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Start with the Expertise-Income Calculator. You put in your field, your years of experience, and your income target. It outputs a realistic day rate, a project fee range, and a retainer structure — benchmarked to current market data in your sector. Takes three minutes.

After the calculator, download the free Expert Pricing Workbook. It covers the three pricing models in detail and shows how to move from a number to an actual rate card you can use with clients.

Start with the Readiness Assessment. It covers four areas: positioning clarity, offer definition, pricing confidence, and business foundations. You get a score in each area and a specific action for each gap. It takes about 10 minutes.

From there, the Encore Business Blueprint is the right next step. It covers the full process from positioning through to first five clients, with templates, scripts, and financial models included.

Start with the Expert Pricing Workbook. Even if you have been consulting for years, most professionals who do this exercise find they are 30 to 40 percent below where they could be. The workbook includes scripts for raising rates with existing clients without losing them.

Then read the article on the most common pricing mistake consultants make. It covers the specific error that keeps experienced consultants undercharging long after they should have stopped.