I got this email last week. It’s like lots that I get from readers & students who’ve taken action: How much did that technique boost Kieran’s consulting rate? A full 50%. Imagine if you got a 50% raise. And Kieran got it using my FREE material. In the last few emails, we’ve talked about getting […]
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Last week, I did one of the things I love doing: I did a presentation for my daughter’s 5th grade class. Now, I’ve done lots of these before, for both my kids. Over the years, I’ve led their classes on a bunch of 1/2-day outdoor field trips, where we traipse around a big canyon near […]
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Let’s get right into it: today, I’m sharing 2 more reader consulting mistakes, but this time with my advice. (I also share another inspiring reader story). First, Jeff B. sent me this: Ugh. A consultant making $12.50 an hour? That’s taking it on the chin. Here’s how it could’ve been structured differently, even with the […]
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I’m excited to show this to you because it includes some of the deeper material from the Client Pipeline Mastery course — specifically, on selling. And though I reveal the power behind an ideal client profile, I also show how to prevent making the single biggest consulting mistake I see people make. In short, you […]
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Apparently I hit a nerve with last week’s 3 Huge Mistakes post: a lot of you said you’ve been wasting time on busyness instead of business, and as a result haven’t been able to get clients. In today’s post, I’ll share 5 stupid things I did to get clients when I started my consulting business. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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OK, here’s #4 of 4 installments of reader consulting questions and consulting problems, though I’ll still answer as many of your questions as possible. In fact, I’m going to schedule a live conference call/webinar in about 2 weeks to do exactly that: answer your consulting questions and give you specific, tactical advice on getting unstuck […]
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Today, I want to share a couple consulting questions people have asked me, and answer them in depth. Before I get to the actual questions though, I want to share a story with you. Back on August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake drilled the first commercially successful oil well; that well sparked the […]
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