| Google business consultant and you will find a wealth | | | | and they are going to ask you a lot of great questions |
| of information on how a consultant not only helps grow | | | | about what type of consulting you do, what types of |
| a business, but they are there to help organize, | | | | projects you have helped coordinate, and how you |
| improve performance, and develop a plan to combat a | | | | can help their business grow. |
| business's current issues'. You are basically the project | | | | Entrepreneurs are all about making money and their |
| manager consultant for the business which means you | | | | time and money is valuable. If they see the potential to |
| might have to wear a ton of different hats, especially if | | | | utilize your skills to free up more time for other things, |
| you are working with small businesses. | | | | they will. This is also great time to practice what we in |
| Your job is to offer an extra ear like a partner would | | | | the industry like to call the "elevator speech," which is a |
| and step in and lend your expertise to the business | | | | short 2-3 sentence opener explaining who you are, |
| owner in order to grow that business. As well as | | | | what your business is, and how you can help your |
| manage any ongoing projects they may have. This | | | | potential clients. |
| opens you up to a lot more opportunities to make | | | | Please remember when starting any online business, a |
| money with your potential client. | | | | business consultant that could mean several different |
| Don't ever limit your skills to potential clients by saying | | | | things such as project coordinator and manager, web |
| your are only a virtual assistant (or whatever field you | | | | site developer, programmer, application engineer, |
| are in or breaking into online). Whenever a potential | | | | SharePoint expert, excel guru, SEO (search engine |
| client calls and asks for information about your | | | | optimizer) expert, JV manager, public relations expert, |
| company, by all means refer to yourself as having | | | | engineering expert, math expert, business expert, |
| experience as a virtual assistant, business consultant, | | | | procurement manager, health care expert. Anything |
| and in project management or as a project | | | | you can do at an office or in your corporate job (if |
| management coordinator. Most entrepreneurs' | | | | you have one) can translate into a consultant in any |
| appreciate these titles because at one point they have | | | | industry. |
| worked in corporate America and know that these | | | | If you open your mind to all the different possibilities out |
| individuals help projects get off to a great start. | | | | there, you can start your own outsource and service |
| Not only that, but you now have peaked their interest | | | | based work from home company in no time. |