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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

No payment for my time or my IP (Intellectual Property). They wanted my intellectual property for their exposure. See Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products.) I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold.

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Most consultants tend to use an hourly rate anyway, because it’s the easiest to figure out, there’s less risk of undercharging, and it’s what most clients are used to. Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].”

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Manage Your Intellectual Property

Johanna Rothman

When we manage product development for organizations, we work for hire. The company hires you, pays you a wage, and in return, your intellectual property belongs to them. Books and consulting are all different beasts. You can create consulting services and deliver them by yourself.

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Consultants: Get Better Clients with Better Fees

Johanna Rothman

I delivered a Modern Management Made Easy talk and ranted about 100% utilization. One of the questions in the chat was: “Don't consultants want 100% utilization? ” Here's how consultants create utilization-based billing: By the hour. If consultants do that, they soon find they get worse and worse clients.

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What Writers Can Do About Intended Plagiarism, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

That information is my intellectual property. When someone steals that property, that act is theft. Some people think that digital intellectual property is different from real property. Digital property is real property. The publisher didn't create your intellectual property.

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Create a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts, Part 5: Write Your Bio

Johanna Rothman

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. As a consultant, she’s led hundreds of workshops, delivered talks and keynotes around the world, and dipped her toes into Pecha Kuchas.

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30 Best Consultant Websites & Why They Have Them (2022)

Tsavo Neal

“What are examples of some of the best consultant websites?” ” “Why does an independent consultant need a website?” ” As a specialist in design, copywriting, and marketing for consultants, I’m biased. I believe every consultant should have a website. It even instills confidence in you.