The Smart Gets Paid Podcast
Learn strategies, tools, and mindset shifts you can start to use today to land higher-paying clients in your consulting business.
Go behind the scenes with our business consulting clients
Listen in on my actual calls with clients where we’re tackling their biggest sales challenges, and learn sales strategies you can use today in your own business. You’ll discover that even if you’ve never been a salesperson, you can land the clients you want, and get paid more than you imagined.
The Smart Gets Paid Podcast with Leah Neaderthal
EP 37: How to do biz dev even when you’re busy
It’s the classic consulting paradox: When you’re not busy, you do business development to get clients. Then you get busy with clients, so you don’t do business development. So in this week’s episode, I’m sharing three tips on how to do business development, even when you’re busy with client work. (And it’s not “block your calendar.”)
EP 36: The concept that changed my life
The secrets that unlock selling often come from the most unexpected places. In this episode, Leah chats with a “business idol” who isn’t from business at all: Dr. Deborah Tannen, whose work in sociolinguistics helped Leah, and now Leah’s clients, feel more comfortable selling, build better client relationships, and get paid more for their work.
EP 35: Treated like an expert? Or an employee?
Ever had a client that treats you less like an expert and more like an employee? If you’re like most women consultants and coaches, the answer is yes. In this episode, Leah coaches a woman who’s in that exact situation. She discovers that, when it comes time to renegotiate pricing with her client, she finds she’s renegotiating a whole lot more than that. Learn more about Smart Gets Paid at smartgetspaid.com.
EP 34: SOLO: Two big moves for mental health
We can care for our mental health every day, but sometimes protecting your mental health takes big moves, both literal and figurative. In this episode, Leah shares the two big moves she made to protect her mental health. Learn more about Smart Gets Paid at smartgetspaid.com
EP 33: Standing Up for Yourself
What happens when a potential client project starts to just… not feel right? Listen in as Leah helps a client navigate a complicated sales process, explore whether this client is a good fit, and figure out what to do next.
EP 32: Getting creative about your clients
Consultants, as much as we want to help our clients right now, with the state of things in our clients’ worlds, sometimes they simply […]
About Leah
I help women consultants land higher-paying clients.
Despite having never been a salesperson, I spent four years developing a sales process and methodology that feels comfortable and that works. And using that approach, I have a 92% win rate and I’ve sold $3MM in work. Now I teach others how to do it, their way.
Interested in having Leah on your podcast? Email team@smartgetspaid.com.
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