July 13, 2018
Fishing Where The Fish Are with guest David A. Fields
This time around on Ditching Hourly, guest David A. Fields shares a gold mine of practical advice on outreach, positioning, building authority, trust building, and more.
Talking Points
- How to maximize your impact as a consultant
- How to “fish where the fish are”
- How to identify urgent problems that your clients are dying to pay you to fix for them
- How to win business even when you’re up against giant competitors
- How to build trust in a five minute conversation
Quotable Quotes
- “It’s about the finding the right people, right problem, right solution, right time.”—DAF
- “Winning business is easy when you’re fishing where the fish are.”—DAF
- “If you don’t hear back from clients, you’re operating where there’s a lack of urgency.”—DAF
- “If you’re not winning as many clients as you’d like to, you have to make some changes.”—DAF
- “You have to make your practice about the client, not about you.”—DAF
- “Every time I have a conversation with someone who looks like my prospective clients, I learn something.”—DAF
FYI - there are a bunch more quotes, several links, and the entire transcript up on the site.
Aaaaaand... here’s the link
Questions?
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Yours,
—J
P.S. Do you think you’ll be sending out a proposal in the next month or so? I can almost guarantee that you’re going to price it too low. This week, I had a student close a deal at a price 50% higher than his biggest proposal ever AND for a project that requires 25% of the work. There’s currently one opening left in the program. Learn more here -> jonathanstark.com/coaching