$1 Digital Consulting Service That Pulls in High Paying Clients

$1 Digital Consulting Service That Pulls in High Paying Clients

Whenever I run a consulting service, I tend to help people out for free until they need me to step in and do some work.  If I know the business contacting me has had funding, has a steady stream of income, and is established, then I'll charge them an hourly rate for my advice, but those clients are few and far between.

Digital consulting for $1 isn't the easiest thing to do because you'll get a lot of inquiries, and that means you'll be doing this an awful lot if you're good at bringing in traffic.  This is why I will state some requirements for free consulting such as they need a business plan or an idea of what they want to do so I can build off of that. 

So how do I profit from something like this? 

Well...

I run my free consulting services alongside my affiliate marketing and get higher conversion rates because of it   I will help everyone out with their problems and give them shortened URLs of my affiliate links and they will gladly sign up because I said they need something like what I just pitched them

Below I'll elaborate a bit more on how you can do this


Run Enticing Ads and They Will Get Clicked
If you're just starting out as a consultant, you will quickly realize you aren't going to get much traffic unless you're running ads.  You can target local, national, or global for this but I've had more success doing local marketing because people seem to trust me more if I'm able to sit down with them for a chat before we get into any details and consulting.

Set up adwords campaigns, bing ads campaigns, and some Facebook campaigns if you want to but I would stick with the search engine ads in the beginning.  Get super targeted to "Digital Consulting" or get really specific with something like "General contractor website consultant" or "Law Office Website Consultant" so you're almost guaranteed to pop up in the #1 spot.  You won't get as many searches and clicks when targeting local, but the chances of getting someone on board is higher, so it pays off more in the long run when you're saving money on PPC ads

Offer Consulting for Free if Possible
One of the things I like to do is offer my consulting services for free if someone is just getting into websites.  They may not even know how to purchase a domain and that's where I come in to hold their hand and lead them through the process. 

A lot of people I help out have 1-2 years of experience with their website, but they're still super part-time, and that means they mess around with it once a week like a child with a new toy.  They get bored with it, contact me to see what they can do with it, and I lead them to the glory land!

Send Clients Through Your Affiliate Links
One of the reasons I can work with small startups and small websites that can't afford to pay top dollar for my consulting is because I can pitch them my affiliate links to well knows services that will help them out.  I tend to target the services that have recurring commissions like SEOclerks, SEMrush, ElegantThemes, etc. because I get paid for every month one of my referrals stays signed up and for life if they keep purchasing through SEOclerks

Never Turn Someone Away
You never know how deep someone's pockets go and for that reason, I never turn anyone away.  If I can't respond to them immediately, I will apologize and tell them I was with another client or I had logged off for the day, and they usually understand and continue the conversation with me. 

I don't turn anyone away, other than people who have no clue what they want, because everyone is a potential payday for me when it comes to affiliate marketing.  I can consult a person running a hobby blog and get them to sign up for various services here, have them subscribe to SEMrush, and get them to build their website using the DIVI theme and I get paid each month from that.  If they need me to do the work for them and manage everything, that's where it starts to pull in the bigger paydays, and you never know who will want you to do everything for them so treat everyone like a professional and have a smile while doing it


Final Thoughts
Offering your consulting services for Free or even a dollar will bring a lot of people to your website or profile.  You will not necessarily have to cherrypick candidates, but you'll need to avoid people who don't know what they want to do or the ones who have far fetched ideas that won't pan out.  Stick with the people who have an established site, people who want to build an established site, and people who can afford to pay you for your time (duh!).  Try to offer your services for free while pitching your affiliate links that payout every month, or for life in the case of SEOclerks, and profit off of the people who aren't paying you

Thanks for reading

- Tommy
https://www.seoclerks.com/user/TommyCarey