A consulting website is the new business card for the gig economy. Make sure that your website has the crucial features it needs to keep prospective clients coming to you.

Continue reading How To Make A Great Consulting Website at Nation1099.

Independent work that is built around freelancing or consulting has become more attractive to professionals. But how do you prepare for a freelance career? Babson College MBA prof Diane Mulcahy discusses her course Entrepreneurship and The Gig Economy and her book The Gig Economy.

Continue reading Career Prep for Independent Work: A Q&A With MBA Prof Diane Mulcahy at Nation1099.

Partnering with other consultants is an effective approach to getting more client work and has multiple benefits. This is an approach I call partnership consulting. Partnership consulting is working another independent contractor or a consulting firm where you provide your expertise to their consulting clients.

Continue reading Partnership Consulting: An Ideal Way to Build Your Consulting Practice at Nation1099.

In this interview with Dorie Clark, speaker, consultant and author of Entrepreneurial You, we learn about the path to premium pricing and positioning in the gig economy. Check out what she has to say about how your freelance business can achieve meaningful growth and revenues.

Continue reading Entrepreneurial You Author Dorie Clark On Thriving As A Consultant at Nation1099.

You'd like a consulting job but fear you lack experience. Or you want to expand your consulting business but aren't sure how. Trust us, you're ready.

Continue reading The Key to Your Next Consulting Job: Your Past Experience at Nation1099.

In this edition of our freelance career profile series, Kristy Marshall tells how she quit a thriving corporate career to get some balance -- and adventure -- back into her life. Now she's making it as a freelance marketing strategist.

Continue reading How This Freelance Marketing Strategist Went From The E.R. To Bali at Nation1099.

As a freelance web developer, you’re already solving complex problems for your clients. Why not reframe what you do and become a freelance web consultant? That's the path to earning more and doing more engaging work.

Continue reading Web Developer to Web Consultant: How to Reframe Your Value at Nation1099.

Continue reading How This PR Consultant Is Branching Out Into Content Marketing at Nation1099.

Nancy Collamer, author of Second-Act Careers, talks about how the gig economy opens up more semi-retirement jobs and how she built her consulting business.

Continue reading Semi-retirement Jobs In the Gig Economy: Interview With Career Expert Nancy Collamer at Nation1099.

Tired of the same old freelancing platforms? Our roundup of independent consulting websites and marketplaces helps you find independent consulting jobs with serious clients. The consulting work on these sites is for highly-skilled independent contractors who have been vetted for valuable gigs.

Continue reading The Best Marketplaces for Independent Consulting Jobs at Nation1099.

Continue reading 6 Fearless Steps You Can Take to Grow Your Consulting Business at Nation1099.