Consulting

Magazines West readers — thanks for stopping by. Consultant Journal was mentioned during Magazines West yesterday — in the Best Business Practices for Freelancers session. If this is your first time here, welcome!  Here are some of the most popular articles on the site: How to become a consultant Why become a consultant? Setting consulting […]

Consultant Journal focuses on the wonderful world of independent consulting, freelancing and contract work. Given the success of Discover Your Inner Consultant, I’m pleased to announce the soft launch of… Discover Your Inner Mompreneur Designed for moms who want to run businesses — for a few hours a week or for a full-time, full-scale endeavor

As I noted last time, lazy consultants can make more, simply by changing the words they use to describe their work. You might be thinking that some clients are sure to walk away if you raise your fees. Well, some clients may be put off by your higher fees. But even if some of your

Making money — that’s a key reason you’re a consultant, right? You’re not doing this for free, are you? So what if there was a way for you to make more money for doing the same work, without any added effort? Well, there’s a simple way to do that. Here’s how to make more money

This week’s Friday 5 comes from Escape from Cubicle Nation: the top 5 nitpicky mistakes that drive me crazy. Well, they drive me crazy, too! Sharing an email address with your spouse. Ugh. Please. Get your own email, even if it’s through Yahoo or Gmail. You should eventually have your own website and thus domain,

Moonlight. You can test the waters without plunging in by starting your consulting business while you still have a regular job. Build an emergency fund. Whether you decide to fly solo or not, you can benefit from having a few months of expenses set aside in an emergency fund. Set up your home office. Launch

It’s time for the Friday 5 list. Via Softopedia, I found a top 5 list of mistakes that will ruin your efforts. The list is aimed at personal fitness, but it’s extremely relevant to the health and fitness of your business, too! The top 5 mistakes: Fail to plan Set unrealistic goals Do too little

Business opportunities from home can make a real difference in your life. Working from home offers the chance to make money, keep costs low and achieve work-life balance. But how do you separate business opportunities from home business and work from home scams? Take a look at my post on how to identify work from

Via Lockergnome, this week’s Friday 5 looks at the top 5 reasons a PC consulting business may be failing. I know most of you are not in the business of computer tech consulting, but take a look at the article anyway. It may ring true for you. I especially liked his tips about clients who

This week’s Friday 5 comes from Marketing Pilgrim: 5 ways negative reviews can actually help you. I can’t say enough about tip #3:Fix the problem. Research suggests that a customer will tell ten people about a negative experience with a business. However, if you fix the problem to their satisfaction, they’ll tell twenty people how