Small Business Consulting

What does it take for a business owner to be happy after leaving the business? Multiple surveys show that a majority of owners have regrets a year after leaving their businesses. After the initial “vacation period” of travel and recreation, too often they find themselves adrift without their companies. They lack the activity, purpose and identity that their businesses provided. The Exit Planning Coach Handbook is a guide for advisors to business owners. We believe that entrepreneurs need to move forward towards exciting goals. That is what made them successful in the first place, and ...

"The Coaching Blueprint: Building a Profitable Freelance Business" is your ultimate guide to thriving in the competitive world of freelance coaching and consulting. This comprehensive book provides actionable strategies to help you identify your niche, craft a standout personal brand, and attract your ideal clients. From setting up your business structure to mastering client acquisition techniques, every chapter is packed with practical insights tailored for freelancers looking to scale their services and achieve long-term success. Whether you're a budding coach or an experienced consultant...

Transform Your Business with AI—No Technical Skills Required Are you spending hours every week on repetitive tasks that could be automated? Struggling to respond to customer inquiries fast enough? Watching competitors who seem to operate more efficiently while you're stuck doing everything manually? The solution isn't hiring more staff or working longer hours—it's using artificial intelligence to work smarter. The AI Revolution Is Here, and Your Business Can't Afford to Wait While you're debating whether AI is right for your business, smart entrepreneurs are already using tools like ...

Consulting frameworks are what consultants use to frame a problem as well as its solution. Consulting is a specialty of problem solving, and these frameworks act as shortcuts to problem solving. It doesn't mean that they are exclusive to consulting! anyone can learn them to help improve their problem solving skills! For the ones interested in joining consulting, practicing 1000 cases doesn’t help if you don’t use a framework consistently. Therefore a better approach for preparation is to understand and memorize the frameworks followed by a few cases only to store the framework in your ...

Stop Chasing New Customers When Your Existing Ones Are Ready to Buy More Every day, customers walk away from your business with money still in their pockets that they would happily spend with you. Whether you run a restaurant, consulting firm, retail store, auto repair shop, or any other customer-facing business, you're missing enormous revenue opportunities with people who already trust you and have already opened their wallets. Why This Book Changes Everything Most business owners focus 90% of their energy on finding new customers while completely ignoring the easiest path to business ...

Stop Competing Alone and Start Collaborating to Win Are you tired of fighting for every customer while your competitors seem to get referrals effortlessly? Struggling to grow your business despite working harder than ever? The secret isn't better marketing or lower prices—it's building the right partnerships with other local businesses that serve your same customers. "Partner Up and Profit" reveals the proven strategies that successful home service providers and professional service businesses use to generate consistent customer referrals without spending more on advertising. Why Smart ...

If you have experience, expertise, and extensive knowledge in a field and you're looking for a way to be self-employed, consultancy might just be the business for you. Consultants offer their advice and services in different business niches and often get paid generously for them. As a consultant, you will have to do a lot of study, research, and planning if you want to prove to companies that you can offer them valuable service. The most important part of starting a consulting business is being fully equipped to provide services that make other companies succeed. In this guide, we will be ...

In a world of rapidly evolving technologies and business paradigms, your consulting business needs to radically adapt its techniques and models. Taking full measure of these changes, Alan Weiss, the "Rock Star of Consulting," will guide you through the process with a revised and completely updated sixth edition of his authoritative guide to consulting success.

Before You Partner is a powerful guide for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and couples going into business together. Written by business expert Nina Ross, this book challenges the way you think about partnerships, helping you separate feelings from facts, protect your investment, and build a foundation for long-term success. Inside, you’ll discover over 250 essential partnership questions that reveal hidden expectations, clarify roles, and uncover potential conflicts before they become costly mistakes. Each question is designed to help you make better business decisions.

Stop Waiting for the Phone to Ring – Start Building a Predictable Pipeline of Qualified Customers Are you tired of the feast-or-famine cycle that keeps your service business on an exhausting roller coaster? This practical guide shows you exactly how to generate steady leads year-round without expensive advertising or complex marketing systems. Written Specifically for Service Business Owners Who: Run contracting, consulting, professional services, or local service companies Depend on referrals and word-of-mouth but need more consistent lead flow Don't have time for complicated marketing ...

