Prospecting, especially when you are still starting your consulting business, can be a nightmare. In this episode, Mark Hunter, the man behind The Sales Hunter, shares how he created his consulting business, how he got his notable clients, and how to do profitable prospecting for consultants. Just like any business, climbing to the top of this niche presents numerous difficulties, which is why Mark gladly outline the most common problems, including his own, that people make when prospecting for ...
Aug 26, 2019•33 min•Ep. 103
Meetings are key towards every company’s success, which is why it is critical for leaders to facilitate it properly according to the company’s purpose and goal. Elise Keith, the CEO and Founder of Lucid Meetings, shares how she started her company, how she got her very first clients, and how they developed a software that helped chair and leaders run their meetings. She shares her strategies on how meetings should be done and what makes a meeting successful. She also tackles the best practices b...
Aug 19, 2019•33 min•Ep. 102
Many consultants often get stuck when it comes to figuring out how to outbound. That is why prospecting has been a topic and a task that is avoided by most. Jason Bay, the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Blissful Prospecting, is someone who has figured out prospecting from personally going through the pain points of building a sales pipeline and later on discovering great resources to share. Jason talks about how we can speak the language of potential customers or existing clients, reach...
Aug 17, 2019•41 min
It is the 100thepisode of Consulting Success Podcast. To celebrate this milestone, host Michael Zipursky takes you through the top ten episodes’ key insights. Implement them in your business and apply them to your mindset to perform at even higher levels as consultants. Gathering golden nuggets brought by some of the great guests that graced the show, refresh your mind with critical marketing and sales techniques and wisdom from Perry Marshall, Dorie Clark, Suzanne Bates, Lew Jaffe, and more in ...
Aug 05, 2019•34 min•Ep. 100
Starting up is the hardest part of any business. Jacob Baadsgaard, the Founder and CEO of Disruptive Analytics, shares his business journey starting with working at Adobe and transitioning to other companies, and then finally managing his own organization. He talks about growing his consulting team and how his past work experiences have given him the lessons that he applies to make his company work better for his employees. Sharing sales and leveraging techniques, Jacob also tackles the importan...
Jul 29, 2019•39 min•Ep. 99
Content marketing for consultants is necessary for anyone who wants to succeed in connecting with the clients from the initial stages of sales up to after sales. Ian James is a process consultant who shares his knowledge on how to effectively do content marketing by building relationships through simple but valuable content. He talks about asking questions and developing interest in the people you meet as critical approaches towards understanding the marketing and sales needs of a company. He be...
Jul 22, 2019•28 min•Ep. 98
Being able to balance building a business with having a life full of freedom that allows you to travel, spend much time with your family, and take care of yourself is an ideal daily routine for most people. Today, we get inside Michael’s daily routine as a consultant. As a believer of health is wealth and motion is the key, he dives into the importance of going to the gym. Michael also tackles the value of structuring your day so that you're able to make significant progress, see the results, an...
Jul 15, 2019•24 min•Ep. 97
Sales is one of the most important factors when doing consultancy because you need to be able to master the art of selling consulting services. No one enters the consultant field to give free advice to clients because it is a form of a disservice. Jeff Robbins, the co-founder and former CEO of Lullabot, reveals some hacks to getting, meeting, and keeping clients. A business coach, podcaster, and musician all wrapped up in one, he walks us through how he built a soul-based and mission-based compa...
Jul 08, 2019•27 min•Ep. 96
A good consultant gathers all the information and evaluates it accurately. The more depth and understanding you have, the better results you can deliver. Subir Chowdhury, the CEO of ASI Consulting Group, believes in this concept. In this episode, he shares how he landed a $60-million deal without a proposal. Known as one of the world’s leading management consultants, Subir recounts his humble beginnings and success journey from launching his first book to closing deals with global Fortune 100 co...
Jul 01, 2019•44 min•Ep. 95
Every entrepreneur says that marketing is the heart and soul of the business. They’re always looking for the latest and best applications or tools that will allow them to see better results in a short period of time. However, the reality of consulting business in marketing, shortcuts rarely exist. Michael shares the importance of focusing on developing relationships with your ideal clients as he walks us through the three keys that stood the test of time to consistently get clients in your busin...
