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When Consultants Should and Shouldn’t Outsource Their Marketing

Michael Zipursky outlines why you should wait to outsource your marketing, even if you’re not a marketing person. What I found works for me is to outsource the things I’m solid on or things where the provider is doing the busywork. In both cases I setup the process so I still get feedback which lets me and the provider modify the campaign and any other marketing messages.

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Quick Links

Public Speaking Tips for Consultants (expensiveproblem.com)

Matt Krause: Starting With a Niche of 6 Clients (consultingpipelinepodcast.com)

The Business of Freelancing, Episode 43: Liston Witherill on Reading Your Clients’ Minds (doubleyourfreelancing.com)

How to Handle Unrealistic Client Requests: Learn to Say No (nusii.com)

Freelance Transformation 039: Finding Clients Who Value Your Work with Jeffrey Shaw (freelancetransformation.com)

The 4 things you need before you can start a project (curtismchale.ca)

The P.T. Barnum School of Self Promotion (bidsketch.com)

The Only New Business Indicator That Matters (winwithoutpitching.com)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)