retain clients. Black Friday 2024: Save 50% on Write Your Way to 1K and get Writer’s Revenue Rolodex for free!
Beginning Writer’s Workshop
Have you ever thought about writing a book? I know I have, but to be honest, I don’t know where to start. How do you describe your characters without it sounding like a grocery list of items? How to do you make dialogue interesting? What point of view should you write in?
The Beginning Writer’s Workshop covers all of that and more. If you’re looking for something that will get you actually writing, this is the course for you because it’s full of writing exercises. And it’s brought to you by Grammar Lion (which is also a very affordable price if you want to brush up on your grammar!)
You can get $20 off the Beginning Writer’s Workshop until November 27, 2023! (No sale for 2024 as far as I’m aware)
Freelance Blogging in a Weekend
Looking for a lucrative writing niche to break into? Getting paid to write blog posts is an awesome way to get recurring clients who will pay you month after month to create content for them. No more feast or famine cycle! I’ve taken a couple of Elna Cain’s courses (including this one), and I love her style of teaching and how jam-packed with information her courses are.
Freelance Blogging in a Weekend is usually $95, but you can get it for $47 this Black Friday 2024 weekend. Discount is already applied; no code needed!
ProWritingAid
Want to improve the quality of your writing? There are tools out there that can help you! ProWritingAid is a grammar guru, style editor, and writing mentor all in one package. My favorite reports are the repeat checker that highlights words you’ve potentially overused and the consistency checker highlights inconsistency in spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, and punctuation. It’s not a replacement for a human proofreader, but it will help you level up your writing.
(And proofreaders, you can use it to spot check your own writing. We all know how hard it can be to spot errors in our own writing!)
Get 50% off annual or lifetime license of ProWritingAid until Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024!
The Copywriter’s Framework
Think you can write copy that sells? Copywriting involves writing persuasive and engaging copy for landing pages, sales pages, email funnels, blog posts, articles, social media posts, white papers, case studies, and more.
A good copywriter writes in a way that makes people tick and knows the right words to use to convert their target audience.
You can learn how to excel in this lucrative writing niche by taking The Copywriter’s Framework, developed by the people behind the popular Transcribe Anywhere course.
BLACK FRIDAY 2024: Get The Copywriter’s Framework for $199 instead of $999 until December 2, 2024!
Work-at-Home Courses
Transcribe Anywhere
Another amazing deal you’ll want to check out if you want to work from home is Transcribe Anywhere’s Black Friday sale. ***Heads up! You can grt Transcribe Anywhere for only $199 until December 2, 2024!***
Transcribe Anywhere doesn’t have sales very often, so take advantage while you can!
Related Content: How Katherine Makes Money Transcribing from Home
Freelance Business Resources
Lyrical Host Black Friday Deal
I’ve been with Lyrical Host for nearly three years now, and I can’t recommend them highly enough. If you’re looking for a website host where you get to talk to an actual human being instead of being shoved around various FAQ blog posts looking for answers, Lyrical Host is the one for you. They can’t do enough for you, and I really get the sense that they value their customers! You can save 15% off Lyrical Host plans AND get an extra 10% with the code TP10 until Dec 2, 2024!
Namecheap
You’ll need a domain name to go along with that website hosting! Purchase the perfect domain name for your business so you can start creating your digital home. I use Namecheap for all my domain names, and I’ve been very happy with its service. Starts on Nov 29, 2024! Get up to 97% off domains right now!
Legal Pages
It’s something you’ve probably never considered, but there are some legal ducks you need to get in a row when you set up your website. You’ll need to have a privacy policy and terms and conditions, be GDPR-compliant and ADA-compliant, etc. It’s a bit overwhelming. However, you can purchase templates written by legal professionals that you just tweak to suit your business and save yourself hours of trying to figure all the legal stuff out. International lawyer Lucrezia lapichino has created GDPR + CCPA + FTC compliant legal policies and pages for online entrepreneurs from several countries and regions, including the US, the UK, the EU, Canada, Australia, India, and New Zealand.
You can save 40% off legal templates until December 6, 2024, with the code BLACKFRIDAYWEEK!
