FAQs

If you’re interested in becoming a successful Business Consultant, Coach or Advisor and want to build a business that suits your lifestyle, then ConsultX is designed to help you do just that, and more! Not only will we show you how to start out as a Business Consultant and offer complete training, but we’ll also provide all the tools, support, and resources you need to succeed over the long term. Read more about the ConsultX approach here.

Wherever you are at in your Business Consulting, Coaching or Advisory journey we have a membership option for you. Our 2 memberships are: ConsultX Success Suite™ & ConsultX VIP Coaching:

The ConsultX Success Suite™ is for new and existing Consultants ready to start acquiring & helping clients. It is also ideal for anyone wanting to learn about Business Consulting, Coaching & Advisory.

The ConsultX VIP Coaching is a top-tier service for those wanting personal mentoring from Successful Consultants (also includes access to everything outlined in the Success Suite™).

Click here to join.

Yes! We’ve had many people transition into Business Consulting, Coaching or Advising.

Some just dive in headfirst. Others do all of their training and prepare some marketing material after hours, then start full-time.

Often, new consultants are able to transition slowly by negotiating a work-out period with their current employer. We have information on how to do this within our training.

For more information read our blog on transitioning here or your first steps after joining here.

Yes, you sure can! Simply drop us an email at any point and we’ll guide you through the process of swapping to an annual membership.

The ConsultX Network is our network of members worldwide. At all membership levels you have access to our Network Forum and are also able to join live Network only webinars, plus you get access to all past recordings too. You can also ask questions, connect with members and help other like-minded Consultants, Coaches, and Advisors in our Network Forum.

Yes, our VIP Coaching membership is A top-tier service for those wanting personal mentoring from Successful Consultants.

If you join and later find ConsultX isn’t quite right for you (which you probably won’t) then you can cancel easily any time. You have complete control over this and there aren’t any minimum terms that you are locked in for.

ConsultX is designed to work in any English-speaking market. It’s been successfully used in the USA, Australia, England, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, and many others. Even more impressively, we had a member in The Netherlands who translated it into Dutch and successfully grew a consulting firm with 28 consultants!

Yes, your subscription will be automatically renewed according to your pay period.

Yes! We offer a 30% discount for payment per year (yearly membership).

A Business Consultant, Coach or Advisor works with business owners like a partner in their business to create success. They provide the skills, tools and resources that a business owner doesn’t have access to. The objective is to improve the profit, growth and value of the business for the owner. It can be a very rewarding profession. To find out more click here.

The training is available in the ConsultX Academy, It is a series of videos, workbooks and reading material that you work through at your own pace, from wherever you are in the world.

The training is approx. 40 hours of video. Some ConsultX Members may complete it in a week and others may prefer to complete it over multiple weeks depending on what time they have available. We recommend spacing out the training to complete it in chunks and revisiting modules to help retain the information you are learning.

Yes, the training for this is included in the 40 hours of training video.

It’s all in the training, which covers 10 different methods of how to get clients then you can choose the handful that suits you best.

To read more about our client acquisition process click here.

We’ll give you complete training on the finer details of this when you get started. The 3 main things that dictate what you can charge are:

The size of the client

The time you work with the client

How much you want to earn

Plus the length of time you’ve been working with the client

Most consultants charge a base fee of $2-500/hour and spend 6-12 hours per month with each client.

The average monthly fee within our Network is $2235 USD / $2850 AUD / $3075 NZD. The average number of clients is 9, and the maximum is 22.

Our recommended fee structure is designed to give you income growth as you help a client grow. If you help a business to grow in revenue by 30%, you’ll grow your fee by 30%. To read more about fee structure click here.

This depends on how long and how strong you can start your consulting business. On average, you can replace your current income with your first, second or third client. To sign up clients as quickly as possible, use our Marathon Plan for your first 13 weeks.

Any type of business. Again we train you on this, however, we’ve found that SME (Small to Medium Enterprises) are easier and faster to secure as clients and can afford the fees that a Business Consultant would charge. Check out our guide to Business Consulting clients for more info by clicking here.

You don’t need an accounting background. Our training and resources cover everything you need to know about accounting, if not, just ask and we can find out the answer for you! No experience, no problem have a read of our blog on this by clicking here.

At all membership levels we provide resources and guides on how to best market your services as a Business Consultant, Coach or Advisor to help get you off to the best possible start.

Yes, we have members who work through the training over a period of time, so that when the time is right they have already completed the training prior and can hit the ground running. You will need a membership to the Success Suite to begin the training.

Yes, our Success Suite and VIP Coaching memberships include access to a complete suite of information and resources ready to get you started.