Fire your customers! Yup, you heard me…Sometimes, you’ve got to fire your customers. The customer isn’t always right, notes Seth Godin’s post on firing customers. When a client becomes an annoyance, a money pit or a time sucker, it may be time to fire them. Yup, it sounds odd, but some times the best thing […]
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Donate a car to charity and you may unlock cash to start up your consulting business. When you donate a car to a registered charity, you may qualify for an IRS tax deduction — when you get your taxes back, you can use the money to launch your business. Donating a vehicle has become a
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I’ve been doing a series on reasons to become a consultant. Over the past couple of weeks, people have emailed me with their own stories about why they decided to become consultants. More recently, Problogger.net started a "lists" group writing project, and I decided to turn my series into a list of reasons for becoming
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Consultant per diem rate definition "What does per diem mean?" asks reader Angie Dixon. Good question, Angie! Many people write in to ask what per diem means. Consultants often toss around the term "per diem rate", but the odd term does make some people wonder what it means. This Latin phrase’s definition is fairly straight
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Consultant fee rates sometimes give potential clients sticker shock. That’s because consultant fees and per diem rates sound really high if you’re comparing them to the daily rate at a regular job. However, as my lengthy and detailed post on setting consulting fee rates shows, consulting fees have to account for costs a regular job
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For the past while, I’ve been writing a job series called “Become a Consultant”. Each time, I provide an idea for a kind of consultant you could become. I’ll continue to update this series on a regular basis. However, I wanted to invite you — my readers — to provide ideas for kinds of consultants you’d like to become. Remember, becoming a consultant is a great way to start working from home. If you want a second job where you’re in control, consider this exciting career path. If you’re really stumped for ideas, consider downloading my Discover Your Inner Consultant guide.
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Become a legal nurse consultant? Sure, why not! My series on ideas for becoming a consultant continues! This time, I look at what it takes to become a legal nurse consultant. A legal nurse consultant is a licensed, registered nurse who takes part in litigation. In doing so, they carry out consulting for nursing practices,
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As part of my Reasons for Becoming a Consultant series, I’m looking at, well, the reasons people become consultants. In the past, I mentioned you might want to become a consultant to make extra money or to maintain a work/life balance. And that work/life balance leads to reason #3. By starting a consulting business, you can
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As part of my series on the kinds of consultants people can become, I’m writing up profiles of consulting roles. After my post on home staging consultants, I thought about another kind of makeover consultant — the skin care consultant. Skin care consultants help people understand the basics of skin care, analyze skin types, choose
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Another reason for becoming a consultant is to make extra money. Many people get into consulting by moonlighting on top of their regular job. By pulling together a few consulting projects, they save up money for a vacation, flat screen TV, education or other indulgence. By becoming a consultant, you can generate extra money without
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