Transform Your Single-Service Business Into a Profitable Multi-Service Solution That Customers Actually Want Most business owners dream of expanding beyond their current offerings but don't know how to do it safely without risking everything they've built. This step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to add new products and services that strengthen your business while avoiding the costly mistakes that cause most expansion efforts to fail. Why This Book Is Different: Unlike theoretical business guides, this book provides a proven system used by thousands of successful businesses across ...

Though it's a potentially lucrative enterprise, the reality of independent consulting seldom matches the dream. Most solo consultants and boutique consulting firms are perpetually within six months of bankruptcy due to the sputtering unreliability of their new business engines.

Stop the Money Drain: A Simple Guide to Cutting Business Costs Transform Your Business Finances in Just 6 Months – Reduce Operating Costs by 20-35% Without Sacrificing Quality or Service Is your business hemorrhaging cash through hidden expenses, forgotten subscriptions, and inefficient processes? You're not alone. Most business owners watch helplessly as money drains from their accounts through dozens of tiny leaks they never even notice – until now. What You'll Discover: This comprehensive 12-chapter guide reveals the systematic approach successful entrepreneurs use to slash operating...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by everything that needs to get done? Are you confused on how to get started and what to work on first? Have you experienced huge fears that have held you back from making decisions? Have you felt spread too thin, working both IN your business and ON your business? Have you felt anxiety when thinking about the future of your practice? Rachel Beider experienced all of these - fear, anxiety, overwhelm, uncertainty, and failure - all while trying to build and grow a private massage therapy practice. Until something clicked. What happened next was nothing short of...

Having inspired generations of consultants and entrepreneurs around the world, the “Rock Star of Consulting” Alan Weiss returns with a revised and completely updated edition of his authoritative guide to consulting success.

Amazon Book Description Are you tired of customers who shop around endlessly, negotiate every price, then hire your cheapest competitor? The problem isn't your skills, your experience, or even your pricing. Most local business owners who struggle to attract quality customers are actually excellent at what they do. They just don't know how to present their services in ways that customers immediately understand and value. Winning Offers for Local Business gives you the complete step-by-step system for packaging your services so customers stop shopping around and start trying to figure out how...

Run your business on autopilot—without losing the human touch. Automation in Small Businesses gives you plug-and-play systems that remove you from the daily grind. From client onboarding to follow-ups, invoices to content calendars, this guide shows exactly what to automate (and what to keep manual) to free up your time. Best tools for solopreneurs to automate email, scheduling, billing, and more Zapier, Make, Calendly, Stripe, ConvertKit, and more—all explained Templates and maps for service businesses, coaches, freelancers, and product sellers How to choose what to automate without ...

The Ultimate Marketing Guide for Medical Practices is an indispensable audiobook for medical professionals to market their businesses. Dr. Ali Asadi presents an in-depth examination of marketing analysis and emphasizes the importance of setting goals and implementing strategy. He covers in detail such topics as designing an inviting reception area; marketing through brochures, newsletters, and your personal website; determining patient attitudes through surveys; and analyzing your competition.

Augmented and Virtual Reality for Entrepreneurs is your definitive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of AR and VR technologies to drive innovation and unlock new opportunities. Whether you’re a startup founder or a seasoned entrepreneur, this book provides practical insights and actionable strategies to integrate these cutting-edge tools into your business model.

Uncover the common myths and learn the truths to exponentially elevate your small business brand and bottom line. Your brand is your business, and understanding the fundamentals of brand strategy will help you leverage your competitive advantage. Learn the powerful differences between marketing and branding. You will learn how to decrease customer price sensitivity, increase customer loyalty and advocacy, and increase customer referrals, while creating powerful brand distinction and competitive advantage. Suzanne Tulien is also co-author of Brand DNA; Uncover Your Organization's Genetic ...