The Recognized Authority: the podcast that guides Invisible Experts on the journey to becoming a Recognized Authority in your field, so you can: 👉 increase your impact 👉 command higher fees 👉 work with better clients This podcast features interviews with successful consultants who are willing to share the ups and downs of their story to inspire and educate our listeners. We also interview marketing and sales experts who have a message or lesson that is relevant for a B2B professional services audience. We'll cover all aspects of business developement, sales, marketing and lead generation with advice, tips and in-depth analysis specifically aimed at independent consultants & specialized consulting firms. Topics include developing a unique point of view, how to create your product ladder, building your audience, how to make more time for your consulting business, building your podcast funnel, confessions of a million dollar consultant, the compound effect of content, you don’t need to be unique to stand out, earning and holding attention, don’t overthink your content, bland content and burnout, making video marketing easier, how to build a strategic narrative, how content can save your business, using case studies to build trust, why positioning is crucial to your business, and lots more. Previous guests include Alan Weiss, Marcus Sheridan, Mark Schaefer, David C. Baker, Ron Baker, Evelyn Starr, Michael Zipursky, Jonathan Stark, Geraldine Carter, Mike Clay, Sara Dunn, Louis Grenier, Anne Janzer, Philip Morgan, Rochelle Moulton, Norbert Schwarz, Heather Steele, Douglas Squirrel and many more. 👉 Learn more at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/podcast ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube Misspellings for searches: Alistair, Allister, Alister, Alasdair, Alisdair, Alister, MacDermott, The Recognised Authority. The correct versions are Alastair McDermott & The Recognized Authority 🤗
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Choosing the Right Business Model for You with Chris Williams
When we first start our consulting business, very often we come in with a specific idea of how it's going to look, what our services are going to be, and how we're going to sell them. But the great advantage of being independent is the ability to change the rules, to choose a business model that suits us as an individual. In this episode, Chris Williams and Alastair McDermott discuss the different business models that an independent consultant can choose, from high-ticket strategy projects, to coaching to group offerings, implementation projects and even hybrid options. They also discuss how to have more fun and make more money in business! And of course, they talk about the importance of specialization! “Folks, if you've not already figured it out by now: market specialization, niching down, picking out your avatar, your customer profile -- whatever you want to call it -- is so important.” -- Chris Williams “You've got to own your expertise and believe it first, that's where that's where it all starts. And then all of a sudden you can get a vision for where it can go.” -- Chris Williams 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/choosing-the-right-business-model/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Grow Your Consulting Business - Alastair McDermott and Alisa Meredith
There are different stages to growing a consulting business: the strategies you adopt when you're getting established can be different to those you use to scale later. Several weeks ago I attended a marketing conference called The Uprising, an event run by Mark Schaefer. I spoke with many of the attendees and speakers. One of the people I met was Alisa Meredith, and when we spoke, she invited me to come on to her live stream to talk about growing a consulting business. This is our conversation, which covers topics from referrals and positioning, to pricing and product ladders. My thanks to Alisa for having me on her show, and allowing me to use it as a podcast episode here! “In terms of the number of clients that I need, I'm standing under the Niagara Falls with a small glass I need to fill up. If there's somebody next to me filling their glass, it's not going to hurt me.” -- Alastair McDermott “If you're starting a consulting business, try to build up a nest egg of cash first. That gives you the power to say no to bad projects. You've got to get yourself into the situation where you can say no to poor fit projects as quickly as possible.” -- Alastair McDermott 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/grow-your-consulting-business/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Position, Monetize & Sell Your Expertise with Rochelle Moulton
The path to authority is a route to creating leverage and value beyond simply billing for your time. Authority allows you to work with clients who energize and inspire you, it allows you to stop pitching and instead have sales conversations with pre-sold clients and buyers. In this episode, Rochelle Moulton and Alastair McDermott discuss Rochelle's new book "The Authority Code" where she outlines how to position, monetize and sell your expertise. They discussed the importance of having a vision in finding your niche, building your authority and knowing your audience or customers. “The limit to your price is the value that you create for your clients.” -- Rochelle Moulton “You have to embrace your vision, not just for your authority, but for your business. Vision is where you get to be selfish, you get to say "this is what I want to do out in the world.”" -- Rochelle Moulton 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/position-monetize-and-sell-your-expertise/ 👈👈 ------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Charge More by Niching Down with Geraldine Carter