If you’re not sure where to start, the Legal Bundle Value Pack includes the following:
- privacy policy
- terms & conditions
- disclaimers
- disclosures
- copyright notice
- cookie policy
- and more
LastPass
I don’t know about you, but I must have created an account with a hundred different websites by now. Trying to keep track of all of those passwords is a nightmare! I use LastPass to store these passwords in one secure location so I don’t have to remember them all. You can get up to 50% off LastPass until December 8, 2024!
FreshBooks
Once you’ve got money coming in from your clients, you’ll need an efficient way to track your income and expenses. FreshBooks allows you to generate and send invoices, track your business expenses, and get paid through credit card or bank transfers for as little as $6 a month! If you sign up now, you can get 80% off for 4 months!
ConvertKit
Want to send an email newsletter to potential clients or blog subscribers? I use ConvertKit to send emails to people on my list every week. I’ve used it for five years now and I don’t see myself switching to any other email service provider because I find ConvertKit very easy to use.
You can get 30% off until December 3, 2024, when you sign up for the yearly Creator plan.
Blogging Courses
Start a Mom Blog
Blogging is a great work-at-home option for people who love to write and are active on social media. The Blog by Number course is for you if you haven’t yet started a blog. Suzi is the most down-to-earth person and is so easy to learn from. She takes you through each step you need to take to set up a beautiful blog without the overwhelm!
The course will help you decide on a blog name and niche, start your blog and set up your theme, write your first blog post, create Pinterest images, and get blog traffic. That’s really everything you need to know to get started! If you take this course, I know you’ll love Suzi as much as I do! Get 50% off Blog by Number and all of Suzi’s products with the code BlackFriday50!
My favorite products of Suzi’s that I’ve purchased are
- Blog by Number: If you don’t have a blog yet, or if you’re brand new, you need this course. Suzi takes you through every single step you could possibly imagine for creating your blog. And she updates the course regularly, so it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
- Ebook by Number: I followed this course when planning and writing my books. It really helped me get rid of the overwhelm and get excited about helping others with my information.
- Little Product Launchkit: I used the templates in this course to create the printables that I made to go along with my new punctuation book. Design is not my forte, so this mini course was a huge help!
Ready, Set, Blog for Traffic
If you’re looking for specific strategies you can use to grow your blog, check out Ready, Set, Blog for Traffic. Elna Cain takes you how she uses Pinterest, SEO, and creating the right content to grow her blog to 40k page views in 1 month! Save 50% on Ready, Set, Blog for Traffic this Black Friday 2022 weekend! No discount code needed! **Currently being updated so no sale for 2024 yet.***
Pinteresting Strategies
The manual pinning strategy I use comes from a course called Pinteresting Strategies 2.0. Carly, the course creator, believes that Pinterest rewards people who actually use the site rather than just using schedulers to pin. After implementing the tips in the course, my page views have more than doubled. This strategy allowed Carly to grow her page views from 0–200K! Imagine if you had 200K page views a month! If you don’t have the budget yet to use a social media scheduler, Carly’s manual pinning strategy is solid. Get 20% off Pinteresting Strategies 2.0 until November 27, 2023, using the code BF2023. (Not sure yet whether there is a BF sale for 2024)
Affiliate Marketing Courses
Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing
One of the main ways that bloggers earn an income online is through affiliate marketing. This is where you earn money for promoting other people’s products on your blog. Michelle is the master of affiliate marketing, earning over $50,000 a MONTH. If you’re going to learn about affiliate marketing from anyone, make it the best in the biz. The Black Friday sale on the Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course runs from Friday, November 24 to Monday, November 27, 2023. Use the coupon code BF20SALE to receive 20% off the course.
Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: Everything you’re missing
If you already have a bit of background in affiliate marketing but feel like you need specific examples of what works, Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers will help fill in the blanks. Carly discusses, in detail, her blog and email affiliate marketing strategies and shows you exactly what results she got and how to replicate them. Save 20% on Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers with the code BF2023. (Not sure yet whether there is a BF sale for 2024)
Books
Taking This Show on the Road
Want to travel year-round without sacrificing your career or income? You can! Get my best tips for getting paid to proofread while you travel!
If you want to work as a proofreader while you travel, but you think it’ll be impossible to maintain or grow a business, think again.
I had exactly the same fear. In 2019, I took a ten-week trip around the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and I continued to proofread the whole time. now, I’m sharing all my secrets in my book Taking This Show on the Road. Get it for $2.50 until Tuesday, December 3, 2024!
