For Independent Professionals

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The 5 Truths About Work Life Balance

By MBO Partners

Work-life balance has nothing to do with work and everything to do with life. It doesn’t matter which words you use to describe this balance. The fact is, most people share a similar desire to create easy joy and meaningful engagement across the roles, relationships and responsibilities that make up life. Yet, our current habits, perceptions…

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Selling the Way the Digital Buyer Wants to Buy

Selling the Way the Digital Buyer Wants to Buy

By MBO Partners

The buying process has changed completely in the last couple of years, thanks to mobile and Google. There is no funnel; that’s our sales process. What you need to map is your future client’s buying process, including how they want to buy from you and how to make it easy for them to hire you. Kristin…

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Five Ways Independent Contractors Can Benefit From Putting Their Business in the Cloud

By MBO Partners

One thing almost all independent contractors have in common is mobility. Whether you’re meeting with prospective or current clients, at a networking event, or running your business from a co-working facility, having immediate access to files and data is important. In the last five years, cloud adoption across the nation has increased from less than 20%…

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Why More Millennials are Going Independent

By MBO Partners

Long recognized as a force in popular culture and media, Millennials are increasingly asserting themselves as they age into the full-time workforce. But this burgeoning independent population is different from their older counterparts in several distinct ways. As of 2015, this group surpassed Baby Boomers to become the second largest independent worker generation after Generation X….

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How to Launch Your Independent Business

By MBO Partners

Most professionals who want to start a consulting business are very confident in their technical expertise and ability to deliver great results for their clients. However, they often need help starting and running a business. This informative and actionable webinar, featuring Catherine Morgan, a career transitions expert and owner of Point A to Point B…

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Webinar: Land Federal Government Projects As An Independent Consultant

By MBO Partners

Federal government contracting is complex, quirky, and hard to break into. For small and large businesses, it can sometimes take up to 24 months to win new work. This webinar will provide contractors with the simple steps you can take to grow your pipeline in a matter of weeks. The topics will include when and…

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10 Business Books to Read if You’re a Consultant

By MBO Partners

Professional development is all about making the right connections, but it’s important to achieve the right balance. Garnering the right attention to who you know while honing your craft and what you know is essential to properly packaging your expertise and services. Last fall, we shared Six Business Books Independent Consultants Must Read. This post continues to be one…

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Land Your Next Client: Become a Preferred Consultant for Top Enterprises

By MBO Partners

Deepak Lalwani discusses how successful self-employed professionals land their next clients, while also keeping their current clients satisfied. During the webinar, Deepak sheds light on the importance of marketing and business development, including the tips and information needed to achieve “preferred” or “premier” contractor status with your clients and potential clients. Learn about the rise of the independent…

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Building Effective Client Presentations

By MBO Partners

This exciting MBO Partners webinar features practical strategies for designing and managing client presentations in ways that are impactful and actionable. Host Panayotis (Pete) Karabetis, Associate Director of Engineering at LMO Advertising in Baltimore, Maryland, walks participants through his most effective  ways to think through meetings and presentations as an independent professional. Want more information? Download…

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7 Things Independent Consultants Need to Know To Become a Thought Leader

By MBO Partners

All thought leaders are experts, but not all experts are thought leaders. In this MBO Partners webinar, we learned from author of Ready to Be a Thought Leader? and owner of Thought Leadership Lab, Denise Brosseau, about the seven things independent consultants need to know to establish themselves as thought leaders. She shared hands on tips and examples of…

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