There is a direct connection between niching down and earning more money. In this episode, Geraldine Carter and Alastair McDermott discuss positioning and specialization. Geraldine outlines the direct connection between your specialized positioning and your ability to command higher fees. They also discuss pricing new service lines, and how consultants tend to undercharge significantly. “Underpricing is by far the number one pitfall when creating packaged services. When I work with my clients, and they tell me what they're going to charge for a certain thing, it's typically under by half, sometimes three times.” -- Geraldine Carter “The more focused your position is in the marketplace, the easier it becomes for you to understand how to add value to your clients' businesses. You deeply understand where they get stuck, you start to see the patterns. You provide more valuable solutions faster, so your value goes up. And when your value goes up, your prices can immediately follow.” -- Geraldine Carter 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/charge-more-by-niching-down/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Increase Your Reach with Podcasting with Joe Casabona
Podcasts are rapidly growing in popularity in the B2C and B2B worlds with Joe Rogan and Spotify leading the drive. There's a lot of advice about podcasting available online, but much of it is missing an important nuance that applies to experts and consultants who are on the path to authority. In this episode, Joe Casabona and Alastair McDermott discuss the realities of starting a successful podcast, pitfalls you need to avoid, and how to demonstrate your expertise to your audience. They also discuss how much production and editing is needed to meet the quality bar, and how to pitch yourself to podcasts as a potential guest. “Your goal in establishing authority is to get people to know, like, and trust you. And podcasting is a pretty intimate medium. Most people are listening with headphones, maybe they're doing something else, but they're mostly listening to you. And so it's an easy way to establish that trust.” -- Joe Casabona 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/increase-your-reach-with-podcasting 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Write a Successful Book with Anne Janzer
Most consultants have been told "you should write a book" at some point. But easy as that is to say, where do you start? In this episode, Anne Janzer and Alastair McDermott discuss how to start writing your book, why writer's block isn't quite what people think it is, and how to think about success in relation to your book. They also discuss how not to screw up your business emails, and why sharing failure is a generous act. “Writing is a physical manifestation of deep thought, it's a chance to really dive down and think deeply. It gives you something that you're engaged with while you're thinking.” -- Anne Janzer 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/write-a-successful-book/👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How Quality Audio Makes You Sound Smarter with Norbert Schwarz
As authorities and experts in our specialist areas, we want our prospective clients to see us as competent, intelligent experts. But many of us are self-sabotaging and creating the perception of being less competent, less intelligent, having less expertise. In this episode, Norbert Schwarz and Alastair McDermott discuss how audio and video quality exerts a disportionate influence on the perception of the speaker and data being presented. Bonus: get your free guide to looking and sounding better on Zoom and webinars. Download for free at therecognizedauthority.com/thatsoundsgood “What we found was very straightforward: if your audio sounds better you seem to be smarter, you seem to be more likable, you seem to be a better scientist, and even your research seems more important.” -- Norbert Schwarz 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/quality-audio-makes-you-sound-smarter 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Be Heard in a World of Noise with Carmel Finnan
The world is getting louder, more chaotic and it becomes difficult to hear your own voice amidst the noise around us. In this episode, Dr. Carmel Finnan and Alastair McDermott discuss the importance of storytelling in communication, and how it helps in building your brand. They also discuss how listening can play a major part in breaking through the noise. “When we feel heard - when we as human beings feel another person has truly witnessed what we have said and taken it in - we will give that person our attention.” -- Carmel Finnan “Make it personal. The whole point of storytelling is to personalise our communication, to start talking to each other as human to human.” -- Carmel Finnan “You're just a human being connecting with another human being. Use that as your guideline when you think of storytelling and when you think of communication.” -- Carmel Finnan 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/be-heard-in-a-world-of-noise/👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Do Value Based Pricing with Ron Baker
"You should raise your prices" is advice you'll frequently hear on this podcast and elsewhere. But it's not that easy to implement. In this episode, Ron Baker and Alastair McDermott discuss why pricing by the hour is a bad option, and why value pricing is better for the provider and for the client. They cover steps you can take to do value based pricing, and talk about the importance - and difficulties - of the value conversation. They also discuss the recurring subscription model, which Ron calls "Value Pricing 2.0"! “The value conversation is difficult because we've never been taught it, it's not part of the culture of how professionals work. We've always slid an engagement letter across the table with our hourly rate and hope the customer signs it.” -- Ron Baker 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/value-based-pricing/👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How Plants Were the First Marketers with Leo York
