Building a Consulting Business

Business consulting is one of the fastest growing industries around the world. You can offer participants a great start to building their own consulting business with this one-day Building a Consulting Business training package.

This course covers everything from developing a business plan to the nuts and bolts of a consulting business (such as rate sheets, contracts, networking skills, and sales and marketing strategies). Participants will leave the course with a head start on building their business.

Course Topics:

Session One: Course Overview

Session Two: What It’s All About

Session Three: Business Building Blocks

• Pre-Assignment Review

Session Four: Crunching the Numbers

• Developing Financial Budgets and Projections
• Setting up a Fee Structure

Session Five: Planning Your Business

• Creating a Business Plan
• Checklist for Setting Up Your Business
• Gathering Resources

Session Six: Test Driving

• Making Connections
• What Do You Think?

Session Seven: Creating a Sales and Marketing Strategy

• The Marketing Cycle
• Leveraging Social Media
• Getting Noticed

Session Eight: Getting the Work Done

• Identifying Sources of Work
• Developing Contracts and Statements of Work
• The Tough Stuff
• Staying Current
• Recommended Reading List
• Personal Action Plan