Is this the core of your business- speaking for a fee?

I've known businesses who just don't belong to their local CC. They have actually said, it does nothing for their type of business.

Can you name a list of some businesses on your website where you have provided business consulting services..or you don't provide that?

You probably know that good business consultants do alot of networking, meaning not just attending business functions, but volunteering to be on a particular committee within a trade/professional association, publish objective business articles/studies in trade/profesional journals, etc. There's no expectation of being paid for this stuff but simply getting people know that you exist and understand which areas of business you are most expert.

This is truly where the networking occurs..when people get to understand you up close how you interact in a "free"/volunteer capacity without any money involved.

I guess I'm saying this after belonging to various national and international professional associations over the last 2 decades and seeing how the stars in my profession have built their credibility and their consulting business.

You have to become passionate not just to make money, but to give back for free to your professional community.
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