I recommend to my clients that they directly address their value and their pricing when speaking with prospects. This can apply not only to consulting services, but also to products, or any other professional services provided. Here is how: In the first conversation...
Your clients are busy, caught up in the pace of growing their business. They have little down-time to reflect on what value you are bringing them. They may appreciate your deliverables and your results — both very important — but this is an appreciation...
I am developing a new series of short articles defining the characteristics required to maximize a consultant’s success, based on my work optimizing the practices of established, already-successful consultants. Here is a preview of the articles that will appear...
This article is one of a series on the 12 characteristics that are required to succeed as an independent consultant, based on my work with experts optimizing their consultancies. Here is the link to the entire series. Your expertise is not enough to ensure your...
A key component to success in consulting is deeply embedded confidence — in your expertise, but even more so, in your belief in your personal value. You must be unshakable by the behavior of your prospects and clients, by rejection or the...
Consulting as a solo entrepreneur, when you must create all your own new client work as the key rainmaker, is a tough gig. I am surprised at the constant commitment it takes, even after 25 years of doing it. This kind of creative work, making your own work, insists...