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📅 March 11, 2019

Developer Tools and Licenses as a Consultant (or Employee)

One of the common aspects of consulting that is missed is clarity about developer tools and licenses. In particular, this obstacle is natural to overlook when you are used to being an employee. The challenge is not just being able…

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📅 March 8, 2019

Consulting Project Enhancements and Follow-Ups

The completion of a project is not necessarily the end of a customer relationship. To the contrary, consulting project enhancements are a common way to keep that relationship alive. When that fails, a follow-up project also has a higher likelihood of…

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📅 March 6, 2019

Writing Proposals and Winning Projects

Once you find a prospect your next step is turning them into a customer. In the IT world (as well as most other lines of business) this is done through a proposal. Therefore, writing proposals is a significant facet of growing a business. There…

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📅 March 4, 2019

Finding Consulting Projects Without Cold Calls

The challenge of finding consulting projects is not one you should overlook. However, the first is the hardest. Once you have a couple of projects under your belt, you will find it easier to win additional work. We will cover…

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📅 March 1, 2019

Fixed or Hourly Project Pricing

One of the critical choices in accepting a project is whether you will bill based on a fixed or hourly basis. The bottom line is that one approach places more risk on you as a provider. The other puts it…

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📅 February 27, 2019

Consulting Invoices and Getting Paid

Whether you are running a side hustle or a full-blown business, at some point you will need to create consulting invoices. Well, unless you do not care about being paid for your work. This is a process that is often…

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