Marketing and branding are often conflated: the distinction can feel more like semantics. But there's a very real and easy to understand difference. In this episode, Leo York and I discuss the primitive origins of marketing, how plants were the first marketers, and how and why color choice impacts how we think about brands. We also discuss how experts can use the 3 Aristotelian modes of persuasion: ethos, logos and pathos, or the appeal to authority, the appeal to logic, and the appeal to emotion. On a personal note, this was one of the most fascinating conversations I've had on the podcast so far, and I hope you enjoy it too! - Alastair. “Animals showed up, and now plants have a problem because they can't move. So plants did an amazing pivot where they decided to start marketing to these animals to get an advantage, rather than to be just destroyed by them. ” -- Leo York 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/plants-were-the-first-marketers/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Run a Successful Consulting Business with Michael Zipursky
Being an independent consultant can sometimes be a tough gig - but there are things you can do to make life easier for yourself! In this episode Michael Zipursky and Alastair McDermott discuss how to run a successful consulting business, including details on how to niche, how to increase capacity, and why you should raise your prices immediately. They discuss how selling consulting services is different, and why conversations are so important. Michael also shares why you should act like a musician when it comes to content marketing, and how to develop a content plan. “When you're dealing with an organization, there's going to be multiple decision makers, there's going to be budgets, there's going to be different allocations of resources, there's going to be just a lot more factors that go into play. And therefore you're going to require a conversation.” -- Michael Zipursky 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/run-a-successful-consulting-business 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Tell If Your Brand Is in Adolescence with Evelyn Starr
After an initial growth period of several years, it's quite common for a business to hit an inflection point where they start to level off or even start to struggle. In this episode Evelyn Starr and Alastair McDermott discuss how this happens and what you can do about it. Evelyn uses the analogy of teen adolescence to help identify the signs your brand might be in this period, and how to course-correct so you can start scaling again. They also discuss the perils of working on a project without direct access to the client. “You are not the complete owner of your brand. Your brand exists in the minds of your audience. Every time you have an interaction with them, those experiences factor into their idea of what your brand is. Your brand is what they expect to encounter from you next time.” -- Evelyn Starr 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/how-to-tell-if-your-brand-is-in-adolescence 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question
How to Create Great Thought Leadership with Andrew Rogerson
What does it mean to be a thought leader? What is thought leadership content, and how is it created? In this episode Andrew Rogerson and Alastair McDermott walk through the actionable steps that you can take to create thought leadership content, from the strategic overview to research, writing the content and then repurposing it in multiple ways afterwards. They also discussed the importance of well-structured executive summaries, and why Kate is writing a book to help experts get their ideas across more clearly. “If you think thought leadership doesn't work I would say you're probably not doing it right.” -- Andrew Rogerson “Content is the future. I don't know what other forms of marketing can provide that kind of response, particularly when we can't do in person networking and take you out to dinner!” -- Andrew Rogerson 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/create-great-thought-leadership/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Create the Perfect Podcast Pitch with Mai-kee Tsang
Guesting on podcasts is a fantastic way to get your message in front of a new audience and build your authority. But the majority of pitches received by podcast hosts are terrible! In this episode Mai-kee Tsang and Alastair McDermott discuss why most podcast pitches are bad, how podcast guesting is such a fantastic opportunity, and how you can create a "yes-worthy pitch" that is well received by the podcast host. They also discuss how the advice to "put yourself out there" doesn't always work, particularly for people who have experienced trauma, and how you can take a trauma sensitive approach to visibility. “The true power of podcast guesting, it is in the relationships, not how many podcasts you're on.” -- Mai-kee Tsang 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/create-the-perfect-podcast-pitch 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube
How to Stand Out As a Consultant with Luk Smeyers
Consultants are not in the business of selling methodologies - you're in the business of solving a client's problem. You need to be laser focused on your client and on solving their problem. In this episode Luk Smeyers and Alastair McDermott discuss why consultants say that they don't have time to do marketing, and how this is a fixable problem. They also discuss what Luk terms the "vicious loop to hell", which is if you don't invest time, you will always be like struggling to survive, you will lose trust in yourself and confidence in growing your business. “Technical firms are all about their technology, their features. Consultants are not in the business of selling methodologies. You're in the business of solving the client's problem.” -- Luk Smeyers 🗒️ Show Notes 🗒️ Access all the links mentioned in this episode in the show notes here: 👉👉 https://therecognizedauthority.com/stand-out-as-a-consultant/ 👈👈 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✉️ Subscribe to the email list at TheRecognizedAuthority.com 🎙️ Record a question or voice message for the show at TheRecognizedAuthority.com/question ⭐ Like what you heard? Please help share the podcast by leaving a rating & review 🤗 Connect with Alastair and The Recognized Authority: ➡️ LinkedIn ➡️ Twitter ➡️ YouTube