Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Continuing education As long as your education, books, and audiobooks relate to your present solopreneur business, they are deductible, but education to acquire skills for a new profession is not. Typical start-up costs include office supplies, market research, advertising, and consultant fees to help with your business plan.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 23, 2021

Should the CEO of an education start-up expand within the company’s core marketplace or extend the business model and enter a new market?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Nick Westergaard, consulting strategist, speaker, educator, and author, talks about strategies for branding and digital marketing.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When it comes to education and training, it’s no secret there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, they understand the importance of their education and are pursuing courses that will benefit them the most. There’s no denying that it’s a competitive market today. But why does prioritizing learner needs matter?

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Digital marketing consultants provide marketing advice and optimize the online presence of organizations so that they can be easily found by their target audience. Businesses, non-profits, and governments are all interested in increasing their online visibility, and digital marketing consultants have the ability to make this happen.

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Clarity Consultants

JULY 17, 2024

The rapid pace of technological advancement is unprecedentedly reshaping the job market. Understanding the Future Job Landscape Predicting the future job market is complex, but specific trends offer valuable insights. For instance, jobs in AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, and digital marketing are rising.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 5, 2021

Therefore seek out specialized support, mentorship and education from others who have "been there, done that" and encouragement from others who are in the same boat you are. Guides : Specialized support that can help you specific things you need such as finances, web development, legal issues, social media marketing, etc.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

Marketing consultants advise companies on marketing strategies and campaigns. Marketing consultants may work as freelancers, or as part of a digital agency (such as Slalom ), marketing agency (such as Ogilvy ), or larger firm that has digital and marketing capabilities (such as McKinsey Digital or BCG X ).

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

By investing in L&D, organizations can close skills gaps, improve employee engagement, and enhance their overall competitiveness in the market. L&D programs help organizations keep up with industry trends, adopt new technologies, and respond to changing market demands.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

Sometimes the marketing message has fallen off. So, sometimes it’s a disconnect just on that marketing plan. You have a small, local marketing plan that really resonates with a particular geographical community, or some other psychographic community. Well, sneakers is a bigger market. Why isn’t it getting out?

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2023

In fact, 90% of companies offer their employees some kind of virtual learning, and the global eLearning market is expected to reach $350 billion by 2025. With eLearning, you can ensure that your workers are educated and have the skills that they need, all without having to leave the comfort of their own homes.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research points to one possible reason: employers increased skill requirements during the recession, when high-skill workers were more plentiful, making it more difficult to fill those positions as the job market began to recover. Moreover, upskilling extends beyond just education and experience to requirements for baseline skills (e.g.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions? So it would be difficult to argue unequivocally that MBA education alone determines the CEO’s decisions.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 28, 2024

For non-business undergraduates, the MBA curriculum covers fundamental business topics such as finance, marketing, operations, strategy, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Image: DALL-E 3 The post The MBA: Navigating Your Professional Education first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 5, 2018

Elizabeth has joined me today to explain how you can create a thriving, successful consulting business in the nonprofit market. After earning her Master’s in Public Health from UCLA, she began working with health education in New York. Many consultants avoid working with nonprofits for this very reason, and you may be one of them.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When companies expand into foreign markets, they need to gain the trust of local business partners and prospective customers in order to succeed. Both of these approaches, however, are time-intensive, requiring executives to spend weeks or months in foreign markets. William Andrew/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

With social selling, salespeople use social media platforms to research, prospect, and network by sharing educational content and answering questions. Salespeople should also collaborate with their social marketing counterparts to make the most of their social efforts. After all, social media is too important to be left to marketing.

