Naming Tips for Branding Consulting Serv...
You don’t need to be a trained brand consultant to have your stuff together when it comes to putting out a cohesive and uniform business message to the world around you. Many of the readers of this blog have asked questions related to branding and marketing their consulting services. Today I thought...
Announcing a New Directory for Consultan...
What’s new around here? Well you may have noticed the 2 new graphics on our homepage. Based on our readers feedback, that’s right, YOUR feedback, we’ve been developing a new project. Join Advicetap today Announcing…. Today, I’d like to introduce you to Advicetap, the business community and...
How to introduce yourself - The KISS for...
KISS stands for “keep it simple stupid”. To make it as a consultant you need people to want to hire you. They need to see value in your offerings. And of course you must deliver. There’s another piece to this puzzle before all of those. It’s the magic that happens when you first...
Consulting Skills or Twitter Skills? Mak...
Are you using Twitter as part of your marketing strategy for your consulting business? Well recently I’ve gotten more and more into Twitter. For a while I must admit I kind of wrote it off and asked myself things like “do I really need another social media account?” Or “Will I just end up wasting...
The Best Consultants Course Out There...
Okay, now that I have your attention let me get right to the point. I’m not going to suggest any specific consultants course in this post. WAIT, before you leave the page let me share some valuable advice with you. There are thousands of consultants courses out there. You can read a room full of...
Consultant Time Management - You Gotta D...
If you’re an independent consultant, time management will be one of the most critical areas to your consulting business. Why so important? You’ll know how long it takes you to complete each part of a project so you can quote it more accurately next time. You’ll know whether you...
Top 10 Consultants According to Consulti...
Consulting Magazine (http://www.consultingmag.com) recently released their list of top 25 consultants. (Below we’ve included the top 10 consultants from their list). The magazine’s selection of top consultants had a lot to do with how they managed economic challenges for their clients and...
FREE WEBINAR - Positioning That Works wi...
Well folks we have some exciting news for you. If you’re a consultant who’s into positioning and strategy or it’s a service you’re offering your clients then you’re going to want to check this out. Our good friend and guest author at this blog, Rebel Brown of People Who...
Guest Post: Getting More Authority &...
Today’s guest post is by Anand Srinivasan, an internet entrepreneur who writes interesting web related statistics on his blog, TechCrunchies.com. He is also the founder of an upcoming knowledge portal, KnewThis.com >> Read Anand’s full bio here The internet is one of the finest mediums...
Consulting Retainer - May be the Best Wa...
I guess the title is a bit misleading, a consulting retainer agreement with your client may or may not be the best way to go. It depends on many factors. But that’s what I’m going to explain… One of the biggest challenges you’ll face as a consultant, especially in the early days,...
Consulting Challenges - Be Prepared...
As a consultant the day will come when you get kicked in the pants by a real consulting challenge. Not literally, of course, (at least I haven’t had that experience)…but something will happen and it will shake you up. I hope you can prove me wrong. But over the years speaking with hundreds...
Guest Post: Sympathy for the Devil…RFP...
Today we have a very special guest post from author and consultant Tom Searcy of Hunt Big Sales. Tom has just released a new book called “RFPs Suck! How to Master the RFP System Once and for All to Win Big Business” and today he is treating us to special article all about RFPs in business...