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Zero To Mastery

Consulting: The Complete Freelancer's Guide

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Overview

Learn freelance consulting & how to start a freelance consulting business. You'll learn the exact steps to using your existing skills to start a flexible career or earn a side income by becoming a Freelance Business Consultant. No degree required.
  • Case studies that bring you behind-the-scenes with actual clients
  • How to prepare professional reports and presentations
  • How to solve problems for businesses seeking online consultants on freelancing websites
  • Use your existing knowledge & expertise in any sector to consult online and provide value to companies
  • Build relationships with clients so that you can earn recurring income
  • Craft freelance consulting proposals that will land you desirable clients
  • Step-by-step breakdown of landing your first client to growing your freelance consulting business
  • Build a side-hustle or a full-time online income with a flexible schedule
  • Use professional tools for client and project management
  • Learn technicals skills from data visualization to A/B testing

Syllabus

  •   Introduction
    • Consulting: The Complete Freelancer's Guide
    • Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor
    • How-to's: Speed up videos, Downloading videos, Subtitles
  •   Section 1: Start Building a Freelance Consulting Career
    • What does a consultant do?
    • Case Study: What I do as a consultant
    • Exercise: Choose your Dream Company
    • Foundation of consulting success
    • How to get paid for your advice, knowledge & suggestions
    • How to be productive and have consulting success
    • How to use the Eisenhower Matrix
    • Unlimited Updates
  •   Section 2: Getting Started as a Freelance Consultant
    • Getting started
    • Choosing a profitable consulting niche
    • Mistakes to avoid when choosing a niche
    • Aligning yourself with an established platform
    • Mistakes to avoid when choosing a platform
    • How to craft a consulting offer
    • Understanding the scope of work
    • The Value Ladder
    • Case Study: My in-demand consulting offer
    • Exercise: Create a consulting offer and Value Ladder for your Dream Company
  •   Section 3: How To Find & Land High-Paying Consulting Clients
    • How to land your first consulting client
    • How to land trial clients
    • Where to find consulting clients
    • Finding consulting clients in your network
    • Keep track of everything with a CRM (HubSpot)
    • Exercise: Sign up for HubSpot and create a Sample Client
    • Finding consulting clients on employment sites
    • Finding consulting jobs on Upwork
    • Upwork consultation project demo
    • Exercise: Build your profile on Upwork
    • Exercise: Imposter syndrome
    • Tips for landing high-paying clients
    • High-Paying Clients vs Nightmare Clients
    • Case Study: Behind the scenes of landing a client
    • Consulting sales tips to land more clients
    • Tackle all objections that arise
    • How to handle client payments
    • Freelancing Websites vs Personal Invoices
    • Example: Invoice
    • Scaling to multiple consulting clients
  •   Section 4: How To Conduct Proper Research as a Freelance Consultant
    • How to conduct proper research & gather quality data
    • Case Study: Conducting research
    • Exercise: Research project
    • How to create effective and appealing consumer reports
    • Example: Create a report with Canva
    • Exercise: Create a sample report / presentation
    • Data visualization
    • Communication tips for consultants
    • How to use A/B testing as a consultant
  •   Section 5: Developing Your Personal Brand as a Freelance Consultant
    • Top benefits provided by building your personal brand
    • Building an online presence & producing content
    • Exercise: Create your content calendar
    • How to embrace collaboration as a consultant
    • Building a community for maximum impact
  •   Where To Go From Here?
    • Thank You!
    • Review This Course!
    • Become An Alumni
    • Learning Guideline
    • LinkedIn Endorsements

Taught by

Paul Mendes

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