Maintaining an office is an expensive proposition, and when your business doesn’t require meeting with clients daily, you may not want to take on that kind of overhead. But then when you do need to meet with a client in person, where do you do it? Read more (members only)

You’ll often see the advice that you should make a profit and loss forecast for your business, so you can set appropriate prices for your products and services, and accurately predict your expenses. But what does such a forecast look like for an independent professional? Read more (members only)

Many solopreneurs would like to incorporate more of a social benefit focus into their business. Being more socially responsible is a worthwhile goal for any size business, of course, but what if you want to go beyond basic social responsibility? Read more (members only)

Joan Friedlander and Frank Traditi interview C.J. for Beyond Billable Hours. In this audio workshop, you’ll learn how an effective business model can make the difference between having a sustainable business and struggling, burning out, or giving up. Read more (members only)

Why delegate? If you are serious about growing a profitable, thriving business you need help. And, the help you receive needs to be the best you can afford so you can rely on the people you hire. Read more (members only)

Once you know what you might want to delegate (see my article Dare to Delegate for an introduction to effective delegation), it’s time to start to think about whom to delegate it to. Depending on what the task, project or area of responsibility is, Read more (members only)

Every entrepreneur wants to earn more from his or her business. When you ask business owners how they plan to meet that goal, they usually talk about doing a better job at marketing or doing more of it. But in fact, there are many ways to go about Read more (members only)

The Simple Yearly Planning Worksheet is a great way to organize your thoughts around your goals and planned actions for the coming year. If you start the process by reviewing your progress for the past year (for example, what you accomplished, Read more (members only)

I’ve done a lot of partnering with other professionals on creating new programs and products or serving clients as a team. One key piece of my experience has been that some partnerships work well and some don’t work at all. After several false starts Read more (members only)

No, that’s not a typo in the title. Resolutions are easy; most of us make them at least once a year. A revolution, on the other hand, is something you may not have made since you started your business. Read more (members only)