When’s the last time you invested in yourself? Or, if you’re a business owner, how often do you invest in your business? One of the primary reasons people start a business is to build wealth. But when it comes to investing in themselves and their business, they try and spend as little as possible. What …
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Pricing your consulting services hourly is one of the worst ways to charge your clients. You only have so many hours in a day. If you charge by the hour, the only way for you to earn more is to spend more hours working. You can always raise your rates. But, at some point, there …
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Do you want to know how to become a consultant? If you’re looking to quit your job and start a business, a consulting business is one of the best businesses to start. With a consulting business, you can leverage the skills and experience you already have from working as an employee in the corporate world …
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Here is a list of best practices and ideas to help consultants not only manage but thrive during these uncertain times. What # resonates with you most? Let me know in the comments below… And if you have some best practices of your own that you’d to add to the list type those in the …
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I sent this message on March 12th to our private coaching clients. While we typically keep the deepest insights and inner workings of strategy for clients of our programs, given what’s going on in the world right now, I wanted to share this with you as well… Dear CS Family, it’s 6:02am. Still dark outside …
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Any consultant whose gone independent understands an important truth: You’re not just in the business of consulting. You’re in the business of marketing. Without marketing — generating conversations with buyers (leads) — you cannot generate revenue. And without revenue, you don’t have a business. But marketing is much deeper than generating conversations with buyers. Generating …
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It’s easy to get wrapped in your firm’s marketing or pricing strategies. These are important subjects for any consultant. But, there is one thing that comes before ANYTHING in your consulting business. And that’s your health and wellness. This year, for the first time ever, we sent out a brand new survey to our list …
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How do you get new consulting clients? Do you have a system in place for winning consulting projects? Do you have a marketing strategy — or do you rely on hope to get more clients? If you’re a consultant, you’re in the business of marketing. To get consulting clients, you need to generate conversations with …
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Last updated on April 9th, 2021 Want to increase your consulting fees with value-based pricing? A few years ago, I was speaking to a client. They were about to send out a consulting proposal for $65,000. She felt really good about that price. However, I challenged her on it. We discussed the impact the project …
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Productization is a hot topic today. What could be better than packaging your consulting services into products? No proposals. Minimal negotiations. A streamlined, predictable process. Sounds good, right? Yes — but that’s not the complete story. Productizing your consulting services can be an incredibly profitable move. It can help you scale your consulting business. It …
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