Podcast Show Notes

Having opportunities approach you, as an independent consulting business owner, can be exciting but also really difficult when it comes to making the best decision for you and your business. And, by opportunities I mean everything from new consulting client engagements, client extensions, client follow-on work, consulting partnering opportunities, teaming, and so on. So, how do you know which consulting opportunities to take on, and which opportunities to decline? I’m glad you …

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Last week we discussed what’s standing in the way of you making more money in your consulting business. If you haven’t done so as yet, you’ll want to go back and listen to EP. 061 – What’s Standing In the Way of You Making More Money With Less Worry In Your Consulting Business. To summarize, the main thing that’s standing in your way of making more money in your consulting business …

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Are you experiencing revenue plateaus in your independent consulting business? You might have been creating the same amount of revenue year over year, or experiencing some feast or famine cycle, like big dips in your revenue, and ultimately your income.  What ends up happening is that this type of revenue cycle compounds your underearning over time, and can take a huge emotional toll on you because of the worry, anxiety, …

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As business owners, we’ve pretty much established a consistent routine to review our business goals to enhance our business margins. Usually, this decision of what to prioritize is based on the time available after client work and business development are taken care of. This results in you having essentially the same experience that you had as an employee.  Here’s the thing, when you’re making decisions as Independent Consultants from the …

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Video marketing is using videos to promote and market your independent consulting services. Using video increases engagement on your digital and social channels educates your prospects and customers, and reaches your audience with a new medium.  Video is a powerful lead generation tool and as you will hear from our guest today, RJ Parrish, “video is this huge opportunity for all of us, but there’s still some friction and reluctance …

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For your Independent Consulting business to properly function, you need to have a back-office that supports the client-facing tasks that you are working on. The stronger your back office is, the more mindful and empowered you will be to make strategic decisions. And, the more structured and repeatable your back office is, the less worry you’ll have trying to keep up with business bookkeeping, business taxes, invoicing, collections and insurance. …

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Once you’ve decided that you need some support in your business and that a virtual assistant is the best option for you. What’s next? Well in this episode you will hear from Silas Kim. Silas provides a detailed overview of when to hire a Virtual Assistant as well as how to hire, manage, communicate with and retain a Virtual Assistant. Silas helps entrepreneurs, consultants, and coaches build lean virtual teams. …

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