With unemployment on the rise, more and more people are looking to starting a new business or career. Over on MainStreet.com, Marc Kramer lists out his top tools for people looking to go into the consulting practice. Remember, companies still need professionals with a variety of skills but can’t afford to hire full-time people. You [...]
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Consider this Part 4 of my “build your consulting business” series that began last week. It’s about focus. Focus is a huge advantage for a consultant. And I don’t mean just the obvious first level of focus, as in you’re consulting as an expert in business planning, marketing, advertising or web development. No, I mean [...]
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So I’m having trouble not posting about the huge economic news today, but the series I started earlier this week on starting a consulting business seems even more relevant today. Also, Pam Campagna of Blue Sage Consulting posted a comment to my Part 1 that deserves repetition. She wrote: My story is a bit similar [...]
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I could subtitle this post: Leave with a lifeline. One of the more important questions about your new consulting business is whether you have a choice. These are tough times. Are you consulting because you want that as a business, because you want to be on your own? Or are we talking about something that [...]
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Be a consultant, they say. Enjoy freedom. Be your own boss. Be the expert. Charge big bucks for a few hours’ or a few days’ work, then hang out. Right — in your dreams. Setting yourself up as a consultant is certainly a timely topic these days–financial disasters and all–but I think I owe it [...]
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