Business development, pricing strategy, and positioning — at $20/month.
You're excellent at the work. Growing the business is a different skill. Connectmodo gives independent consultants access to expert business coaching — on demand, with full context of your situation — without the agency overheads.
No credit card required · $20/month after free tier
Technical expertise gets you started. Commercial strategy is what builds a sustainable consulting business.
Most consultants are experts in their field, not in selling. Yet business development — finding clients, having the right conversations, closing engagements — determines almost everything about how the business grows. Connectmodo helps you build a BD approach that fits the way you work.
"I'm a strategy consultant" means nothing to a client with a specific problem. Clear positioning — who you help, with what problem, and why you're the right person — is the difference between being easy to refer and easy to pass over. Alex helps you sharpen it.
Charging by the hour caps your income and misaligns your incentives with your clients'. Most experienced consultants eventually move to value-based or project-based pricing — but the transition is difficult without guidance. Alex helps you think through when and how to make the shift.
Project work pays well but creates income uncertainty. Retainer relationships, advisory roles, and recurring engagements smooth out the highs and lows. Connectmodo helps you design offers that clients want to maintain and that give you financial predictability.
Multiple clients with different expectations, different communication styles, and different definitions of success. Managing these relationships — setting scope, handling feedback, managing expectations — is a skill that takes time to develop. Alex accelerates it.
Some consulting businesses scale by adding people. Others stay boutique and raise rates. There's no universal right answer — but there is a right answer for your situation. Connectmodo helps you think through the decision clearly, not emotionally.
"I've got two anchor clients but nothing else in the pipeline. If one leaves, I'm in trouble."
Alex helps you map out a BD approach: who your ideal next client looks like, how to surface referrals from your existing network, and what a simple outreach process might look like for your situation.
"A client keeps expanding scope without acknowledging the additional work."
Alex helps you articulate the issue clearly, draft a scope revision conversation, and put in place a change management process that protects you without damaging the relationship.
"I want to move from project billing to a retainer model but I'm not sure how to position it."
Alex walks through how to structure a retainer offer your clients will actually value — what to include, how to price it, and how to have the conversation with your existing clients.
Unlimited AI business coaching — $20/month.
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Business development, positioning, pricing, and growth — Connectmodo helps independent consultants build on their expertise.
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