Turn your expertise into fixed-fee consulting clients while you're still employed.
Direct clients. Fixed fees or retainers. A defined outcome you own. Built alongside your current job, not instead of it.
Joe signed his first fixed-fee engagement 7 to 8 weeks in. Read his story.
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Consulting work is not vendor contracting.
| Vendor contracting | What I teach |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate | Fixed fee or monthly retainer |
| Through a staffing vendor | Direct client relationship |
| Fills a seat | Owns a defined outcome |
| Replaces your job | Built alongside your job |
| Client sets your hours | You set scope and terms |
It started with one email
One employer is a single point of failure.
I went through three layoffs in my engineering career. Each one taught me the same lesson.
So I sent one email to a former colleague. It turned into an $8K engagement, and it changed how I valued my own expertise.
That's the model I teach: a direct client paying a fixed fee for an outcome you own.
How The Fixed-Fee Launch works
Four steps in a fixed order take your expertise to real buyers. Your first priced offer is ready by week 4; weeks 5 to 12 take it to market.
1
Weeks 1-2
Prove
Cleared to proceed, one lane, proof
2
Weeks 3-4
Package
A priced offer you can send
3
Weeks 5-8
Pitch
Real buyer conversations
4
Weeks 9-12
Paper
Ready to sign a client
Client results
“Within seven to eight weeks of starting his program, I had landed my first fractional consulting engagement, a result I genuinely don't think I could have achieved on my own.”
The best lessons come from people who've done it.
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