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Start Your Own Consulting Business: A Complete Guide
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About Start Your Own Consulting Business: A Complete Guide
Course introduction, 2020
Course Intro and Preview
What is in this course
PreGame - What do you Produce
PreGame - What do you Enjoy
Define Your New Service as a Product
Choose a Business Model
Structuring client agreements
Why you need branded materials
What is a brand?
Functional Brand, Personal Brand
Materials - Online Presence
Materials - Physical Handouts
Lead Generation - Friends & Family
Lead Generation - In-Person Networking
Lead Generation - Online Networking
Building Relationships - Know Like Trust
Keeping in touch
A good Client Experience
Bonus - Admin Tools
Running the Consultancy
Be Curious
Be Consistent
Be Clear
What You Will Learn?
- Your step by step guide to launch your Freelance Consulting Business. .
- You probably know some freelancers already: a graphic designer, copywriter, photographer, coder. What's different for you, is that as a freelance consultant you are selling ideas, rather than things. And that's a challenge. .
- How do you build a portfolio? How do you describe what you do? How do you find clients?.
- It is possible: there is a great space for the freelance business consultant out there. And this course will get you there. Join to learn how to:.
- Turn consulting into a simple "product" you can sell easily.
- Make a first impression that counts .
- Create your network of clients and referrals.
- If you are itching to launch your own business after your time in the corporate or business world, then this course is for you. "Consulting" can feel like a broad, nebulous thing, and you can have many consultants in a room who actually all do different things..
- This course shares a method to define what your particular skill and expertise is, and how to take that to the market. We will also get you ready to present yourself to the world, and then build a network of contacts that will keep you in business for the long term..
- This course will get you - the independent business consultant - up and running so you can focus on client growth right from the start. .
- "You know I have already started consulting. But I never saw a course or knew what exactly another consultant was covering... This gives a pleasant overall look at what to do and expect." - Qumar Afsar, student.
- Course Overview.
- This course is structured in sections to address all the areas needed to launch your consulting business. Whether this is your main gig or a side income, this course will get you up and running, quickly..
- We will start by creating a concrete definition of your service, so you have something to pitch right away. Then we will go through various steps to get your collateral, your marketing, and how to make your first contacts..
- Then we will talk about the value of your network and how to use it for continuous business growth..