Sunday, March 04, 2007
Tips for Consultants
Some good tips for how to get respect as an independent consultant, from today's New York Times:
Well, let's see. I'm confident and I talk about my projects all the time. I could stand to be more specific, and I could definitely use a separate business line. As for the name, I covered this ground already in a previous SmallBizResource post.
- Give yourself a business name bigger than yourself.
- Get an answering machine message "that refers to the business, not the family."
- Be more specific than "consultant."
- Position yourself as an expert by talking about current projects and those just completed.
- Project a confident attitude.
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