Recover from a not-great year

Hi! You’re here because you’re a woman who runs an independent consulting business, and you want to learn how to make it more profitable. In our world, that means doing more of the work you love, with the clients you enjoy, and getting paid for your value, not your time.

Here, you'll discover effective strategies to implement in your consulting business, as well as hear inspiring stories from other smart and successful women who are also running their own consulting businesses. Along the way, you’ll learn that you can build the consulting business you want, that lets you live the life you want, and you’re not alone.?

I'm glad you're here! Let's dive in.

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Consultants, for a lot of folks, last year was a tough year. And when things are tough, you have a decision to make.

And smart consultants decide to take control to change things, instead of crossing their fingers and hoping.?

Like my client.

She’s been running her business for several years.

Last year was a really tough year.?

But she’s not one to simply cross her fingers and hope that something changes.

She realized that the skills that had gotten her TO this point, wouldn’t be the skills to get her BEYOND it.?

So she took control. She joined The Academy.

She learned the skills to get her through the tough part, so she could get her business back to where it was, and even far exceed it.

She’s already seeing results.?

Seven discovery calls with potential clients over the next week. And not just any potential clients - the ones she really wants.

Two proposals already out the door.

A couple of bigger projects still in conversation.

What did she do to get here?

She learned our Shoulder Tap framework so she can identify and create opportunities with potential clients.

She acquired a killer new tool, our Proposal in an Email (PIE), which works like a charm.

She is putting in place a SYSTEM, so she can take the guesswork out of getting clients.

And she gained the confidence and the know-how to lead the sales process.

In The Academy, she learned the steps of the system, one by one. There’s no shortcut. Just putting in the work.

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And I get it. You want the system, but you have a lot going on.

But I have news for you. There’s always a lot going on. There’s never not a lot going on.

The question is: can you find two hours a week to learn the system to get more of the right clients and get paid more?

And is your business worth that?

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A tough year last year… this is the story of a lot of women consultants.

But the next chapter of that story… that’s what happens when you stop waiting, you close your skills gaps, and you take control.

Will that be your story too?

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If you’d like a sales and marketing system that gets you more of the right leads, gets you paid more for your work, and lets you be in control of your business…

And you’d like my help to get it done…

Write back to this email with “System” in the subject line and we’ll set up a quick call to see if I can help. We get started on Tuesday, February 6th. If you think this could be for you, we’ll need to chat by February 1st.

To your success,

Leah

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Hi! I'm Leah Neaderthal. I'm a sales coach for women consultants and the founder of Smart Gets Paid.

When I left my corporate career and started my first consulting business, I learned three things very quickly:

1- It’s 1000x harder to sell your own stuff than to sell someone else’s.

2- Marketing is not selling.

3- I had no idea how to sell.

I needed clients, but I didn’t know how to actually get them, and I was terrified of coming off like a used car salesman. It made me doubt whether I was even cut out to run a business.

So I taught myself how to get new clients in a way that feels authentic, allows me to be myself, and that works consistently. I now teach these techniques to others. Because I know it’s possible to learn how to land clients, and actually feel comfortable doing it, once you know how.

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Whenever you’re ready to start landing higher-paying clients, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Listen to the Smart Gets Paid Podcast

You’ll hear me chat with my actual clients as we tackle their biggest challenges in getting new clients, and you’ll learn sales strategies you can use today in your own business. It's the only podcast that can help you land higher-paying clients in your B2B consulting business. Listen on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform.

2. Get your copy of Referrals on Repeat

If you’ve gotten clients through referrals or word-of-mouth, and you want to start getting referral clients more consistently, get your copy of Referrals on Repeat, and start getting more referrals coming into your business today: smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business with help from my team and me.

Learn the proven, step-by-step system women like you are using to get more of the clients they want, get paid way more for their consulting contracts, and build confidence that they know what they’re doing to get clients. Send me a message here on LinkedIn with “Breakthrough” in the first line and I’ll get you the details.

P.S. Whenever you’re ready to start landing higher-paying clients, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Listen to the Smart Gets Paid Podcast

You’ll hear me chat with my actual clients as we tackle their biggest challenges in getting new clients, and you’ll learn sales strategies you can use today in your own business. It's the only podcast that can help you land higher-paying clients in your B2B consulting business. Listen on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform.

2.? Get your copy of Referrals on Repeat

If you’ve gotten clients through referrals, and you want to get them intentionally instead of waiting around for referrals to happen, grab our 5-step system to help you fill your pipeline with referrals consistently. Get your copy of Referrals on Repeat today: smartgetspaid.com/referrals.?

3. Learn a proven system and implement it in a community of like-minded women running real consulting businesses.?

You've gotten this far without a sales strategy... imagine what would happen if you had one. Learn the proven, step-by-step system women like you are using to get more of the clients they want and get paid for their value, not their time. And get help from me and my team every step of the way. Send me a message with "Clients" in the first line and I’ll get you the details.