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Negotiation Tips for Independent Consultants

Successful Independent Consulting

I recently discovered a series of practical tips on Instagram, of all places, by following Johanna Voss , owner of a boutique talent agency for female influencers and keynote speakers. She asked the sales rep, “Would you give it to me for $150?” Johanna told me she used this technique when she needed a new mattress.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

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Diversify and Create Multiple Income Streams as a Consultant with Dorie Clark: Podcast #11

Consulting Success

Dorie is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and talented professionals get their true talents noticed, appreciated, and recognized, in today’s noisy marketplace. At this time, your business may be over weighted with sales activity, but this effort is essential to later success. High-Pressure Sales Never Pays Off.

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Why Consulting?

Tom Spencer

First and foremost I want to address the myth that all high achieving students have about consulting, “You need talent to be a consultant!”. I completely dismiss this notion and would like to replace it with another idea, “You need no special talent, you only need to be passionately curious! ”. Was there a new milk bar in town?

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

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Accenture Careers

CaseInterview.com

The Products Operating Group concentrates on Air Freight & Travel Service, Automotive, Consumer Goods & Services, Industrial Equipment, Infrastructure & Transportation Services, Life Sciences, and Retail. More background on Accenture careers in Sales is just a click away: [link]. Talent and Organization Performance.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. It could be evaluated by tracking sales, calculating savings on operational costs, or counting new customer acquisitions. A simple answer would be that some questions are important enough to bring in outside talent.