I’m all for celebrations. So here’s to the second anniversary of Consultant Journal! I started this blog on May 19, 2006. Since then, I’ve written hundreds of posts on everything from sales skills to consulting fees. I’ve added a couple of products — a consulting fees guide and a workbook to help you discover your […]
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Tax time isn’t that far behind us and, well, you just know it’s going to be sneaking up again. Via the IRS website, I found a guide to telling whether your business is a hobby or not. But, let’s look at things another way. What are five things you can do so that you run
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This year, I’ve tried to maximize my earnings while minimizing the time involved. This is because of injuries from a car accident and the time crunch involved in raising a young family. I’m happy to say that I’m getting more bang from my time than ever before. Since the New Year, I’ve been focusing on
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What do you do about travel charges, when a plane is delayed? Ella posted a comment in my article about billing travel time charges. She wrote: I am a consultant for now (my client said that he will make me an employee after a trial period, but didn’t specify how long). I recently had to
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The consulting life can be awfully decadent sometimes. Work when you want. If you want. How you want. Where you want. In whatever clothes you want. But sometimes that lifestyle can get the better of you…meaning it’s time to get yourself in gear again and reset your natural rhythms. For me, that became painfully clear
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Via Trevor Speirs of MyTechnologyCompany.com, I found a top five list of business interests. And that got me thinking about my own interests. I’ve got a list of my passions on the website of my marketing company, but what about right this very minute? So, off the top of my head: Improving productivity Social proof
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It is safe to say that the Internet provides a valuable resource for promoting a business. Thanks to the World Wide Web, even a small localized business can reach hundreds of thousands of potential customers. Of course, this will require taking certain steps to drive traffic to your site. Here are five ways to do
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When you walk into a meeting with a client, are you ready to talk numbers? Whether a client wants to know your hourly rate or your quote for an entire project, you need to have a handle on your numbers before you meet. That’s not to say that you need a firm estimate for a
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Via Nuwire, here’s a list of the top five business trends: Outsourcing Exporting Senior living Global tourism Internet-related business Add those to your list of ideas for consulting businesses, whether you’re trying to Discover Your Inner Consultant or simply reposition your existing business. As a consultant, I am certainly taking advantage of the trend in
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In Stay true to the cause, I talked about meeting the goals you set when you started your business. In the past few years, I’ve found a great way to stay true to my goals. I outsource — to other consultants. Yep. I focus on what I do best and try to hire other people
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