While COVID-19 changed everyone’s lives in one way or another, one thing you may have realized is that you have more time on your hands than ever before. Time to slow down, connect with your family, and grow your business!
One of the most important aspects of being an entrepreneur is the ongoing learning that comes with running a business - so, let’s take advantage and learn a new skill that will help grow and improve your business!
Here are five places that you can learn a new skill online for free!
1. Hubspot Academy HubSpot Academy is a worldwide leader in free online training for marketing, sales, and customer service professionals. They specialize in comprehensive certifications, singular topic courses, and bite-sized lessons for professionals looking to grow their career and business.
2. Lynda Lynda.com, a LinkedIn Company, is an online educational site that includes over 5,700 courses (and over 180,000 videos) in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business. Since Lynda is paired with LinkedIn Learning, any and all certifications you complete will show up on your LinkedIn profile!
Membership costs $19.99 per month; HOWEVER, using your local library card, you can gain access to over 5,000 courses FOR FREE.
3. AMSE [Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs] A global centralized network where military spouse entrepreneurs and organizations find the connections, tools, and resources they need to make an impact in the military community. AMSE does this by offering free membership for milspouse entrepreneurs, campaign opportunities and collaborations with brands, and strategic military media + marketing.
An exclusive FREE community for military spouse entrepreneurs to connect, collaborate, and learn how to launch, build, or scale their own business. Join here for free
4. Podcasts A new and exciting way to learn a new skill as an entrepreneur is by listening to podcasts for entrepreneurs. While the above resources require you to sit down at the computer with your focus on the material - podcasts allow learning while you’re on the go.
Whether you are driving, doing the dishes, or walking on the treadmill - podcasts are a great resource to learn a new skill! Have you listened to the AMSE Podcast? Check it out here (An excellent podcast hack is listening to your podcast on 1.5 playback speed!)
5. YouTube Last and definitely not least, utilize YouTube! You can learn almost anything you want by doing a simple search on YouTube for the skill or topic. It is an incredible resource for entrepreneurs to navigate any and all skills to help grow and market your business.
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We are living during a global pandemic. No one has ever experienced this, and everyone is trying to do their best to navigate through this time. You may find it hard to concentrate on learning a new skill and continuing to grow your business but remember this:
You are an entrepreneur. You are a leader. If you feel tired, learn to rest, not give up.
Meet Kaila- Air Force veteran, current military spouse, and has been running her business as a marketing consultant for service-based entrepreneurs since 2018. You can find more from her at www.instragram.com/kaila.ruan. She is stationed in San Antonio, TX, with her husband and three children.
