Any entrepreneur and even an employee who has gained valuable experience and knowledge in the course of his activity or career, which he is ready to share, can become a business consultant. Nevertheless, wanting to create your own consulting firm, you need to very soberly assess your abilities and ability to present information in such a way that it looks convincing in the eyes of the client.
It is necessary
- - experience in one of the actual areas of practical activity;
- - a small office or just a well-equipped workplace;
- - corporate identity developed by a professional designer;
- - a base of potential customers for organizing direct sales;
- - advertising in print media, on the Internet, own electronic resource.
Instructions
Step 1
Outline the field of activity in which you intend to position yourself as an expert. Think about how relevant and important this type of activity or type of business process is from the point of view of entrepreneurs, and whether this kind of service will be in demand at all. There are many areas within which already existing consulting companies operate - organizing sales of all types, logistics, effective recruiting, creating marketing strategies - you can continue for a long time, or you can easily come up with a new direction.
Step 2
Create a base to start your business. It can be an office, which is not very advisable at this stage, or a comfortable workplace in your own house or apartment. The set of necessary tools is standard: a telephone for negotiating, a computer with a client base and the Internet for finding new clients. At first, a home office will be the best way to organize your work, especially if you are not completely sure of its success.
Step 3
Conduct a comprehensive advertising campaign using all effective advertising channels available to you. As successful consultants assure, print advertising works well in industry media and business publications, as well as in city directories for goods and services. It is also not bad to create your own blog from the very beginning and work out a system of direct sales, without which, at first, alas, it is impossible to do in any way.
Step 4
Work on your own image and the image of the company from which you, in the only person so far, work. Order a logo design, print business cards, try to comply with a strict business style in everything - both during telephone conversations and during meetings with clients. The opinion about your status is very important, since you will have to work mainly with people who highly appreciate themselves and their abilities in the modern business world.
