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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. During the dotcom bubble, the financial crisis, and the real estate bubble, what did consulting firms do? Commerce has ground to a halt.

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The Gear That Makes Consulting So Much Easier!

Tom Spencer

With so much multi-tasking at hand (for example floating between comparing two Excel sheets and improving a PowerPoint), it is super helpful to have a 2nd monitor to have some more screen real estate. I remember how I came into consulting thinking that a laptop bag would suffice for travel. Maneuverable Travel Suitcase.

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100 Small Business Ideas To Get You Started

Business Consulting Agency

Travel Consultant. Real Estate Sales Consultant. Affiliate Sales and Marketing. Virtual Assistant. Tax Preparation. Remote English Teacher/Tutor. SAT Test Tutor. Social Media Manager. Google Paid Ad Consultant. Presentation Design Consultant. Landing Page Specialist. Interior Design Consultant. Housesitter. Babysitter.

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Local scarcity

Seth Godin Blog

Local scarcity was sufficient for coaches, travel agents, real estate brokers, lawn care specialists and car washes. And if you were the local Chinese restaurant, your delivery zone was just the right size that the only option some had for moo shu was you. Local scarcity is insufficient.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

Take for example real estate agents, who are experts at keeping their names fresh in people’s minds: At least once a week I get a postcard listing recent home sales in my neighborhood. It seems like a lifetime ago we worked together on the travel card rollout at NetApp. The subject was “Happy Birthday!”

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$22 Billion in California Homes Sold to Chinese All-Cash Buyers; "Beginning of Tidal Wave" says NAR Chief Economist

MishTalk

Real estate is well back in bubble territory in some places, notably California. Henry Nunez, a real estate agent in Arcadia, California, met with so many homebuyers from China that he bought a Mandarin-English translation app for his phone. The company has been surprised by how word travels among overseas buyers. “A