277: Design your one-person service-based business with Ellen Donnelly, The Ask
You've built a strong profile and reputation in the marketplace - you're a recognised domain expert and/or bona fide thought leader in your field.
Now, how are you going to capitalise on all your hard work? You don't want to work for anyone else, but nor do you want to run a large business and employ stacks of people.
What's the answer?
Establish and grow your own one-person service-based business!
The brilliant thing today is it's never been easier to start a business.
And here's the kicker: one-person enterprises need not remain tiny revenue-wise, with the owner/operator eking out a small income. Thanks to technology, support services ecosystems and removal of geographic barriers, many one-person service-based businesses can become wildly profitable despite not having an office and staff.
The key is to design such a business around yourself.
Or, as my guest for this episode likes to say:
"I believe that designing a one-person business around yourself is the answer to finding work that lights you up, lets you reach your earning potential and can be done entirely on your own terms."
London-based Ellen Donnelly runs a coaching business called The Ask, which specialises in helping entrepreneurial professionals turn their expertise into a profitable one person business in five months.
Ellen recently published a 5-step guide on this very topic (access your copy here) - it's designed to help you package up what you know into a marketable service that clients will pay you for, again and again.
In this episode, Ellen walks us through (and elaborates on) the five steps of her guide.
Some key talking points covered in this conversation include:
This is a deep-dive chat about designing a one-person service-based business around yourself. If this sounds like you, I'm confident you'll find the conversation relevant and illuminating!
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