Jun 24, 2019•24 min•Ep. 94
Investing money, time, and strategy in a company are the fundamentals you can apply to any industry. Founder of War Room Mastermind, Roland Frasier, shares how combining these three to equity deals can help build wealth. Taking us back to his younger years, Roland shares the different approaches he saw on how people make money. Later on, he used what he has learned across different industries to make him good fortune. Roland shares those with us along through the equity deals he has made that he...
Jun 17, 2019•39 min•Ep. 93
Our mindsets are the foundation of our thinking, learning, and behavior. Awakening our mindsets will empower us to improve and enhance our success. Ryan Gottfredson, a Professor at CSU-Fullerton and Mindset Consultant, dives deep and gather his wisdom on how mindset works and applies to everything. Ryan shares how he categorizes the types of organizations with different sets of mindsets and how these make him reach outlets and generate business through speaking and writing. Discover more the tea...
Jun 10, 2019•36 min•Ep. 92
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a way to increase the visibility and the ranking of a website with keywords. Glen Allsopp, an entrepreneur and a consultant at Detailed, talks about how he fell in love doing SEO works, explaining why businesses would want to see their websites rank higher through link building on Google. Furthermore, Glen tells us why doing SEO consulting and other marketing activities are making a significant impact in generating leads in the business. Glen shares the truth...
Jun 03, 2019•28 min•Ep. 91
Consulting firms struggle in developing their personal brand, not knowing that it is the key ingredient in creating leverage and building authority in the consultancy field. As successful companies grow, they tend to forget this key ingredient which then leads to laxity. Tendayi Viki, Associate Partner at Strategyzer, holds a bird’s-eye view of this tight spot. Author of The Corporate Startup , Tendayi shares how his books paved the way to build his personal brand and reveals the three things th...
May 27, 2019•35 min•Ep. 90
Listening is the key to effective communication. To be in a consulting field entails you to be dominant in figuring out the pain points of your customers to provide the right solutions, and that involves deep listening. Author of Breakthroughs and Deep Listening , Oscar Trimboli lays out the five myths of listening and how you can leverage it in your business. Having one of Apple’s Best Australian Podcasts 2018, the Deep Listening podcast, Oscar outlines the three tactics to clear one’s mind, to...
May 20, 2019•40 min•Ep. 89
These days, consultants take their profession too seriously and customarily that they tend to forget to make room for innovation. To innovate is to add value with an incredible hint of creativity to whatever you produce. Jeff Gothelf is a pro in injecting valuable content to market his consulting business. A consultant, coach, keynote speaker, and author all wrapped up in one, Jeff shares his transition out of the corporate world and into starting his own business. Co-author of Sense and Respond...
May 13, 2019•35 min•Ep. 88
One of the most prominent struggles consultants and independent entrepreneurs face is to sell themselves. Typically, the amount of experience is not enough if you don’t get the value of business development. Chris Spurvey possesses the perfect amount of knowledge and understanding from the big consulting firms, such as Plato and KPMG. Founder of Chris Spurvey Sales Growth Consulting Inc., he breaks down the differences of consulting firms now and then, from the traditional way of making sales to...
May 06, 2019•32 min•Ep. 87
It is vital to build and maintain relationships as part of your continuous business development with your existing or potential clients. Talent development consultant Nancy Halpern's way of doing this is by spending four or five nights out of every week taking a client out for a drink, having dinner, and staying in touch. According to Nancy, these are ways of honing your message as people enjoy getting together and spend time with people they like. In reality, this may not have an impact on the ...
Apr 29, 2019•38 min•Ep. 86
Office relocations can draw issues especially in the productivity and engagement of employees. When Jessica Lederer found the holes in the relocation process, she knew right then she can make a change by starting a workplace strategy firm and structuring consulting offers. Jessica is now the CEO of Ingage, Inc., a business focused on helping organizations that are moving or thinking about how they can leverage their physical space better to maximize employee engagement, productivity, and corpora...
Apr 28, 2019•32 min•Ep. 85
Having a third-party vision of your business can sometimes be helpful. Having somebody that would take a step back and take a look at your company to see if you have things figured can be a way to know the holes in your business plan. That is the beauty of consulting. Former CEO of Picture Tel, Lew Jaffe, shares how consulting helped his previous company to grow. A philanthropist, professor, and executive coach, Lew reveals the approach to take to get clients to consult, the ways to continue del...
