New at freelancing or writing and need support, advice and resources?
We’ve got you. Our new Starter membership offers everything you need to get your freelance career off the ground, plus a private podcast AND access to Rachel each week in our Discord community. From $12/month or $95/year.
Check out what’s included below.
Three exclusive downloads just for Starter members – designed to help you stop overthinking and start applying for jobs and gigs.
The Toolkit includes three easy-to-use templates (application, follow-up and reply), a simple framework for landing your first gigs, and a real-life examples of a job application that resulted in paid work (with our comments on why it worked).
Everything is practical, proven and ready to use — so you can apply with confidence and give yourself the best chance of getting short-listed.
Our private podcast The Starter Byte is JUST for Starter members is available via your favourite podcasting app. Here’s just a few of the eps so far:
Want to pitch an idea? Email Rach.
Not sure whether your portfolio is strong enough yet? Wondering how to land your first paying client? Confused about pricing? Or need help writing a pitch, LinkedIn bio or application?
Once you’re a member, you’ll get an invite to our Discord – the RL Starter Hub with a weekly Ask Rach Anything session. You can drop your questions in the channel at any time and Rachel will reply on Wednesdays. This is a great chance to get guidance, feedback and honest answers from someone who’s spent 25+ years freelancing — and helped thousands of writers build careers through Rachel’s List.
As a Starter member, you get first access to entry level and junior jobs and gigs as they come up. When a new opportunity comes in, we’ll send you an email notification so you can jump on it, fast.
New roles are added regularly, but not every day. The best results come from checking in consistently and applying early when something fits (because often jobs close early at Rachel’s List).
Our jobs board is gated, which means you’ll need to be a member to view and apply for anything.
Who doesn’t love getting a chunk of change off a useful service? We’ve got two cool companies offering Starter members exclusive discounts.
We know how tough it can be finding work + writing gigs when you’re first starting out. That’s why we published this ebook, which is chockas full of ideas for doing just that. It includes:
It’s one of our most popular products and sells for $39.95 but as a Starter member, you get 50% off – you’ll get the coupon as soon as you join.
Our shop is full of resources to help you get to grips with all the tricky parts of freelancing. Our suggestions if you’re early in your career:
And of course, our FREE pay rates report! As a welcome gift, we swing you 30% off any masterclass in the shop.
Every freelancer needs to know their ‘internal’ hourly rate – this is the rate you might use if you do charge hourly rates, or if you need to work out a project estimate for a client.
To work out what yours should be, use our exclusive online calculator to set your annual income goal, your costs and how you actually work. It’ll give you an hourly rate that factors in super, tax and the hours you don’t get to bill for.
New tools coming soon, including a calculator that’ll help you price a freelance project.
Every Wednesday, all our members are invited to #WedWritingSprint, an online co-working session where you enjoy some chit-chat with other members, set a productivity goal and work towards it over the course of the 2-hour stint.
We also have a freelancer events calendar that shows you at a glance what’s going on that week – from in-person catch-ups to save-the-date stuff such as writers festivals, business socials we reckon you might be interested in, in-person co-working days and much more.
Great! Starter has two options: monthly membership or annual membership.
If you’ve got any questions at all, please drop us a line via hello@rachelslist.com.au
