Seven steps to start your own business consultancy
In these days of downsizing and temporary staff can work to your advantage and you can stay as busy as you like if you treat your business consulting company like you are building.
Step one: you know the field.
If you have extended knowledge in any subject you're already on your way to the consultation. Read the literature and new research your subject. The beginning of a consultant will need to be better prepared.
The second step: collecting basics.
There are a few things that can not be without work:
A. Phone: cell phone or the line alone, the answer is not inevitable.
Business Cards: Include your name and telephone number, and the statement of specialization.
Press Kit: Consultant, you're a producer. The announcement of yourself!
Quiet areas of work: This is not a life "", it's a profession, and should be treated as one.
Transport: car or get one of the important if you do not live in the city.
Client management software: track and bill customers quickly to save your time for projects.
Step Three: Join trade organizations and the Andean Community and this is not a luxury. Many of the proposals submitted and accepted in the mixers and tournaments sponsored by these organizations alone. To compete with those already in business must be where the jobs are being discussed.
Step Four: Build a list of referral.
No one wants to hire a consultant who had not been consulted. The use of past experience to prove your worth. If you are an employee you can use your years with the company or even a temporary agency as long as you have a voice on the phone to come back to you. Explain the potential signals that you are now to consult and when they refer to it as you can remember this fact.
Step Five: Ask for propaganda and advertising.
Upon completion of the draft to your customer satisfaction ask them if they know of others that could use your experience. Ask them to introduce you with a letter or phone call. More often than not they will be forced.
Step Six: "The answer" declaration.
If you have a specialization, and companies that need in many cases you are listed in the directory or sections of the Declaration on those magazines. Call a few, and introduce yourself and ask if they may have problems in your area of expertise, you may be surprised to know that she was looking for you too.
Step Seven: To maintain their competitiveness.
Continue reading about your subject, check prices against others in your field, and most importantly of all, do not let your customers down: just take the projects you are sure you can end your customer satisfaction. Word of mouth can kill a business consulting before it even gets on the ground.
Good luck in your project. We'll see you in the Forbes 500!
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