Apr 15, 2019•32 min•Ep. 84
Excellent customer service is vital for business growth as cliché as it may sound. Being one of the most important elements in sales and marketing, it needs deep focus and expertise, even in the consulting arena. Ron Kaufman, ranked as the number one customer service guru in the world by Global Gurus, knows the drill. As he dives into his journey from managing Frisbee festivals to exploring and winning in the consulting and speaking fields, Ron provides knowledge and insight for consultants on m...
Apr 08, 2019•39 min•Ep. 83
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a small business owner, or simply running a small team, having an entrepreneurial mindset is so important. Author, speaker, and consultant Rita McGrath says constantly looking at where your next opportunities are coming from and making sure you’re up to date and fresh is what the entrepreneurial mindset is all about, and it all begins with changing the nature of competitive advantage. Rita is one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth. In this episode...
Apr 01, 2019•29 min•Ep. 82
Accountability expert, keynote speaker, and author Samuel Silverstein aims to continually cultivate accountability in diverse organizational cultures. When he left the corporate world and sold his business, he started to hasten skills in writing, speaking, and consulting. His consultancy field was mainly driven by his expertise in speaking in front of a variety of people and various organizations. He is also a bestselling author of seven books. Today, he is dedicated to empowering people to live...
Mar 25, 2019•32 min•Ep. 81
Sometimes, it is exactly the comfort that keeps us from pursuing what we really want. Bill Coletti, founder of the crisis communications and reputation management firm called Kith Consulting, has stepped out of the comfort offered in working for an established organization as a consultant to starting and running his own consulting business. When the stakes are high, he managed to push through and grow his business into a success. Bill shares his journey while imparting great insights to those wh...
Mar 18, 2019•31 min•Ep. 80
We all want to elevate our brand and get to that next level of success. Anthony Iannarino, coach, consultant, and entrepreneur, believes that everyone has greater potential to make a difference. Over the last few years, Anthony's brand has grown significantly. He shares how you can sell more and also take your brand to the next level by identifying what you are capable of and having that abundance mindset to execute the greatness that you have within you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, ...
Mar 11, 2019•37 min•Ep. 79
Nothing connects people with brands like stories do. Master storyteller and media brand strategist, Robin Fisher Roffer takes us into the power of storytelling to dominate your industry. Going into the talk of being able to specialize, she shows the difference between being a go-to business and one who is in the midst of multiple competitions. She talks about storytelling and where brand building takes place in that, learning how to position yourself to rise above from the rest. Robin also share...
Mar 04, 2019•34 min•Ep. 78
Procurement professionals struggle reputationally sometimes with a lot of folks in the business bypassing them, trying to avoid procurement. Philip Ideson helps procurement professionals become a little bit more impactful and think about how to go beyond the process so they can bring value to their organizations. Philip owns CatalystCo and hosts a podcast called The Art of Procurement where he helps procurement professionals elevate the role of their teams. He’s worked with Visteon, Pfizer, Chiq...
Feb 25, 2019•37 min•Ep. 77
When you get a good client and it's a big engagement which is going to go on for a while, what happens is that your ability to deliver as well as run the business starts to eat away at you. At some point, you realize that you're going to have to include other people in the game. Otherwise, you're going to kill yourself. The interview process then starts and you have figure out who you're going hire and develop, realizing that it’s going to have a huge impact. Nick Craig’s area of specialization ...
Feb 18, 2019•33 min•Ep. 76
“My one job here is to create enough value. Hopefully, they’ll ask me to stick around and do some more work.” That was the statement conversation expert Rob Kendall made about during the early days of his career. Rob’s biggest challenge was the way he communicated with people. For his own self-development, he started to do some work that was focused on the whole area of communication. Soon after, he was already leading a lot of communication programs and was quite used to being in front of a roo...
Feb 11, 2019•39 min•Ep. 75
Bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to how you can master non-profit consulting is Douglas Nelson, managing director for the Discovery Group. Douglas shares the value of consistent action when it comes to getting organizations govern themselves better, to work together, and to have that alignment across. Taking us to his own personal journey, he talks about the challenges, obstacles, and the learning curve that he has faced from getting started to moving forward. Douglas also shares th...
Feb 07, 2019•28 min•Ep. 74
