The world of consulting is booming. According to one estimate, the industry is worth $250 billion.

With over 700,000 consulting firms providing services across almost any business category imaginable, the autonomy, flexibility, and profitability available make this an exciting new business frontier.

This hasn’t gone unnoticed at Foundr. For the past few years, we have been helping employees and freelancers alike make the leap to becoming full-fledged consultants and commanding the revenue they deserve.

Instead of relying on one-off freelance clients or low hourly rates, we have encouraged people to use their expertise to position themselves as true experts in their fields.

Most of these people have the skills needed to make the change; what they lack are the confidence and blueprint to transform their careers successfully. That’s where our our Foundr courses come into play.

So far, they have helped over 1,000 people take their consulting businesses to the next level. And today, we want to share five success stories from our students, and the processes they went through to get there.

We are so proud of their accomplishments and couldn’t be happier for them!

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Peter O’Donoghue

Business: Predictable Sales

Service: Digital marketing consulting

For the past 10 years, Peter had been working as a successful digital marketing consultant. Landing clients and serving them effectively wasn’t a problem. But he was aware of one key flaw in his business model.

Even though Peter knew that commanding high rates for his services was fantastic for his financial well-being, he found that the business was too reliant on his own work.

“It wasn’t so much that I wasn’t earning the income, but it was the way that my income was derived,” Peter told us.

He wanted to lower the workload in his day-to-day, especially on tasks he hadn’t quite mastered but that were necessary to the success of his clients, while keeping his revenue high.

Faced with this challenge, he started with the intention of learning how to delegate some of his agency’s work and still keep his profit margins intact.

Soon after his enrollment, he learned an effective way to land three new clients without having to personally deliver the services needed, a new arrangement that has brought him between £4,000 to £7,000 ($4,870 to $8,530) in monthly revenue.

As Peter explained:

The biggest takeaway for me…has been to sell things that don’t involve me in the delivery, to sell things that I can have a team backing up, and to sell things that are recurring.

Brianna Fear-Keen

Business: The Ambitious Dietitian 

Service: Business consulting for Dietitians

One of the most famous business best practices states that to achieve success in any venture, an entrepreneur should “niche to win.”

That is, a business owner should define an audience so specific that when the offer is presented to them, it becomes immediately attractive. While that means you’ll reach fewer people, many of those you do reach will end up becoming clients.

That was the case for Brianna and her husband Daniel, who instead of offering the typical “business coaching,” she decided she’d use her experience as a dietitian to help others like her succeed in their own practices.

Despite her laser-focused positioning, she was struggling to attract enough leads to sustain her business. And when Brianna discovered she was pregnant with twins, she knew she needed to grow the business fast.

After enrolling in the course, Brianna improved their marketing plan, set up automation systems to lower the burden of their daily tasks, and developed “a robust business model” that would yield growth for months to come.

As soon as they started to implement each of these points, they noticed an increased number of high-quality leads—from 10 good leads they had generated the previous year to over 40 in the year since.

All the while, they generated a much higher profit than before, hitting $26,600 by the end of the second quarter of 2019.

For Brianna and Daniel, the main benefit of the course was that it was “really practical and we had that support at the time so we could implement it and get feedback on it.”

Mateo Starcevic Filipovic

Business: Cosqai

Service: Digital marketing consulting

A tragedy many consultants face is getting bogged down with 40, 60, or even 80-hour workweeks without making enough money to satisfy their financial needs.

Such was the case for Mateo, who as the owner of a one-man digital marketing agency. He was working hours and hours and wasn’t able to generate over $3,000 in monthly revenue.

In retrospect, Mateo believes his problem was that he “was very disorganized,” and working on too many small projects. This one-shot type of work was costing him in the long run.

When he started his Foundr course, he was determined to break out from this rut and command the rates he knew his services warranted.

By the end of the course, the results paid off.

In just four months, he was able to increase his revenues by 658%, all thanks to better organization and structure.

After completing each and every module in detail, I have realized things could be done way better. My approach became very much structured. It was so easy to get new clients. I was using every single tactic in the course and they worked incredibly well for me.

Amir Salim

Business: Amiracle Marketing

Service: Paid media marketing consulting

One thing common among young entrepreneurs is their high energy and strong determination to succeed. This was the case for Amir, who had started his own paid media marketing agency after finishing college.

Relying on his business experience and his intuition, he started Amiracle Marketing with the intention of being his own boss and staying independent.

His passion, however, wouldn’t protect him from some serious challenges. His lack of management experience meant that after reaching $6,000 in monthly revenue, he couldn’t grow his business further.

After landing a major client, he enrolled in one of our Foundr courses, determined to learn how to break through his plateau and scale his business.

Within a month, Amir doubled his business revenue from $6,000 to $12,000 a month.

Inspired by his success, he launched a second business called Next Generation Marketing, in which he helps entrepreneurs master the art and science of social media marketing.

As he told us, the key to his success was that the program had given him “a more solid foundation” on which he could grow and scale his business.

Jo Van Loock

Business:  Business Masters

Service: Business consulting

Jo was already a successful consultant before enrolling in the course. With a business that generated between $5,000 to $7,000 a month, he was doing pretty well for himself.

But as any ambitious entrepreneur can attest, there’s always room for more. Jo had the vision and passion for his future but lacked the blueprint that would allow him to achieve his goals.

When he found our courses, he knew he had found the opportunity he was looking for.

In the course, he learned practical ways to improve his delegation and marketing automation, which would eventually help him take his business to the next level.

For Jo, the main benefit he found from the course was that it “went from A to Z. It was all-encompassing, and it wasn’t long either! It wasn’t a drag or a big hassle to go through.”

Thanks to the changes he made, Jo currently generates between $10,000 to $12,000 a month and expects to continue his business growth for months to come.

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Conclusion

These five students are just some of the many consultants who, after applying the lessons learned from our courses, found impressive success in their businesses.

The blueprints we shares in our courses, paired with their relentless determination, provided the key lever they needed to take their business to new heights. All it took was one decision: the decision to transform their business using a proven system for growth and success.

Are you trying to take your consulting business to the next level? If so, share what your business is all about in the comments below and how you want to grow.