Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

After 10+ years of running my own consulting practice, you can bet that I made my fair share of mistakes. Along with my mistakes, I will also be sharing my hard earned best practices so that you can accelerate the growth of your consulting practice. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

After 10+ years of running my own consulting practice, you can bet that I made my fair share of mistakes. Along with my mistakes, I will also be sharing my hard earned best practices so that you can accelerate the growth of your consulting practice. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2017

Let’s face it, consulting often gets a bad rap. For 10 years as an independent change strategy consultant, I used this tactic to win several projects. For 10 years as an independent change strategy consultant, I used this tactic to win several projects. Avoid leaving them with the client because it’s your intellectual property.

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Jerry Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

It can be the backbone of the sharing of your body of intellectual property or it can delay the release by days, weeks or months or, in some cases years. Your presentation slides look good even if they have too many words. Consulting: www.JerryFletcher.com Speaking: www.NetworkingNinja.com. It’s great until it isn’t.

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Business Consulting Agency

JUNE 27, 2023

Find out more about the difficulties associated with doing business in the US and how working with local business consultants through consulting services can significantly enhance your chances of success. Compliance with tax codes, labor laws, intellectual property rights, and licensing requirements can be particularly demanding.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Expanding into the United States, the world’s largest and most dynamic economy, presents an array of opportunities for foreign companies. To successfully enter and thrive in the US market, many foreign firms turn to business consulting services and consultants. Get aid when entering the US with your business.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 12, 2023

After talking to some of my consultant clients about the problems with proposals, I took a step to analyze ten websites that provide outline(s) for consulting proposals. At one level these outlines are helpful, particularly for the newer consultant; they can help them think through what might be required to submit a proposal.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I presented five problems associated with the commonly accepted ‘standard’ consulting proposal – the kind that can be found online with a simple search. What spurred my need to write this two-part series consulting proposals? Within the past month I was talking to a relative newcomer to the consulting profession.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Let's start with presentations. Someone Plagiarizes Your Solo Presentation. I've met people who decided that since I created a presentation, they could use all or most of my words. What I do: Request the person take down the presentation. I've changed my presentations to have many more images these days.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.

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IMC USA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Message from the Chair/CEO, Juan - Communicating our Consulting Value. In Milan a few weeks ago, I attended the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) annual conference. Michael Egan, an IMC USA Board member, in his San Diego presentation said, “There is value in promoting our value.”

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David A Fields

APRIL 7, 2016

Let’s say Ann Oying, CEO of Cheapo Enterprises asks you for consulting help because she and her team are mired in misery and they don’t know the path out. And besides, she showed your presentation to Copycat Consulting and they said they could do the same project for $40,000 less. But you do. No sale. […].

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 23, 2013

We’re starting a series of guest posts offered by staff, readers and interns that are reviews of books we think are helpful for those interested in consulting (specifically) and business (in general). If you are pondering how management consulting got this far, this book is for you. Quick overview. 3 interesting book insights.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 11, 2018

Last year, your consulting website was neglected. You want to be successful because of your consulting website — not in spite of it. You want to be successful because of your consulting website — not in spite of it. Understand the “do’s and don’ts” for a consulting website re-design project.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2015

Language barriers often present problems with an overseas business. While expansion may seem like a natural fit with some countries, others may present a challenge when it comes to gaining access to raw materials or skilled labor. If these areas present any problems, expansion may need to take place elsewhere.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 1, 2024

If your job description involves providing a service to a client utilizing your skill set and time, then you are probably a consultant of some kind. If you have read some of the blogs on this website, you have probably come across many that describe life and work as a management or business consultant. But What Else is Out There?

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Consultant Ninja

APRIL 2, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Consultant Ninja, Youre fairly pessimistic with your wide sweeping statements. Consultant Ninja. at 8:04 PM.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

I’m super excited to have an opportunity to interview Rachelle Stone, one of my favorite Consultant Institute members, almost graduate. What made you decide to leave your corporate job and start your own consulting business? You are a consultant that also coaches. You are not a coach that also offers consulting.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 13, 2014

Britain’s finest educational name … ignores the explosion in online learning and fails dismally to exploit its intellectual property commercially … It lives off past glories, and is doomed to fade unless it reforms vigorously. It will consequently find life much harder in the 21st century. Substitute for Bricks and Mortar.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 20, 2022

“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.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As a consultant, she’s led hundreds of workshops, delivered talks and keynotes around the world, and dipped her toes into Pecha Kuchas. I lead workshops; coach people and teams; consult with various people; speak; and create my own intellectual property. She's the author of 17 books and counting.

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Rod Burkert

JUNE 20, 2018

Enter my framework, which I will be unwrapping at the NACVA Annual Consultants’ Conference on Thursday, June 21 in Las Vegas. Thus, you need to be present in the various channels where your audience engages – in person and online. But how do you execute on it? How do you excel at it? Four Pillars of BVFLS Practice Development TM.

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Chad Barr

APRIL 19, 2008

I just returned for another absolutely outstanding event – The Million Dollar Consulting College Graduate School held at the gorgeous Ritz Carlton in Naples Florida. My presentation, “Advanced Internet and Technologies Made Simple” focused on practical technologies to help consultants in their business.

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Rod Burkert

MAY 23, 2018

Economic and industry information is often presented by just attaching the downloads as an appendix. Transaction work and intellectual property seem to be growing pies. Offer value-added consulting work to compete with the brokers who give the valuation away for free. #9 And look again at the ideas I presented.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2016

” Haller’s team was able to put together a prototype and present it to the client within 90 days. At this stage, the team’s new product is presented to one or more “client advisory groups” inside Experian to see if there is more general interest. They must serve the present.

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Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

Successfully commercializing a product depends upon clean and clear lines of intellectual property ownership. Such experience comes in handy in managing other third-party service providers such as bankers, accountants, and consultants. Lawyers help startups deal with common transactions and avoid costly mistakes.

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Tsavo Neal

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Web design for a consulting firm instead of an independent consultant is more similar than it is different — but the differences are important to note. In this article, I feature 12-15 of the best boutique consulting firm websties, and how these websites attract and develop new business for each firm.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Consulting lead generation isn’t easy, especially when done online. Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Learn a framework for discovering which method is best for your consulting business.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. This is increasingly risky, as contingent and other non-full-time workers possess more of your vital strategic skills and deal with sensitive intellectual property.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 14, 2020

There’s a pretty good reason for that: it’s where most personal brands—whether you’re talking about fitness influencers or even, in many cases, consultants in the professional services industry—have initial success attracting an audience. The best part is that people can access all of this without taking any of my time in the present.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 9, 2016

This presents a wonderful opportunity for creative minds to make a big impact. Legal protections for intellectual property like patents and copyright remain important. And the additional cost of reaching one extra person is basically zero. But not for the reasons that most people will tell you.

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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Chad Barr

MAY 1, 2007

Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Five outstanding consultants from diverse disciplines have been inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. May 1, 2007. For Immediate Release. Ed Poll, J.D.,

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