Consulting

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Microsoft will hold a free small business summit, March 19 to 23rd, 2007. Although the event is based in Redmond, Washington, you can take part online. Just view online sessions via the small business sumimit website. Sessions will be archived for 72 hours, so you don’t have to watch everything live. You can also attend

I’m looking at hiring an intern to help me with my consulting services. If you have any advice to share, please let me know. I’d be looking at hiring someone who can work from home. I’d prefer someone who needs to do an industry internship for college credit, in lieu of wages. Of course, in

Self-employment health insurance is a hot topic. Unlike a "regular" job, you don’t have someone else paying for health insurance if you work in self-employment, such as consulting. (Not that all jobs provide coverage, of course.) But what do you do if you need self-employment health insurance? I live and work in Canada. Fortunately, we

I’m considering putting together a welcome section for new visitors to this site. Do you have any favourite posts that you’d like me to include? What posts helped you? Leave a comment or contact me. Thanks.

Someone recently asked how to explain to clients that they’re heading to a movie, taking care of their children, running errands or otherwise busy during certain times. Don’t say anything. Just say you’re not available. Unlike employees, consultants are not obligated to keep certain hours, explain absences or otherwise account for their time. If you’ve

Following my write up on Ufile, the income tax preparation software, a reader wrote in to say this: You might want to tell your clients that Ufile, which I have just tried to use without success, has virtually no technical support. If you want telephone support you have to pay $15 more. Otherwise, you send

Wildlife Rescue Series continues! My fellow marketing consultant and freelance writer, Diane Haynes, has just published her second book for young adults. Crow Medicine is part of the Wildlife Rescue Series, which Diane launched with the publication of Fight or Flight. Here’s a description of Crow Medicine from the book: In the exciting Jane Ray’s

A few people have written to ask if I offer coaching for people starting out as consultants. Is this something that would interest you? This blog already has several hundred free articles on consulting and, of course, I also offer my Consulting Fees Guide and Discover Your Inner Consultant. Is there anything more you want?

Geoffrey Moore, a consultant famous for his books on technology adoption, is one of my favourite authors. Coincidentally, Jon Morrow from BestSellerInterviews sent along his interview with Geoffrey Moore.  The interview focuses on Moore’s strategies for gaining readers. I love this quote from Moore, because it says so much about his consulting model: I don’t