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Beyond The Niche: How To Package And Position Your Consulting Services

How you describe your services matters as much as the service itself. Your words and language will significantly enhance or devalue how a client thinks of your service.

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Richard Millington
Jan 21, 2025
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You Are A Company Which Sells Products

Far too many consultants have a mindset of:

“I’m a great [subject] consultant - hire me.”

But this ignores the very first principle I shared in my first post.

You need to sell a service, not yourself.

As I wrote at the time:

There is a big difference between selling ‘Richard Millington’ and selling highly targeted services. For example:

  • 3-Month Team Training Package 

  • Comprehensive CRM Platform Migration

  • Launching A New CRM From Scratch

It’s a cliche, but you must sell solutions to their problems.

The Naming Of Your Services Matters A Lot

The words you use to describe the problems you solve and the solutions you present matter a lot.

Clients are looking for services which precisely match the problems they’re trying to solve.

For example, “3-Month Team Training Package” isn’t the best descrip…

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