Become An Independent Business Consultant Today

A step by step guide to launch your work-from-home, freelance consulting business.

What you'll learn

How to become a self-employed business consultant

How to create and sell a consulting "product"

How to start and run your own consulting business

How to find clients through relationships and networking

How to work from home, pick your clients, pick your hours

Requirements

This course is for anyone who has had in-house experience and wants to launch their own practice or consultancy.

This is a beginner course, so no other pre-work is required.

Description

Need a new start? A fresh challenge? Work on your passion? It's time to start your consulting business. This course is a step by step guide to launch your Freelance Consulting Business. You have had your time in business, you have filled strategic roles, making major decisions, building plans, and running teams. Now you want to take those skills to market. How can you turn a "Decision Making" skill into a product you can sell? Join this course to learn how to:Turn consulting into a simple product you can sell easilyMake a first impression that converts contacts to clientsCreate your network of clients and referralsIf you are itching to launch your own business after your time in the corporate or business world, then this course is for you. "Consulting" can feel like a broad, nebulous thing, and you can have many consultants in a room who are not actually in competition with one another. What is the product? How do you describe it to your prospects? How do you connect with people and expand your reach? This course shares a method to define what your particular skill and expertise is, and how to take that to the market. We will also get you ready to present yourself to the world, and then build a network of contacts that will keep you in business for the long term. This course will get you - the independent business consultant - up and running so you can focus on client growth right from the start. Student Reviews"Very informative. Excellent strategies for creating a successful consulting business." "Rebecca was really great, she clearly knows her stuff. I hope to keep in touch with her, as I feel like she would be a very good resource!"Course OverviewThis course is structured in sections to address all the areas needed to launch your consulting business. Whether this is your main gig or a side income, this course will get you up and running, quickly. We will start by creating a concrete definition of your service, so you have something to pitch right away. Then we will go through various steps to get your collateral, your marketing, and how to make your first contacts. Then we will talk about the value of your network and how to use it for continuous business growth. Check the Bonus section for new videos addressing different areas of work helpful to the freelance consultant.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What Will You Learn

Lecture 2 Who Am I

Lecture 3 Should You Become a Freelance Consultant?

Section 2: Pre-Game: Define Your Expertise

Lecture 4 What do you produce

Lecture 5 What do you enjoy

Lecture 6 Defining your new service as a product

Lecture 7 Defining your business model

Lecture 8 Determine your price

Lecture 9 When to talk about your price

Lecture 10 Do you need a mission statement?

Section 3: Preparing Your Materials

Lecture 11 Why branded materials matter

Lecture 12 What is a brand?

Lecture 13 Function brand & Personal brand

Lecture 14 Online presence

Lecture 15 Physical materials

Lecture 16 More on Printed Materials

Section 4: Lead Generation - Build your contacts list

Lecture 17 Why it matters

Lecture 18 Friends and Family

Lecture 19 In-person networking

Lecture 20 Online networking

Section 5: Re-Set

Lecture 21 What have you learned and how can you use it.

Section 6: Relationship Building - Your marketing

Lecture 22 Why it matters

Lecture 23 Know - Like - Trust

Lecture 24 How to make YOU matter - from my YouTube channel

Lecture 25 Keeping in touch

Lecture 26 A good Client Experience

Lecture 27 How to prepare for a meeting

Lecture 28 How to follow up a meeting

Section 7: Thank you and keep in touch

Lecture 29 This concludes our course

Section 8: How to Run Your Freelance Consultancy

Lecture 30 Section Introduction

Lecture 31 Be Curious

Lecture 32 Be Consistent

Lecture 33 Be Clear

Section 9: Bonus - Admin & Tips

Lecture 34 Admin Tools

Lecture 35 Marketing is everything you know

Lecture 36 Branding is everything you do

Lecture 37 Sales Targets are not a Growth Strategy

Lecture 38 Grow Your Business When You Are Busiest

Lecture 39 Don't Compete on Price

New coaches, consultants, and advisors,A knowledge worker coming out of the corporate world, ready to start your own business,An experienced strategist, project manager or chief executive moving from corporate to self-employment,Aspiring freelancers!