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Tsavo Neal

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Which is a bit concerning, because you would think that firms that have marketing budgets would have better websites. ” Currency Marketing Tim McAlpine, Owner at Currency Marketing. “ Currency Marketing is a credit union-focused marketing firm. That’s not the case.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 8, 2018

Despite years of education and experience they stay up at night wondering what is the best way to let their future clients know about how much they know and what they can bring to the table. This challenge shows up in marketing and in the contracting processes. They ask for referrals because they want to know if you will deliver.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2014

I realized I didn’t have a future in football after college so that prompted me to focus more on my education and gaining experience in internships outside of the classroom. where I worked for IMG (international marketing group) at the Winter Olympics. The following winter term I took off (junior year), and moved to Vancouver B.C.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2019

The good news: Most new grads will get a job.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2017

Our research finds that innovation flourished in densely populated areas where people could interact with one another, where capital markets to finance innovation were strong, and where inventors had access to well-connected markets. Much of the link between family income and invention appears to have been due to education.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The belief that you “should already know” how to launch a business, market yourself, land clients, and deliver results as a consultant or coach is a total myth. This is a common barrier when it comes to taking the leap from being an employee into full-time consulting or coaching business ownership. But here’s the thing.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2023

But to scale this and make it a success, changes must be taken into consideration at both the policy level and in implementation in the areas of quality digital education, tax treaties and harmonization, and outsourcing-focused startups.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Increase your billable rates by becoming an educated expert, working your network, and avoiding one major (but common) mistake. His consulting group focuses mainly on sales enablement and marketing, and they have been in the business since 1995. 4:45] Tony’s decision to dive into sales and marketing consulting. [7:13]

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

But the security industry is a fast-growing market, with IDC pegging it as becoming a $101 billion opportunity by 2020. People with these traits can quickly pick up the technical skills through on-the-job training, industry certifications, community college courses, and modern vocational and skills education programs.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 3, 2018

She founded Precision Partners in 2013 with a focus on helping healthcare and higher education organizations take their fundraising to the next level by streamlining, optimizing, and using the right technology for their operations. Identify an Underserved Market in Need. 3:55] How to identify an underserved market. [6:53]

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Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2018

Our company EF Education First annually releases the world’s largest study of English proficiency in various countries and industries. They better prepare you for real-life situations, and they’re often more enjoyable than strictly educational materials. Join a positive learning community.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 31, 2017

This article presents tips for how to market yourself as a professional self-employed consultant using LinkedIn’s Summary and Background sections. It will probably only fill a fraction of the available space so you will under-market yourself. The first article in this series explained how to have a “top-notch top box” on your profile.

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David A Fields

APRIL 26, 2015

A consultant asked me the following question: When you contact trade associations about speaking, do you go straight for the executive director or do you contact the person who is listed on the website as handling education, etc.? What advice would you give this consultant?

Education 150

Education Consulting Marketing 150

Chad Barr

JANUARY 8, 2025

Finance: Predicting market trends with near-flawless accuracy. Education: Personalizing learning for every individual, at scale. Monitor market trends, analyze competitors, and alert you to opportunities or risks, while providing an edge in strategic planning. What’s Next?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 10, 2020

I don’t have a marketable expertise that clients will want. If yes, the rest of what you’ll need to figure out in terms of developing a “what do you do” statement, personal brand and marketing messages will come later as well as if you need any additional education. I’ll fail and be so embarrassed.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

Sari's experience is invaluable as she helps parents break down tasks into manageable pieces to aid in their parenting, an approach that also proves beneficial in my Purpose to Profits Academy, assisting entrepreneurs to become more efficient in their marketing and sales efforts.

Education 156

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

Sari's experience is invaluable as she helps parents break down tasks into manageable pieces to aid in their parenting, an approach that also proves beneficial in my Purpose to Profits Academy, assisting entrepreneurs to become more efficient in their marketing and sales efforts.

Education 156

Education Efficiency Video Sales 156

Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 20, 2021

While this isn’t typically problematic for simple interactions – such as discovering the answer to an FAQ came from a chatbot and not an employee of an organization – it is troubling in the land of education. Mark Schaefer (Marketing Rebellion). Online courses that lack the human element can harm the learning experience.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

A carpenter may have a hammer, screwdriver and drill and perhaps the best ones on the market. You need to dial into them otherwise you will be vague in your marketing and a confused mind never buys. This 5-module ACTION LEARNING system provides you essential marketing training as you build your business platform.in

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