Profitable Joyful Consulting

How to create more financial success in your consulting business. 👇

So many consultants don’t know their numbers enough to know what they should be doing next. But if you want your business to be profitable as well as joyful, you need to be fluent with the numbers in your business. 

Tune into this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting with Hannah Smolinski, a CPA and founder of virtual agency Clara CFO Group, providing small businesses with financial clarity and profit maximization strategies, to learn simple, accessible financial tips for consultants. 

Key areas discussed:

Get simple, accessible financial tips for consultants in this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lrT9BFtkoos or your favorite podcast app: www.SamanthaHartley.com/blog-podcast.

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P.S. Here are 3 ways I can help you grow your consulting business:

🎧 Subscribe to my podcast, Profitable Joyful Consulting 

You know who subscribes to my podcast? My clients. — On YouTube and your favorite podcast app. 

💜 Connect with other consultants in the  Profitable Joyful Consulting community 

Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues.— Click here to join. 

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 10-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

How to get more referrals for your consulting business. 👇

How do you get more referrals for your consulting business? “Ask!” says literally everyone. But what does that even mean? How exactly do you ask for more referrals? Who do you ask, and what does that look like?

In this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting, I’m breaking down 5 ways to get more referrals for your consulting business that aren’t just “ask people for them.” Not everyone will tell you a couple of these. So tune in to hear some simple, fundamental things to do, and learn how it can be easy to grow your business with referrals.

Key areas discussed: 

Learn how to grow your business by getting more referrals in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YdH7J5H3r90 or your favorite podcast app: www.samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast.

#Referrals #Consulting

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WATCH ✅ Best Lead Generation Strategies For Your Strengths  ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1bCDPVmxGQ 

WATCH ✅How to Find Clients for Your Consulting Business ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKeJS2G8B2E 

READ ✅The Definitive Guide to Winning Six-Figure Clients ➡️ http://6figureclients.com/  

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For more tips to help you create a profitable, joyful business without exhaustion​, follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahartley/ or https://www.facebook.com/samantha.hartley.71/

P.S. Here are 3 ways I can help you grow your consulting business:

🎧 Subscribe to my podcast, Profitable Joyful Consulting 

You know who subscribes to my podcast? My clients. — On YouTube and your favorite podcast app.

💜 Connect with other consultants in the  Profitable Joyful Consulting community 

Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues.— Click here to join. 

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 10-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

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How can you change your clients’ behavior when you don’t have any power over them? Influence! Learn how to be a better consultant by getting better at influencing people. 👇

One of the eight main consulting skills is influence.

We obviously don’t have the power to force anyone to do anything, and as consultants our strength is our objectivity, perspective, and outsiderness as well as our expertise. That means we can only influence what’s going to happen. 

So how do you create change in other people, and in yourself? How do you create change in organizations? How do you influence the behavior of people? 

Explore in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting as you learn how to grow your influence skills.

Key areas discussed:

Influence is a consulting skill that comes up as an opportunity you can practice every single day. Learn how to grow your influence skills in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ke30ymxOGZA or your favorite podcast app: www.samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast.

#Consulting #ConsultingSkills #Influence

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WATCH ✅ Financial Skills for Consultants ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hBOTn5ln6o&list=PLE3wE4IYt2x2W0vbwicqvSUXSJ0mrHTkR&index=2 

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For more tips to help you create a profitable, joyful business without exhaustion​, follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahartley/ or https://www.facebook.com/samantha.hartley.71/

P.S. Here are 3 ways I can help you grow your consulting business:

🎧 Subscribe to my podcast, Profitable Joyful Consulting 

You know who subscribes to my podcast? My clients. — On YouTube and your favorite podcast app.

💜 Connect with other consultants in the  Profitable Joyful Consulting community 

Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues.— Click here to join. 

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 10-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

Get video marketing tips for your consulting business 👇

Video marketing is hot, but some consultants are still reticent to get on video. It’s an amazing way for consultants to demonstrate expertise and attract clients, but it’s daunting. What kinds of videos should you make? Don’t you have to do cheesy dances? What tech do you need to get started? 

Finally start making the video content you need to grow your consulting business (or learn how to step up your video marketing game) in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting with video expert, James Cooper.

Key areas discussed:

Learn everything you need to know to get started attracting clients to your business with video marketing in this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p2y9IKC7x7E or your favorite podcast app: http://www.samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast.

#VideoMarketing #TikTokMarketing #Reels

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P.S. Here are 3 ways I can help you grow your consulting business:

🎧 Subscribe to my podcast, Profitable Joyful Consulting 

You know who subscribes to my podcast? My clients. On YouTube and your favorite podcast app.

💜 Connect with other consultants in the Profitable Joyful Consulting community 

Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues - Click here to join. 

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 10-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

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Why you should bring your Inner Child to work 👇

If you want to get to the next level of your business, you have to ask yourself: what would I have to change or let go of? What’s in the way? Often people are engaged in self-sabotage or blocked in another way. 

When you connect with your Inner Child, you can surface the gifts you’ve suppressed, lost, or buried. You can start to understand the unhealthy coping mechanisms the Child developed a long time ago, and how that’s impacting your work. You can move through obstacles and understand opportunities. 

It’s not traditional, but archetypes and spirituality can be powerful tools for entrepreneurs. Learn more about how to bring your Inner Child to work (and why you should) in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting with Spiritual Director, Christopher Carrick.

Key areas discussed:

Learn how to uncover obstacles and opportunities by working with your Inner Child in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting on YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/1aD0FRVqxkM or your favorite podcast app: www.samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast.

