The highs and lows of building your consulting business with Jenny

Jenny Weigle is a strategic consultant who has worked with some well-name brands like Airbnb, Google, Sephora, Visa and many many more such household names - and helped them build their online communities.

She has been building communities for more than 10 yrs and has helped more than 100 brands in this time.

So, if you are a consultant or someone who wants to become a consultant, Jenny is a perfect role model.

In this episode we discuss:

00:00 The highs and lows of building your consulting business with Jenny 02:44 Discovering a natural community builder instinct 09:47 What does she do as a community strategist 13:48 FAQs about life as a community consultant 15:28 Highs and lows that come with your own consulting business 19:27 Routine Roulette 24:08 Doing a social media marketing internship in 2007 29:12 Lessons learnt form a failed attempt at consulting 32:14 Social media management Vs Community management 39:54 Starting a consulting business for the 2nd time 47:30 Getting clients and marketing 59:06 Working through the imposter syndrome

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Links and Resources:

Jenny’s website - https://www.jenny.community/

Momentum Consulting Course - https://www.consultingsuccess.com/momentum-consulting-course

Community Consultants Collective - https://www.communityconsultants.life/

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