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The Most Effective Marketing Campaigns For Consultants With Natalie Kaminski: Podcast #319

Consulting Success

In our industry, you can’t just market to sell. Natalie Kaminski, the Co-founder and CEO of JetRockets, has not only started her company but also grew it over time. When the value add is high, you need to actually build trusting relationships with your clients. This episode’s guest is proof of this. Now, she has.

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Tech To Consulting: Getting Started in Consulting For Tech Employees

Consulting Success

Are you thinking about taking the tech skills you’ve learned as a full-time employee and going out on your own as a consultant? Maybe you were caught in the recent wave of tech industry layoffs and aren’t so sure you want to start over as a new employee at another company. Or maybe you saw.

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

How to Calculate Your Base Rate Regardless of where you are in your solopreneur journey—just starting out or an experienced veteran—calculating your hourly “base rate” will give you a solid foundation for quoting your rate with confidence. (Links to articles on how to raise your rate or switch to a fixed fee are at the end of this one.)

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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

I’ve mentored and represented hundreds of independent consultants and repeatedly I see those with a well-defined niche win more work. Conversely, I know dozens of in-demand consultants who easily pop to mind when a client describes a particular problem. Here are three exercises to get you started. The exact opposite is true.

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Disney Executive to Consulting Entrepreneur: Keith Smith’s Journey Beyond the 9-5

Consulting Matters

Taking the leap into full-time consulting can be hard — here’s how Keith Smith made his transition easier Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love to have my own thriving consulting or coaching business?” But here’s the thing.

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What Is An Entrepreneurial Consultant? (Examples & Stories)

Consulting Success

What is an entrepreneurial consultant? An entrepreneurial consultant is a business owner who provides expert advice in a particular field or industry. More on this in the next section of the article) If you’re a knowledge worker, an entrepreneurial consulting business is one of the BEST businesses you can start.

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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. He talks about his exciting career journey, which started at the Naval Academy, then to British Petroleum, and finally to Disney. Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college.