 #InnerChild  

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WATCH ✅ Overcoming Self-Sabotage ➡️ https://youtu.be/v5_9l93XAvc  

READ ✅The Definitive Guide to Winning Six-Figure Clients ➡️ http://6figureclients.com/  

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CONNECT ✅ with Christopher ➡️ Christophercarrick.com JOIN ✅ Christopher’s Facebook group, Your Spiritual Adventure ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/164525800883268

A professional ghostwriter tells us how to write for your consulting business 👇

Writing is a critical consulting skill, one that you may not have expected to have to do SO MUCH of. We have to write for clients, for persuasion, for copywriting, for ourselves. But what about telling your story? Today's guest on the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, Laura Elliott, reveals her secrets about mining your story.

According to Laura, the best stories transform people. They’re an emotional ride, and people are different after hearing what you’ve said. Learn how to utilize this storytelling skill in your writing in this interview which Laura gives from her boat, moored somewhere off the West coast. 

Key areas discussed:

Learn how to write powerful stories for your consulting business in this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C3sktoTjaio or your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/.

#ConsultingSkills #Storytelling #WritingSkills

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WATCH ✅ Email Marketing with Newsletters ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAH706j2dEo 

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Get ✅ Laura’s 5 easy steps to making your book a reality ➡️ laurasmagicday.com  

CONNECT ✅ with Laura  ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraelliott/ 

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For more tips to help you create a profitable, joyful business without exhaustion​, follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/samantha.hartley.71 

P.S. Here are 3 ways I can help you grow your consulting business:

🎧 Subscribe to my podcast, Profitable Joyful Consulting 

You know who subscribes to my podcast? My clients. — On YouTube and your favorite podcast app.

💜 Connect with other consultants in the  Profitable Joyful Consulting community 

Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues.— Click here to join. 

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 10-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

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Let’s build a pipeline of new potential clients coming to your consulting business.  Find out how in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting 👇

The most fundamental consulting skill is the ability to get clients. Some leave corporate with a network of good contacts they can call on immediately - and ongoingly - for work. But others struggle to find clients. 

Which best describes you? Are you able to bring new clients into your business? And if so, do you have as many as you want? 

You CAN have a continuous flow of well-qualified clients coming to you. In this episode, I teach you what you need to be doing to have as many clients as you want.

Key areas discussed: 

You’ll leave this episode with ideas and actions you can implement immediately. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AZ05sR2NwRQ or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/. 

#MarketingStrategies #GetMoreClients 

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If you love your clients, colleagues, and team members, you can learn to love networking. It’s simply the process of finding more people just like them! Learn how to network expansively in a way that feels good in this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting.

Networking is one of the core, most powerful marketing strategies for consultants. It is the ability to connect meaningfully with others and turn that into relationships that can be professionally or personally beneficial for you.

If you feel like you’re not a networker, or networking is too hard, or you don’t like to shake hands and meet people, I get it. In this episode, you’ll learn how to network in a way that you can enjoy. It’s too key a strategy to omit, so let’s see how we can make it more fun.

Key Areas Discussed:

• 0:00 Why we’re talking about networking (again!)
• 1:25 What to look for when you walk into a room to network
• 2:00 The networking “spark” I want you to pursue
• 2:35 One of the biggest networking-related places consultants are getting clients right now
• 3:17 How networking can be not just self-serving, but really about connection
• 4:13 Other helpful ways to network that aren’t just about directly getting clients
• 7:16 Thinking abundantly and expansively about what kinds of connections you’re making when you’re networking
• 8:32 Setting a networking intention to meet people and develop relationships
• 10:00 How to be prepared to answer the question, “What do you do?”

Networking is evolving, and many of us are doing things differently in a business world that’s changed. Today, it can be an even more amazing way to connect with others and to find people you’ll love having in your work world. Learn how to network expansively to grow your business and create a more profitable, joyful business in this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8bNHlj04Jc4 or your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/.

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Ask questions, share insights, find colleagues. Click here to join.

💡 Work with me to multiply your revenues without exhaustion.

Ready to add $150-750K to your business? Click here to book a 12-minute call with my Growth Strategist.

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Big word “strategy,” but what exactly does it mean? Are you doing strategic or tactical work? What is strategy for consultants? 

Strategy is a critical skill because it helps you to connect your work with clients to the bigger picture of what they're doing in their businesses. Strategic thinking can help you add more value for your clients. In your own business, strategy can help you focus and simplify so you don’t feel like you’re doing a million different, disparate, disconnected activities.

In this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting, find out what you need to know about strategy to elevate your consulting business and bring extra value to your clients. 

Key areas discussed:

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Nnqe1YJsrCE or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/ to learn how to build a more profitable and joyful business with strategy. 

#StrategyForConsultants #ConsultingStrategy #ConsultingBusiness

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Need alone time to recharge, focus and figure out what you think and feel about something? You might have the Hermit archetype!

In this episode of Profitable Joyful Consulting, you’ll learn how to connect with yourself and access your wisdom by identifying and working with the Hermit, an archetype of inner power. 

Archetypes are energy patterns within ourselves, and one of the archetypes that has deeply resonated with my clients - even the extraverts - is the Hermit. It’s the part of you that needs alone time for reconnection with self and rebalancing. In this episode, you’ll learn how to honor and put the Hermit archetype into action in your business with me and my guest, Spiritual Director Christopher Carrick.

Key areas discussed:

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dZjT5LQGdH8 or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/ to learn how to access and implement the Hermit in your life and business for a more profitable, joyful business (and more connected, rested self).

#Hermit #Archetypes 

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WATCH ✅ Overcoming Self-Sabotage With Christopher Carrick ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5_9l93XAvc 

WATCH ✅ Self-Care: The Secret of Successful Consultants ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-YaKOBeuA 

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CONNECT ✅ with Christopher ➡️ https://christophercarrick.com/contact-me/

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