Nov 13, 2011 ... Around the world Alan is the undisputed 'Consultant's. Consultant. ... Alan Weiss
is the original Million Dollar Consultant®. Themes for the day.
How to effectively sell your Professional Services presents
An intimate hands on day with the undisputed worldwide consulting expert Dr Alan Weiss. • 1 DAY WORKSHOP • LIMITED PLACES • BOOK EARLY TO AVOID MISSING OUT • Being held in conjunction with the Institute of Management Consultant’s 2011 National Conference
Alan Weiss
Themes for the day
Alan Weiss is recognised as a worldwide expert in
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consulting. He has sold in excess of $100m of value based consulting fees. Since 1985 he has personally delivered 90% of what he has sold. He has consulted to some of the world’s finest corporations like Hewlett Packard, Merck, GE and Mercedes Benz and he has also worked with hundreds of smaller companies. Around the world Alan is the undisputed ‘Consultant’s
Language of Selling Framing Skills Self Esteem The Accelerant Curve Market Value Bell Curve How to apply it in practice
Take Aways
Consultant.’ He is so successful helping other consultants
✔ Understanding the unique selling skills a consultant should possess to deliver the client maximum value (whilst maximising your fees).
achieve greatness because he has a proven track record of real world ‘in the trenches’ consulting. Not theory, just down to earth practical advice that works to help you sell and command the right price for your professional services.
✔ You will be rewarded according to your true value.
Alan Weiss is the original Million Dollar Consultant®
When: Where:
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Sunday 13th November 2011 Park Hyatt Melbourne 1 Parliament Square East Melbourne VIC 3002
About Alan Weiss
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Alan began his consulting career in 1972 giving career advice at $25 per hour! Once he understood Value Pricing he has personally
I attended your presentation and I can only say it was one of the best seminars I have ever attended. I’ve been to hundreds during my 20+ years in sales and sales recruiting and yours was just in a class of it’s own. You really do understand how to sell services and command the right price for your service. Cindy Houston Hazen, CEO Sales Executives Brentwood, Tennessee
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sold in excess of $100M worth of consulting projects. He started his own firm in 1985 and since then he has personally delivered over 90% of all consulting projects sold. He has worked with organisations in 55 countries and his single largest sale has been $350K with the smallest below $10K. All up he has delivered in excess of 1,200 major consulting assignments and over 1,800 speeches on consulting. He has authored 27 books (which appear in 8 languages) and over 500 articles on the business of consulting. His seminal book written in 1992 Million Dollar Consulting® (McGraw-Hill – now in its 3rd edition) remains a best seller even today. His latest book released in 2011, “The Consulting Bible” is now officially “on fire at the bookstores”. Since 1996 he has personally mentored 685 consultants around the world –
Alan Weiss is one of those rare people who can say he is a consultant, speaker and author and mean it. His solo-practitioner consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted large ‘Fortune 500’ clients and over 2,000 small organisations. Success Magazine has cited him in an editorial devoted to his work as “a worldwide expert in executive education.” The New York Post calls him “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America.”
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helping them to increase cumulative revenue by approximately $600M. Around the world Alan is the undisputed ‘Consultants Consultant.’ He is so successful helping other consultants achieve greatness because he has a proven track record of real world ‘in the trenches’ consulting. Not theory, just down to earth practical advice that works! Alan Weiss is the original Million Dollar Consultant®
The Event How to effectively sell your Professional Services Alan runs a continual theme in his books,
The program is suited to Accountants, Coaches,
speeches and workshops, that we should be
Consultants, Lawyers, Financial Planners,
billing based on what we are worth to the client,
Speakers, Finance brokers and anyone who is part
not what the client wants to pay, or the hours we
of a professional services firm.
have worked on the project. Alan’s concept is not how long it takes, but think of the years of training and experience you bring to the client to make money for them, and ultimately you should share in that as well.
• Create a continuing relationship through eliminating barriers to entry • Escalate the scope and value of client engagements • Create a "vault" of your high-end work
Understanding how you treat the client and the
• Reduce labour intensity while increasing fees
language of selling professional services to them
• Determine your highest potential buyers
is a skill that needs to be learnt. Developing the
• Penetrate high potential markets more quickly
understanding of the client’s needs, the price
• How to create your own frame for marketing
points they will react to and how to remove the
and branding
common objections is what separates a
• Framing your career and business
successful consultant from the pack.
• The difference between worth and competency • Why we're often our own worst enemies
The Million Dollar Consulting® Accelerant Curve
• Handling every possible objection
is a model that allow consultants to determine
• How to build self-esteem
how to create minimal barriers to entry
• How to control discussions
(prospects learning about them) and accelerates clients to higher value yet less labour intense offerings, culminating in one's "vault," where the consultant is irreplaceable. It is a process which provides for intelligent marketing on minimal investment and the escape of stagnation and too low fees.
AGENDA 0830 – 0900 – Registration 0900 – 1030 – Session 1030 – 1100 – Morning Tea 1100 – 1230 – Session
The Market Value Bell Curve is a method to view
1230 – 1330 – Lunch
one's highest potential prospects (buyers) and
1330 – 1500 – Session
understand that one is better off penetrating 15%
1500 – 1530 – Afternoon Tea
of a highly qualified market than 50% of an
1530 – 1700 – Q&A with Alan
undifferentiated and irrelevant market. It allows for the best use of marketing vehicles, web promotion, and referral business.
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Your seminar on Best Practices has already paid off for me. Using some of Alan Weiss’ advice l have agreed to a new consulting project for a budget many times over the cost of flying to Boston from Argentina and attending the seminar. Ruth Harling, Argentina
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We have learnt that there are 4 elements to successful value Pricing. Identifying the needs of the client, articulating the value to the client, matching that value to the client’s needs and agreeing on a fair price. We have had good examples of these of late.
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Sean Loader, Business Manager –
You will learn techniques, which when implemented, are proven to produce more than $1M in revenue per consultant.
Horwath Alice Springs NT
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Sunday 13th November 2011 - Includes arrival, morning and afternoon refreshments, lunch and Workbook.
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