secrets to consulting success
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Right now is the best time in history to launch your freelance consulting career. What are you doing about it?TRANSCRIPT
Redefining Consulting Success
In a Free Agent Nation…
…we are all consultants!
One mid level executive
inject loyalty,
Work for 80 hrs/week x 50 weeks/year …for years
(Optional) …someone to notice their true value… maybe
Recipe for consulting success (Circa 1980)
SalaryPrestige
CommissionsBonuses
…and after many years…
…maybe…
Achieving success was hard!Years of hard work
climbing the corporate ladder for a larger part of
the profits.
© 2008, ConsultingPulse.com
Achieving success was hard!Years of hard work
climbing the corporate ladder for a larger part of
the profits.
“[Vertical] Loyalty is Dead” Tom Peters
One of the most lucrative professions in the world
A permanent demand
An explosion in technology
…and different ways of working
Outs
ourc
ing
Down Sizing
Competition
A permanent consulting demand!
© 2008, ConsultingPulse.com
There’s nobody left to do the work of innovation or improvement…
And those who remain - fear for their markets, jobs and their future…
An explosion in technology!
Networking is open…
Services are cheap or free…
Marketing is viral…
…and different ways of working..
Not just services anymore….
…now services and assets…
Build your own niche software…
…or get someone to build it for you…
Publish a book…yourself!
…and get some artwork done
Get paid what you are worth!
”…consulting fees are dependent on only two things: value provided in the perception of the buyer and the intent of the buyer and the consultant to act ethically.” – Amazon.com
Work remotely...
And work on as many projects as you like
Not just a job
New Consulting Success!!! Leverage your…
•Network…
•Knowledge…
•Time…
•Technology…
…and work
•when you want,
•where you want,
•on what you want…
The 21st Century
The best time to work in consulting
…ever… in history!
And you’re doing…
What exactly…?