Freelance professional services are not a solution for all organizations. So, begin by asking yourself a few questions…
Although these questions are relatively general, your questions should be specific to particular organizational issues, current projects, current sales approaches, your current hiring practices, and other specific "points of pain" in your business.
Freelance professional services are your advantage for increasing leads, improving sales success rates, and multiplying revenues….
In other words, "Where can you expect maximum value by using freelance services?"
As suggested above, determine your "points of pain" in your business… What, regarding your organization, keeps you up at night?
Perhaps you have concerns about your sales – number of pending sales, number of contracts being negotiated, your sales funnel of prospects, etc. On the other hand, you may feel that issues lie with your marketing and generating the sales leads for your team; in other words not enough exposure or "not enough people coming through the doors." Maybe sales and marketing are working as planned and you are more concerned with issues, such as:
All of these are or can be potential issues having one or more effects on your organization. Your initial use of Freelance Professional Services might be a brief (2-3 days) review of your organization, similar to preventative medicine. Have an experienced professional, one familiar with your industry, do a high-level review of your organization. Their knowledge of your organization, your competition, and your industry will give you a good idea of where you stand. Are your concerns real or unsupported?
You can realize measurable value using short-term freelance professional services.
In addition to the value to you and your organization would realize from an initial "Organizational Performance Review", there are several other immediate value areas for you to consider freelance services. Most of these value services can be found on websites, such as:
Consider the value of the following freelance professional services to your organization:
All of these services can supplement the activities of your current team, while providing your team with exposure to seasoned experience. The relatively brief use of freelance services can have a broader, long-term influence on the continued success of your team.
For a creative small business idea or two and to learn a little about me and my creation of this website
To understand our “Value through Execution” tagline, driven by our performance-driven approach to solve your critical business issues and the valuable content on this website
A structured approach will ensure your program and project management success – a successful project is the primary way to incorporate the benefits of change
Whether a project, HR, or Operations, the management of change must be anticipated, responses planned for, and adopted by all members of your organization
Return to the Ross Consulting Home Page and Transformational Leadership
Have Questions, Comments, or Want More Info?
Just Ask Below...
Management (a Must Read by Peter Drucker)
New! Comments
Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below.