Richard Millington - Indispensable Consulting

Richard Millington - Indispensable Consulting

You Need To Find A Way To Enjoy Promoting Yourself

What should you do if you find the idea of promoting yourself cringeworthy? Well, fortunately, there's a better approach. But first we need to change the mindset of promotion.

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Richard Millington
Jun 24, 2025
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Hi, I’m Rich. Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share systems and frameworks for scaling your consulting practice from $0 to $1m+ in revenue.

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Do You Find Promoting Yourself Cringeworthy?

Many people feel they have extensive expertise and a good methodology, but they would rather rip their eyeballs out than promote themselves in a ‘cringeworthy’ way on LinkedIn.

This is a common dilemma faced by my coaching clients.

Sometimes, they try to outsource it, acquire a list of leads, or automate the process somehow. Often, they hope to get lucky or find a larger organisation that will give them work.

These are bad ideas.

We need to tackle this problem at two levels: the mindset and then the practice.

The Mindset Of Promotion

The first challenge is that you can’t separate the consultancy from the promotion.

As I wrote two years ago, you’re not becoming a consultant, you’re star…

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