Power up and grow your business
You’ve laid the foundation — now it’s time to grow your business. If you’re looking to move beyond the hourly billables and pave the way to making your solo venture a longterm success, these articles are for you!
In this section we cover everything from subcontracting, to recurring income, to scaling your business in to-the-point articles that will help you assemble the growth plan you need to achieve your specific career aspirations (and kick some serious tail in the process!).
The Ultimate Guide To Hiring Subcontractors
In over your head with client work and unsure what to do? Before you turn it away, you may want to hire subcontractors to help you power through! We cover every part of the process in this guide.
5 Signs Your Gorilla Client Has You Locked In A Cage
The solo’s gorilla client is truly a product of our time. Before the days of the booming gig economy, we didn’t need to think about the amount of income we generated from one client to the next. If you were an employee in a standard office place the most you probably...
Stand Out In Today’s Highly Competitive Business Environment
Just for a moment, think back to your singles days. Unless, of course, you are still single, then just read on. You are in a bar on a Friday evening after work. Slightly exhausted from the long week but excited because the weekend has arrived. You order your favorite...
Hire a Contractor or an Employee? Convince Recruiters You’re the Better Option
You would be a perfect fit, according to the recruiting ad’s job description, but they want a new employee. You work for yourself, so you want them to hire a contractor instead. So how to approach this? There are many reasons independent contractors eschew an employee...
6 Fearless Steps You Can Take to Grow Your Consulting Business
There’s something quite romantic about the solopreneur — so much so that entrepreneur and founder of Alphametic SEO agency Matt Capala wrote an entire book based on the parallels between the modern day solopreneur and the ronin — the lordless samurai of feudal Japan....
Freelancing Is A Two Way Street — You Need to Qualify Leads!
Being approached by a new client can be very exciting. The prospect of new work and a sizable project fee is always alluring but before you send back the contract, take some time to assess the situation. The gig economy is not a one way street — clients have to earn...
How Smart Consultants Network Less and Make More With Current Clients
Let’s say you want to double your income. There are two ways you can go about it. The first way is to double your client list. So you cold call. You attend networking events. You place more ads on Facebook and Google AdWords. You fill out dozens of new applications...
When a Prospect Says “No” — Can it Mean “Not Yet”?
When it comes to approaching a prospective client, are you more like the sales dynamo Zig Ziglar or the Greek mythological figure King Sisyphus? Zig Ziglar, you probably know, was famous for his successful sales and motivational techniques. King Sisyphus was punished...
Expand Your Sphere of Influence, Expand Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you’re always on the lookout for ways to expand your business. Often, rather than investing more time and money into traditional marketing efforts, you can achieve growth by investing in yourself. Expand your sphere of influence, the philosophy...
3 Innovative Ways to Market Your Consulting Business
Being good isn’t enough. Whether you’re trying to land your first paying gig or grow a successful consulting business, you need to find clients, and clients need to find you. This takes time and effort, resources you cannot afford to squander when your livelihood...
