Learn the secrets and transform yourself into a successful consultant in a matter of hours

Not everyone wants you to know this simple fact: You harness a true “Power Genius” inside of You! All it takes is just the right environmental influence and that key stroke of inspiration like Aladdin’s Lamp and POOF. You have the power to transform your life, health and wealth in a matter of weeks if you learn Consulting NOW!

Consulting NOW! shows you the fastest path to achieving success:

• Spend more time with your family. Backyard pool party, or tropical vacation. It’s your choice.
• Enhance your lifestyle and social presence by affording the things that you desire!
• Become your own boss and stop working 60 hours a week to make someone else rich.
• Sleep better knowing that you’re in control of your financial destiny.
• Retire earlier and enjoy life!

Starting your own consulting business from scratch might seem like a daunting proposition. Many “experts” will tell you to spend hundreds or even thousands on lawyers, designers, and marketing expertise before you even approach your first customer. I strongly disagree. Many “start-up” expenses can be eliminated or at least deferred until after you are really making money.

I will show you how to launch a professional consulting practice on a shoestring budget in a matter of days and I’m so confident about it I’ll even put my guarantee where my mouth is!

My mission is to show you the fastest, most efficient way to start — full-time or part-time — and arm you with the knowledge you need to succeed. Consulting can be a fun way to earn a living, yielding flexible hours, plenty of vacation and great pay. But sadly many consultants – including experts in their respective fields – still live paycheque to paycheque because they don’t understand the secrets of consulting.

I’ve been in the business of buying and selling consulting services for more than 20 years. I’ve been an employee of a major consulting firm, I’ve hired and fired subcontractors, I’ve written countless proposals, and I know the dirty little secrets of the consulting business. But perhaps more important is this:

Stop and think about that for a minute, because it’s really important. I’ve watched many new consultants take weeks or even months to be “up and running”. I’ve seen them agonize over details that simply aren’t important. They start their business by going into debt and a few months down the road they have a “business” with no revenue.  Then they panic and start applying for any job they can find because they are in worse financial shape than when they started.  There is a better way!

Like many consultants, I got started out of necessity.  I was laid off from my full-time job and I needed to keep paying my bills. Fortunately, I ignored most of the “professionals” who offered me advice.  They suggested that I begin by finding an accountant, have a lawyer do the paperwork, and pay a graphic designer for a “killer logo” on my new business cards.  It didn’t make sense then, and it doesn’t make sense now. Consulting is one of the few businesses on this planet that requires very little start-up capital. Why throw away that tremendous advantage by spending thousands of dollars before generating a single dollar of revenue?

The other major stumbling block for many consultants is that they simply don’t understand the business they are in.  Let me explain…

There is more to consulting than being an expert in your field. In fact, many consultants are not experts, but they do understand the simple principles that makes a consulting business work. They understand how to seamlessly approach clients, contract, subcontract, write proposals, and close deals. And when they do get work, they know how to go about doing it in a professional manner, facilitating repeat business and referrals. This will all be revealed in Consulting NOW!

Your six-module, three hour video course will breeze by, teaching you these vital fundamentals of the consulting world and provide you with an actionable, quick launch plan!

• Why be a consultant?
• Why do companies hire consultants?
• Consulting, contracting, self-employment, and owning a business.
• Should you incorporate or operate as a sole proprietor?
• How large consulting firms really make money.
• Should you take a full-time job as a consultant?
• Six essential rules for consulting as a side business.
• What do you really need to get started today?
• Establish a professional and reliable email address, web site and accounting system fast and cheap.

• Choosing a company name.
• Various approaches to marketing and their pitfalls.
• Five things you must know about selling or your business will fail.
• The sales process simplified.
• How to write winning proposals.
• How to respond to requests for proposals (RFPs).
• Five serious mistakes consultants make in proposals and how to avoid them.

• How to set your rates.
• Credit terms.
• How to lower your rates without devaluing your services.
• Two huge mistakes consultants frequently make and how to avoid them.
• What type of engagements to avoid like the plague.
• How to cost fixed-price projects.
• Why consultants hit a revenue ceiling and what to do about it.
• How to create additional revenue streams and why you should make it a priority.

• Project management simplified.
• How to keep your client happy.
• How to effectively manage scope changes and the dreaded scope creep.
• How you can appear professional and confident, even if you’re just starting out.
• Two things you can do to avoid unpleasant surprises.
• The power and pitfalls of making recommendations.
• How to deal with difficult customers.
• When and how to “fire” a client.
• Dealing with too much work.

• Five things you must to do if you want to make it as a subcontractor.
• Your relationship with the prime contractor.
• How and when to subcontract to other consultants.
• What you need to know about partnering with other consultants.
• How to benefit from your competition and mistakes you must never make.

• Rebel Consultant Principals.
• How you can compete against large consulting firms and win.
• How to work less and make more.
• Four important skills that will help you get ahead.
• The one week shoestring start-up plan, day-by-day.

My course delivers no-nonsense, to-the-point information from a pioneer who made it up there from rock bottom. Save yourself the time, money, and pain of learning consulting the hard way.

Upon purchase, you will have immediate access to view the course online (high quality flash with navigation) and the ability to download a compressed .wmv or .mov file for offline viewing at your own preference. The course contains approximately three hours of material. As a free bonus I also included the audio in mp3 format for those who prefer to learn on the go and a downloadable m4v file that will play on your iPad!

Just the start-up tips in “Module 1” alone will save you many times the cost of this course!

I originally wrote this material for a $495 half-day seminar, but to help you get started with your business I’ve created an online version for just $27 – less than you’d pay for a pizza and a few beer. And here’s the deal: If you don’t think that the information jam-packed into this course is worth every single penny, I want you to ask for your money back and keep the full course just for taking me at my word and trying it out!