Episode 194 – How to Feel More Confident: Overcoming the Chicken and the Egg Effect

Building authentic confidence is essential for consultants who want to create sustainable success. In this episode, Melisa Liberman shares why waiting for external validation keeps you stuck and provides practical tools to generate confidence that drives results. Key Topics Covered: Understanding the Confidence Challenge: Many consultants leave successful corporate careers only to find their confidence shaken without a title or organizational backing. This common experience creates a cycle of waiting …

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Episode 193 – Being In Control of Your Consulting Business Results

Inbound lead generation can be the difference between feeling powerless and confident in your indendent consulting business. In this episode, Melisa Liberman addresses the common challenge of feeling at the mercy of external factors and provides a framework for taking back control of your business results. You’ll learn why consultants often feel powerless, how to identify where you’re making excuses, and get practical tools to shift into an ownership mindset. …

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Episode 192 – Generating a Steady Flow of Inbound Leads for Your Consulting Business

Inbound lead generation is essential for consultants who want to attract clients actively seeking their expertise. In this episode, Melisa Liberman shares the strategies and mindset shifts needed to create a reliable inbound lead system, offering greater control, freedom, and stability for your consulting business. Key Topics Covered: What would it mean for your independent consulting business to have a steady flow of inbound leads? Make sure to listen to …

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Episode 191 – The Benefits of Being Your Own Consulting Client

Independent consultants often overlook their business while focusing on clients. This episode of Grow Your Independent Consulting Business challenges that narrative by emphasizing why and how to treat your own business as your most important client. Melisa Liberman offers some strategic advice and lays out practical steps for consultants to integrate this mindset into their operations for sustained growth and success. Key Topics Covered: Integrating this mindset shift can empower …

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Episode 190 – How to Create Excess Demand for Your Consulting Business

Are you looking to break through plateaus and create an independent consulting business that offers more flexibility and control over the types of clients and projects you take on?  In this episode, Melisa shares the keys to generating—and managing—excess demand as an independent consultant. Learn how creating more demand than you can handle can elevate your business, increase pricing opportunities, and put you in the driver’s seat. Key Topics Covered: …

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Episode 189 – Bridging a Contact into a Consulting Lead: Your BLCS Tool

One of the most critical skills for consultants is the ability to turn a contact into a lead. Without this micro skill, you can find yourself stuck in conversations that don’t progress or, worse, feel like you’re in the “friend zone” with potential clients. In Episode 189 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast, Melisa Liberman explores this wildly important transition. Whether you’re struggling with converting conversations into opportunities …

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Episode 188 – Thinking of Yourself as a Managing Partner: A Gamechanger for Your Consulting Business Results

Do you ever feel like you’re just reacting to client demands instead of proactively running your independent consulting business? In today’s episode, Melisa Liberman reveals the mindset shift that can make all the difference in transforming your independent consulting practice: thinking like a managing partner. You don’t have to be part of a large firm to benefit from this strategy. By adopting the mindset of a managing partner, you can …

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Episode 187 – The 5 Techniques to Avoid Taking on Non-Ideal Clients in Your Consulting Business

Show notes for Episode 187 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business Podcast with Melisa Liberman Are you stuck working with clients that don’t fit your vision, or worse, agreeing to engagements below your pricing floor?  It happens to many independent consultants, but it doesn’t have to. In Episode 187 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast, I share strategies to help you avoid taking on non-ideal clients—even when …

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Episode 186 – How a Consulting Buyer Thinks About Engaging Independent Consultants with Ran Harpaz the CEO and Founder of Lettuce.co

In Episode 186 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business Podcast, Melisa Liberman speaks with Ran Harpaz, CEO of Lettuce, about how independent consultants can balance fractional work while building a sustainable business of one. Ran shares his experiences working as both an independent consultant and a CEO, offering actionable insights into how to position yourself for success in the fractional marketplace. Whether you’re currently working as a fractional consultant …

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Episode 185 – Using AI to 10x Your Independent Consulting Business (and much more) with Gabrielle Tenaglia

In Episode 185 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business Podcast, Melisa is joined by Gabrielle Tanaglia, a fractional CMO and head of marketing at Lettuce. Gabrielle shares her journey of building a successful consulting business while navigating the complexities of taxes and back-office management. She also highlights how tools like Lettuce and AI can streamline operations and save you valuable time, allowing you to focus on what you do …

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