30 Second Launch Pad: Be fully ‘present’ with clients

October 17, 2010

Randy Block brings more than 30 years of expertise in executive search as a certified career coach. He has guided all levels of professionals in the areas of career transition: changing careers, choosing a career direction, evaluating/negotiating offers, executive career marketing, finding jobs, getting organized, as well as finding opportunities for self-employment, freelancing and consulting.  Through his company [...]

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10 more Must Read blog posts for consultants

October 17, 2010

Some great stuff in the blogosphere for new consultants and small business owners over the past week, but I want to start with two questions: I’ve been focusing more on non-Social Media related posts in this roundup (i.e., things to help you build your businesses or be more effective at work) but I want to [...]

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30 Second Launch Pad: Build a community

October 14, 2010

One of the best-known and most-respected voices in the social-media world, Chris Brogan consults and speaks professionally with Fortune 100 and 500 companies like PepsiCo, General Motors, Microsoft, and more, on the future of business communications and social software technologies. He is a New York Times bestselling co-author of Trust Agents (affiliate link), and a featured [...]

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10 Must Read blog posts for consultants

October 10, 2010

A lot of good blog posts this week that should interest consultants and other small-business owners.  For the most part, I’m going to assume that consultants who come to this post from a Tweet will pick up the serious technology-oriented posts and articles from their own Twitter streams or other similarly themed posts.  So I’m going to focus [...]

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Building a digital presence after age 50: 8 lessons

October 7, 2010

This post is based on my PodCamp Philly presentation last week.  Here’s a link to the handout, but please take a few minutes to read the background. I’m not sure if I’m going to make it as a consultant.  It’s not talent; it’s staying power (i.e., cash flow) and visibility.  I have to admit I’m spending [...]

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Six ways to turn a cold call warm

October 4, 2010

Guest poster Michael D. Brown is co-founder of Consultant Launch Pad. He has worked in the chemicals industry for more than 30 years, 12 of that as a consultant. I am not a fan of cold sales calls to generate new consulting business.  I am especially not a fan of spending to travel for cold calls.  The [...]

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11 great posts from last week to start your week

October 3, 2010

You’re busy and may not have had time to keep pace with some of the best posts from the past week.  Here’s a set of links to articles that should appeal to consultants and small-business owners.  This is a great opportunity to acquaint yourself with these writers and perhaps subscribe to their blogs or bookmark their [...]

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When was the last time you helped someone face-to-face?

October 1, 2010

It’s been a challenging 21 months for both my consulting business and my job search (and, I suppose, for my psyche).  Then I got a call yesterday from one of my former managers, inviting me to go with him to an event last night. “It’ll be a good way for you to meet some people,” he said. [...]

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Must Read: 9 great posts from other bloggers

September 25, 2010

The weather report is calling for rain tomorrow and I’m planning to catch up on some reading.  It seemed to be the perfect time to launch a new feature on Consultant Launch Pad and Bulldog Simplicity (yes, I’m publishing the same content on both blogs because my readerships are different) and offer up a few links to [...]

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Warning! Business credit cards don’t carry the same protections as your personal card

September 21, 2010

A struggling consultant friend of mine told me the other day that he’s fallen behind on paying some of his business expenses so he’s decided to put more things on his business credit card because paying 30+ days late isn’t going to hurt him all that much.  It’s an approach he says he’s taking on [...]

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