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Aldric Chen
Aldric Chen

Jul 1

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You Need to Get Good at This One Important Job to be a Successful 1-Man Consultant

Because YOU are your best professional marketing tool in the consulting world

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That one thing is language. Yes, I know. There are a thousand things we need to be good at running our 1-Man consulting practice.

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Aldric Chen

Aldric Chen

18x Top Writer (as of July 2022). I am a Consultant, and I run start-ups on top of my 9–6. I think, write to spread ideas that work.

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