Business development assessment

Blair Enns has a quick quiz to evaluate your business development. Though it’s targeted at agencies, you can easily adapt the questions to fit a solo business. I scored 4/8 myself, mostly due to my repositioning work I’m in the middle of (I can see getting +2 or more once that’s complete).

Going back to your homebase – Freelance Planning

It seems every month I’m talking to people who are either a) talking up the new and shiny social network/publishing platform and how I "have to catch the wave of traffic" or b) talking about how dismal the results are from last month’s new and shiny social network/publishing platform. That’s way no matter what, you need your own consulting website to act as your homebase.

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Quick Links

6 Ways to Keep Your Most Valuable Clients Happy (bidsketch.com)

What Services are Best Offered on a Recurring Basis? (nusii.com)

Why should I hire you? (mariepoulin.com)

Freelance Transformation #46: Getting Paid on Time and Every Time with Julie Elster (freelancetransformation.com)

The Business of Freelancing, Episode 45: Mandi Ellefson on Scaling Businesses (doubleyourfreelancing.com)

6 Tips to Create the Ultimate Consulting Landing Page (consultingsuccess.com)

Navigating The RFP Process (creativeclass.io)

Reasons your proposals get rejected and how to combat them (curtismchale.ca)

The Business of Freelancing, Episode 46: Keith Perhac and Building a Global Business (doubleyourfreelancing.com)

Freelancer’s Show: #186 Why the Advice for You’re Getting About Content Marketing is Probably Wrong for Your Business (devchat.tv)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)