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Selling by Serving

Women in Consulting

When we go to a restaurant, the waiter is selling to us. When we go to the doctor, he/she is selling us on the importance of taking good care of ourselves. As a business owner, we need to look at selling as a way of serving our customers/clients. Does the client have the budget for what you are selling?

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Why Your Prospect Pipeline Dries Up

Successful Independent Consulting

By: Reuben Swartz, Founder, Mimiran : the CRM for solo consultants who love serving clients but hate “selling” Because you get busy and you stop talking to prospects and partners who can refer you to prospects. Using a customer relationship management tool (CRM) can make this so much easier.

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Owning Our Future: A Solution to the Property Ownership Gap

UPD Consulting

These properties can serve as a potential source of additional income for families, while also housing low-income residents. Often, Black and Latine heirs and inheritors of family properties, buckling under financial pressure, are enticed to sell their family properties to investors. My case is a success story.

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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

We have no idea who our business serves. One of the biggest mistakes that almost all consultants and coaches make is thinking that they serve anybody who could use some consulting or coaching. Truth is - you don't serve everybody. Focus your business and all your copywriting on WHO you serve. Nor should you.

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Beyond Referrals: How to Build a Predictable Client Pipeline

Consulting Matters

You are not selling widgets for low prices. You are selling your know-how in exchange for significant fees. You do not serve companies, you serve individuals within companies so therefore, do not overlook or rush through your first initial marketing exercises. Up-sell Existing Clients. Public Speaking.

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7 Inquiry Methods You Must Master

David A Fields

But what if questions serve a different purpose (they do) and can be made more effective by following certain rules (they can)? For toddlers, questions serve […]. First, though, what is the role of questions? For most adults, inquiry is a route to information.

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One of the Best Ways to Market Yourself as a New Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

It is the idea of helping before selling. These case studies accumulate, and they serve as resources that can help your marketing efforts as a consultant. One of the best ways to market yourself as a consultant is by having someone refer you to a client prospect. They then invited me to propose to them.

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