4/ $200-$400 signals established USP along with a non-trivial track record (>3 caried clients/3 years)
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5/ Above $400 (for individuals, not org-backed) signals in-demand USP OR a "brand name" consultant whose very involvement can cause change
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6/ The problem with this model is that since consultants above $200 sell uniqueness, benchmarking by hourly rate is PURE posturing.
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7/ Thing is, depending on WHAT you do, your *density* of work can be extremely high. This has nothing to do with class/experience/brand
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8/ One early client for example, told me entire ROI of gig could be attributed to something it took me 10 seconds to say in a chat.
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9/ In my kinda work (dense, conversations with expected rate of decision-altering insights set by 1:1 chemistry), 90% of value=10% of time
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10/ I don't have a solution, I still bill hourly. But consulting really needs an IRR type expectation setting, not deterministic value-add.
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@calitalieh For consulting to even get off the ground, client has to frankly see value in a perspective that does NOT have skin in the game1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@calitalieh Pick 2 of 3: Unlimited scope of engagement, undefined end date, bounded risk of gaming :) (I think I got that right)
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