Monthly Archives: April 2009

How To Find The Right Consultants For Your Project

If you or your company chooses to hire consultants to complete specific tasks, making the right selection can make or break the project or task in question. The process of finding and selecting qualified consultants for your projects involves many … (READ MORE…)

Consulting Firm Lands $1Million Contract from LinkedIn

This is a follow up to the a recent video post related to how consultants can use LinkedIn . Here’s another video coming from the CEO of Cheskin, a strategic consulting and market research firm with clients like Nike, Coc-Cola, … (READ MORE…)

5 Little Known Truths about RFP’s

As a consultant, you probably spend a lot of time trying to find consultant jobs. The opportunities listed in RFP (Request for Proposal) databases which are used by large companies and government agencies can seem like a blessing when you … (READ MORE…)

How to Find the Right Consultant

Jim Crocker CEO of Boardroom Metrics, a management consulting firm, talks about what you should do in order to find the right consultant. Here are the 6 main points from the video: Talk to people. Get references and recommendations from … (READ MORE…)

6 Tips For Working With Consultants

6 Tips For Working With Consultants

Many companies and executives choose to hire outside consultants to complete projects that they lack the in house skills, time, or objectivity to complete themselves. However, making the choice to work with outside consultants can be a tricky proposition, and … (READ MORE…)

Free SEO Guide for Consultants

Free SEO Guide for Consultants

Hi there folks. Hope you’re all healthy, busy, and working steadily on your consulting businesses and careers! Today I just wanted to let those of you who don’t already know about a new guide on search engine optimization we’ve recently … (READ MORE…)

A Brief History of Public Relations

“In a truly democratic society, everything depends upon the consent of the public.” Thomas Jefferson With the emergence of the Industrial Revolution in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, public opinion was turning sour on the industrial world. The … (READ MORE…)

How to Draw Up a Consultant Contract

How to Draw Up a Consultant Contract

If you’re recruiting consultants, or hiring a consultant, chances are you’ve heard that getting a binding contract in place is a good idea. However, just the word contract conjures up scary thoughts of lawyers, notaries, and other such legal hassles. … (READ MORE…)

Extra Factors to Consider When Hiring a Consultant

Of course, when recruiting and hiring and working with a consultant, factors such as experience, expertise and capability should be top of your list of criteria. There are, however, several other factors that could influence your final decision to hire … (READ MORE…)

19 Marketing Activities Consultants Can Use

19 Marketing Activities Consultants Can Use

Here are 19 different marketing avenues you can use to promote your consulting business. By no means is this list complete as I just sat down and rattled them off. After you read them why don’t you add any other … (READ MORE…)