Category Archives: Starting a Consulting Business

How to Become a Consultant – Part 6: Client Relations

How to Become a Consultant – Part 6: Client Relations

Now that your marketing has paid off your busy working with your new clients. At this point many consultants fall into a trap – they don’t take good care of their clients. They say they’ll call on a certain day … (READ MORE…)

How to Become a Consultant – Part 5: Finding Clients

How to Become a Consultant – Part 5: Finding Clients

Here’s the fastest way to get consulting clients – know people. The more people you know the more people you can approach and tell them about what you’re doing. It’s a simple conversation approach but sooner or later someone will … (READ MORE…)

How to Become a Consultant – Part 4: Project Planning

How to Become a Consultant – Part 4: Project Planning

This is one of the most overlooked areas for new consultants. They focus on creating a website and logo, they get business cards printed, they set up their office space and they give themselves a catchy name. Then they go … (READ MORE…)

Consulting Success: How badly do you want it?

Consulting Success: How badly do you want it?

If I randomly lined up the first 10 consultants I could find and asked them what’s blocking their path to success here’s what they’d say: 4 of them would complain loudly about how other people have either got in their … (READ MORE…)

How To Become a Consultant – Part 3: Your Advantage

How To Become a Consultant – Part 3: Your Advantage

What makes your consulting services unique? You’ve decided you’ve got what it takes to become a successful consultant, and you have the necessary skills to give yourself some credibility to get into the consulting game. Sounds like a good start, … (READ MORE…)

How To Become A Consultant – Part 2: Consulting Category

How To Become A Consultant – Part 2: Consulting Category

So you’ve decided to make the leap into becoming a consultant – congratulations. Now what the heck do you do? The first step is to decide what area of consulting you’re going to get involved in. You probably have a … (READ MORE…)

How To Become a Consultant – Part 1: Right For You?

How To Become a Consultant – Part 1: Right For You?

I could give you a soft and cuddly picture of how rosy the life of a consultant is – but that would just be a load of rubbish. Becoming a consultant, and a successful one to boot, isn’t for the … (READ MORE…)

Life of a Communications Consultant with Susan Varty

Life of a Communications Consultant with Susan Varty

Here at the Business Consulting Buzz blog we really want to expose you to the many different areas of consulting that exist out there. Today we caught up with a friend and business connection of ours, Sue Varty, from Wordtree … (READ MORE…)

Naming Tips for Branding Consulting Services

Naming Tips for Branding Consulting Services

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 … (READ MORE…)

Consultant Time Management – You Gotta Do It

Consultant Time Management – You Gotta Do It

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 … (READ MORE…)