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Kelly Services

Kelly Services, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offering services that include temporary staffing services, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement.Kelly operates in 41 countries and territories.

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Five Tips on How to Start a Consulting Business

Starting a consulting business is much harder than it looks.

More and more professionals are starting consulting companies, which could be partially attributed to the rise of social media. In fact, 44% of working Americans consider themselves “free agents,” according to a Kelly Services survey. Whether you’re the sole consultant, or you have the ambition to scale your business to have multiple consultants, it’s important to understand what goes into running one. It’s not just about having the technical skills to fulfill client demands. If it were, everyone would have a successful consulting business. It’s more about marketing your skills and branding your company so that you can separate yourself from other competitors and win new business. Here are five tips on how to start a successful consulting business:1. Develop an online platform. The cheapest way for people to start learning about who you are, and what you do, is to have a website. Start by registering your website in your own ...

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