image for post - FT 171: Be Clear on Who You Target with Lianna Patch

FT 171: Be Clear on Who You Target with Lianna Patch

Lianna Patch is a conversion copywriter and conference speaker who uses her amazing sense of humor to create interactive content for her clients. She’s injecting personality into her business and working with clients she genuinely likes. Her advice today will loosen you up and help you build the client list you actually want to work with.

image for post - FT 154: The Huge Advantages of Productized Consulting with Jane Portman

FT 154: The Huge Advantages of Productized Consulting with Jane Portman

Jane Portman, founder of UI Breakfast, is an amazing UI/UX consultant who loves helping entrepreneurs perfect their SaaS systems online and on mobile. She’s also an ace at productizing her skills. Productized consulting is a way to simplify your services and your rates in order to better serve your clients by offering them in neat, pre-priced packages.

image for post - FT 146: Use Consulting to Fund a Product with Austin Felton

FT 146: Use Consulting to Fund a Product with Austin Felton

Austin Felton is a unique freelancer who used his consulting business to fund his product business. He’s the creator of Entrecloud, a WordPress hosting software, and this product was inspired by his first consulting clients. While consulting influential entrepreneurs, Austin had the opportunity to ask clients directly what they were looking for and he tapped into a niche market that he could deliver to.

image for post - FT 139: Building a Company of One with Paul Jarvis

FT 139: Building a Company of One with Paul Jarvis

Growing your business as big as you can isn’t always a good thing. Not if it’s the wrong kind of growth. Paul Jarvis, who helps people build better (not bigger) businesses, talks about why he never grew his business in the way you’d expect. His new book, “Company of One”, breaks down the how and why it can actually be beneficial to run your business as lean as possible.