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Consultancy - What's it worth?

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Hey Guys,

I see more and more companies offering consultancy as a service lately. Both on and offline. I was just curious to know what it's real value is? I'm confident enough about it to say it can be measured per hour, minute, or along a certain period of time.

If anybody offers this as a service, or for free. I'd love to have more information.

Thanks!

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I give all my clients free 1 hour consultations regardless of whether they buy from me or not.

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Anthony, depends on your field. One of my older brothers (who ranks higher than me on google if you search for my name) runs a consulting business for .NET applications and he has on occasion earned anything to to £400/hr for his services. A more regular and generic rate to charge would be a usual freelance rate of something around £30-50/hr but it all really depends on how specialised the consultation is that you're providing. And yes, per-hour is generally the way to go.

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Peter thanks for the information, it's helped me quite a bit

/me jots down notes.

Out of Telephone, In Person, or IM consultation, which would be the best route to take?

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In Person for definite, nothign beats being one to one with somebody in my opinion.

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In person without a doubt, I don't think you can do real consulting across the phone or IM for that matter. You can make alot of money through this service though, I know people who make several hundred pounds in a day! Also, it's good to offer a free consultation service as a way to attract potential clients.

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I'd say I already offer 'consultation' to an extent, in most cases it's a case of they want done what they say and aren't really open to suggestion.

Thanks for the tips in regards to 'in person consultation'

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The single best way to consult is to be there in person to speak to the client face-to-face. However, in fields such as you're interested in Anthony (web design) your clients can often come from anywhere in the world.

Personally I would steer clear from using IM programs (AIM, MSN, et al.) but there is nothing wrong at all with speaking to the person over the phone (or computer-based telephony). Phone conversations take place in real time, and you're talking to a real person which is something IM programs tend to abstract.

Do you want to spend 4 hours travelling to talk to a client for an hour, or just get a call from them? (Depends if they'd pay for the private jet and hotel )

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Depends where the client lives and how much they'd be willing to pay me for the trip

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