EP 117: Gaining Visibility Through Your Writing with L'Oreal Thompson Payton

On the show this week I’m chatting with L’Oreal Thompson Payton! L’oreal is a freelance writer, editor and public speaker who is dedicated to encouraging and elevating Black women and girls. Her work has been featured in print and online publications such as Bustle, HelloGiggles, SELF, Shondaland, JET, EBONY and ZORA, just to name a few.

A highly sought-after public speaker and author-on-the-rise, L’Oreal shares vital personal and professional advice via other platforms as a frequent podcast guest and panelist for career-centric events, as well as her weekly newsletter, which offers inspirational advice and job opportunities to a growing number of subscribers and followers at LTintheCity.com. In this episode, L’Oreal and I chat about how she decided to finally put a price on her writing and jump into freelancing, how to get started with building your freelancing career, her advice for pitching your ideas to major media outlets, how she manages writing, pitching and a full-time job and she even gives us a peek into the book she is currently working on!

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