A Guide To Professional Consulting - Part One

What It Means To Be A Consultant

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This course provides the student with several lectures that collectively when finished, provides them with a thorough introduction to the world of professional consulting. This course is designed to help the person who is considering undertaking a consulting career. It covers the following topics:

  • What the consulting lifestyle looks like – and the pros and cons to being a consultant
  • What combination of skills and experience are required to be successful at consulting
  • What are the most common areas of service (disciplines) that consultants can profitably market
  • How much on average a consultant can charge for his or her services by consulting discipline
  • When should a consultant operate as a sole proprietorship and when should incorporation be considered
  • What is required to be able to consult internationally
  • What is required to consult in the USA if you are resident in Canada
  • How do you obtain international “Trade NAFTA” status to consult throughout North America

At the end of this course, the student will have gained greater insights into the world of professional consulting. This knowledge gained should help the student to both better decide if a consulting future is appropriate for them and also help them get started as a consultant if they choose to move ahead in this career direction.


Your Instructor


Dan Grijzenhout
Dan Grijzenhout

About Dan Grijzenhout: For close to thirty years, Dan has been a professional business and information systems consulting professional working to executive levels for both private and public sector organizations globally, a number of which were "Fortune" level enterprises. Dan has founded, operated and sold an online global payment services company that moves millions of dollars on behalf of its 100,000 plus account holders annually; he has been interviewed on the show "World Business Review" by former head of NATO and Secretary of State, General Alexander Haig, for his work in advanced digital and online telecommunications services and nation-wide online and card based "Loyalty" programs; and now, semi-retired, works at writing and building training programs to share his years of experience with others interested in online entrepreneurship.

Social Media Marketing, Content Creation and Authorship: During the past few years, Dan has focused nearly all his time and energy on designing and building online marketing systems and social media marketing platforms. In fact, Dan recently completed a two year project as the project manager and chief architect to build a marketing system used by several major airlines, travel agencies and Fortune Level manufacturing corporations. Dan has written, self-published and self-marketed seven books now being sold through Amazon Kindle and Create Space; he has written and published over 40 social media related training/learning articles, and has created over 200 training videos and knowledge enhancing video podcasts. Dan currently has over 10,000 students taking his 35+ training courses online!

He has gained expertise in many online content creation and online advertising tool-sets and websites and has over 20,000 followers on social media platforms and training platforms. Two other useful places to find Dan's content online include:

https://youtube.com/DanGrijzenhout123 : View Dan's created videos posted on YouTube and SUBSCRIBE!

http://howtoguru.org/ Dan's primary business site. This site contains content, discounted course coupons, access to Dan's published books and: Software, electronics and other products that Dan has experience with and recommends as being of good quality.

A Few Testimonials...

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Faten Hariri (Professional Consulting-2) “Excellent!”

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Shawn Miller (Professional Consulting-1): “Good quality training with an instructor that seems to know what he is talking about.”

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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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