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Consulting Intellectual Property: How To Sell, Rent, & License Your IP

Consulting Success

If you’re a consultant, you’re sitting on a gold mine of opportunity. In this article, I’m going to share some “shovels” with you that can help you to extract some of that gold — and open up new profit centers in your consulting business. We call this the Ultimate Licensing Formula.

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Three-Word Tricks to Boost Your Impact as a Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

As a consultant, its our job to help clients solve problems and operate at their best. As a consultant These three words transform unsolicited advice by framing it within a business context so its less personal. For example: As a consultant, its my job to point out things that are holding you back from achieving the goal.

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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

The Pros and Cons of Subcontracting Basically, subcontracting is about working through intermediaries such as agencies, consulting firms, or online platforms to connect you with client projects. Agencies (and boutique consulting firms) typically involve human intermediaries who actively match consultants with projects.

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Most consultants tend to use an hourly rate anyway, because it’s the easiest to figure out, there’s less risk of undercharging, and it’s what most clients are used to. Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].”

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A Short Rant About AI and Intellectual Property Theft

Johanna Rothman

That means these models have committed intellectual property theft. But here's the thing: if the LLMs can steal my intellectual property, what will they do about yours? You'll learn as you do so, and not have to worry about your intellectual property. Create your own art.

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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. McKinsey wrote that report as a way of using their intellectual property (IP) to build political capital at the client. All of us consultants can do the same. Not a consultant who can do X, Y, or Z.

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How to Charge What You’re Worth with Chris Mele: Podcast #186

Consulting Success

Software Pricing Partners help you figure out how to price your intellectual property and your services. How to Charge What You’re Worth with Chris Mele: Podcast #186 is a post from: Consulting Success. We have one such partner onboard today to help you figure out how to charge what you’re worth.