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The 3 essential systems for getting clients
I’m going to do something unusual in this post. I’m going to reveal my actual results from my first 3 years as a consultant, and share the 3 essential systems I use for getting clients. I’ll reveal even more during next week’s live webcast mini-course on getting clients (see below to save your spot). Looking […]
Continue readingShould you offer free consulting? (part 2)
I got some interesting responses to my earlier post asking, “Should you offer free consulting?” In this post, I’ll reveal my paradigm shift compared to when I first started my consulting business to my current thinking, and the results I’ve gotten. Before we get into my answer, if you’ve struggled to get clients, I want […]
Continue readingShould you do free consulting? (part 1)
Today, I’m going to answer another question I get asked a lot from readers: Should you do free consulting? There are a ton of opinions on this question, and I want to dig into this question, since how you answer it can powerfully affect your entire consulting business. Here’s just one example of how one […]
Continue reading[Day 2/4] Answers to your toughest consulting questions on getting clients
I’m getting a lot of great consulting questions, and we’re going to dive into your toughest questions over the next few posts. And in one of today’s questions, you’ll see how an attempt to get clients backfired. Your consulting questions answered Since “how can I get clients?” is one of the most common consulting questions […]
Continue readingAfraid you’ll be exposed as a fake?
In this post, I want to talk about a fear that many of you told me about in last week’s survey: the fear that you’ll be exposed as a fake in your consulting business. Nearly half of you listed this as a fear you have. Before I dig into why we’re afraid to be exposed […]
Continue readingStill struggling with feast or famine? (Or is it a myth?)
Have you ever struggled to get enough clients or consulting work? Chances are, your answer to that question was yes of course! hell yes–and I could use some help! OK, but let’s get a little more specific. Are you struggling to get your first client? Do you have just 1 or 2 clients, but can’t […]
Continue readingClient Pipeline Mastery is open (for a limited time)
The wait is over. You’ve read the articles on the top mistakes people–and maybe even you–make when trying to figure out how to get clients. Lots of you attended the webinars I’ve held during the past weeks. In the emails and during my webinars, I’ve been telling you how I’ve been working on something big […]
Continue readingHow to get clients: a step-by-step walk-through for identifying a profitable consulting niche
I’ve been writing a lot lately about mistakes I see people make that prevent them from getting clients. Chances are, you’re probably already making at least one of the mistakes I’ve talked about. And chances are that you’re struggling with figuring out how to get clients for your consulting business. Probably the most common mistake I […]
Continue readingHow to get clients: Mistake 6 (you aren’t solving a big enough problem)
When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., his empire was divided into 4 kingdoms, one of which was ruled by Ptolemy I, one of Alexander’s generals. Ptolemy’s kingdom was located in what’s now northern Egypt, and like some earlier kingdoms in India, Ptolemy used elephants in battle, to great success. In fact, elephants were […]
Continue readingHow to get clients: Mistake 5 (no one cares about you, really)
Yes, you may have already seen my earlier article about why no one cares about your skills, and what clients really care about. However, I’m going to talk again about this topic, though a bit differently in this article. Why? Because I see people make this mistake again and again, with the unfortunate result that […]
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