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The Profitable Consultant


The Profitable Consultant

Starting, Growing, and Selling Your Expertise
1. Aufl.

von: Jay Niblick, Marshall Goldsmith

16,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 15.03.2013
ISBN/EAN: 9781118616376
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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<p>Selling can be uncomfortable for professional business consultants and executive coaches. The two biggest problems are generating more qualified leads, and turning those leads into actual paying clients. Taking traditional beliefs about how best to "sell" and turning them completely upside down, author Jay Niblick rewrites the sales playbook for the consulting and coaching industry. His proven five-step sales process is specifically designed for independent business consultants and coaches, serving as a common set of rules to grow their practice, deliver more value and generate more revenue. <i>The Profitable Consultant</i> delivers a suite of ready-to-launch tools that will automate readers’ marketing efforts, so they can focus more time delivering revenue-generating services -- to even more clients.</p>
<p>Foreword <i>Marshall Goldsmith</i> ix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xi</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>1 Is Consulting Even Right for Me? 5</p> <p>2 Build a Foundation That Supports Heavy Profits 19</p> <p>3 Poor Pricing Equals Poor Profits 57</p> <p>4 How You Charge is as Important as What You Charge 81</p> <p>5 Not Just Any Ole Fishing Hole Will Do 97</p> <p>6 Seek Only to Give—Marketing That Actually Works 111</p> <p>7 Why Selling Sucks—The Profits from Your Practice 171</p> <p>8 He Who Identifies the Cause of the Problem Gets to Fix It 177</p> <p>9 The Golden Rule is Just Plain Wrong 209</p> <p>10 Be Bold and Mighty Forces Will Come to Your Aid 221</p> <p>Conclusion: Don’t Lose Sight of Your Success 231</p> <p>Appendix A Putting It All to Work for You—A Review 235</p> <p>Appendix B The EBM Guide: How to Get Started on an EBM Campaign 243</p> <p>Appendix C Press Release Template 247</p> <p>Appendix D Launch Cheat Sheet 249</p> <p>About the Author 257</p> <p>Index 259</p>
<p><b>JAY NIBLICK</b> is the founder/CEO of Innermetrix Inc., a boutique business consulting firm specializing in business consulting tools and solutions. Jay has worked with thousands of independent consultants from around the world and tens of thousands of corporations. Innermetrix has over 750 active consultants in the field working with organizations across twenty-three countries. Jay has coached each of them on how to start and grow a profitable consulting practice. He has consulted to organizations including Johnson & Johnson, British Petroleum, Intel, Google, Coca-Cola, BAE Systems, The Anthony Robbins Companies, and others. For more information, visit www.innermetrix.com
<p><b>If you're considering becoming a consultant,</b> you've probably spent much of your life honing your business expertise. But no matter how experienced professional business consultants and executive coaches may be, many find selling extremely uncomfortable. The greatest struggles a consultant faces are generating more qualified leads and turning those leads into actual paying clients. <p>Taking traditional beliefs about how best to "sell" and turning them completely upside down, <i>The Profitable Consultant</i> rewrites the business development playbook for the consulting and coaching industry. Written for the independent business consultant looking to grow his or her practice, Jay Niblick teaches how to deliver more value and generate even more revenue. Distilling years of best practices from some of the most successful consultants in the world, this book delivers easy-to-apply advice that will help automate marketing efforts, increase profit margins, secure more business, and keep clients longer. This field-tested advice includes how to: <ul> <li>Price your services to yield the greatest profits</li> <li>Determine whether you have what it takes to become a consultant</li> <li>Clarify your target market and build a Unique Value Proposition custom-fit for your audience</li> <li>Develop and deliver an education-basedmarketing strategy</li> <li>Write a killer press release that hooks a reporter to cover your story</li> <li>Focus on becoming the Business Diagnostician</li> <li>Customize your communication style to each individual client</li> <li>Muster the courage to change how you do business</li> </ul> <p>You can't just sit back and wait for business to come to you. You may be an expert in your field, but The Profitable Consultant will make you an expert in how to grow a lucrative and long-lasting consulting practice.
<p>“…a refreshing, effective and surprisingly simple alternative that just works!”<br /> —<b>Anthony Robbins</b>, entrepreneur, bestselling author and Peak Performance Strategist</p> <p>“Jay rewrites the sales and marketing playbook for the consulting and coaching industry!”<br /> —<b>Marshall Goldsmith</b>, <i>New York Times</i> and million copy best-selling author of <i>MOJO</i> and <i>What Got You Here Won’t Get You There</i></p> <p>“This is a new mindset, one which is totally compatible with my concept of becoming a profitable consultant. Get a copy of this book today.”<br /> —<b>Jim Cathcart</b> bestselling author and member of the NSA Speaker’s Hall of Fame</p> <p>“I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any professional consultant engaged in business development. In other words, all of us!”<br /> —<b>Dr. Tony Alessandra</b>, bestselling author of <i>Collaborative Selling and The Platinum Rule for Sales Mastery</i></p> <p>“About time someone stepped up and took on the conventional way consultants have been taught to grow and sell and turned that on its head."<br /> —<b>Philip McKernan</b>, international bestselling author, speaker and President at Philip McKernan Inc.</p> <p>“If you’re looking for ways to grow your practice, stop searching – this book is the answer!” <br /> —<b>Greg Habstritt</b>, Founder and President, SimpleWealth Inc.</p> <p>“If you want more clients and more time to do what you love, study this book and put Jay's methods to use."<br /> —<b>Noah St. John</b>, bestselling author of <i>The Secret Code of Success</i></p> <p>"The Profitable Consultant provides a system, a methodology to get more business and faster – if you are a consultant/coach.”<br /> —<b>Mike Koenigs</b>, Founder/CEO Traffic Geyser</p>

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