20 Consulting Company YouTube Videos for New IT Consultants

Quick quiz: What’s more fun? Reading an article? Or watching a video? If you answered “it depends,” you’re half right. Yet there’s no denying that people love to watch YouTube…which is why YouTube has consistently been one of the most popular top 5 websites on in the Internet for literally years.

But what you may not have considered: If you’re looking to start a consulting company, there are literally thousands of YouTube videos that could help you learn more about what consulting is all about.

Since, however, you probably don’t have time, or the desire, to watch thousands of videos, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 YouTube videos that are especially useful for new IT consultants that are looking to start a consulting company:

1. Careers in Consulting: Beyond the Buzz Words (UChicago)

2. Consultants Selling (Wally Robertson) 

3. Consulting 101 (Roger Hockenberry) 

4. David Stelzl - Consultants sell one of 4 things (dstelzl) 

5. Example Consulting Case Interview (part 1 of 2) (James Piechota)

6. How to Price Your Consulting Services (SmallBusinessBC)

7. How to Start a Consulting Business from Home (Screencast) (SPHomeRun)

8. How to Start a Consulting Business Q&A: Phone # on Your Business Card (Screencast) (SPHomeRun) 

9. How to Start a Consulting Company - Estimating Start-Up Capital Needs (Screencast) (SPHomeRun) 

10. How to Start an IT Consulting Business: 3 Must-Have Revenue Sources (SPHomeRun)

11. How Your Technology Consulting Firm Can Focus On Customer Service (Screencast) (SPHomeRun) 

12. IT Consulting Business Owners Need to Align with CPAs or CAs (News Release Video) (SPHomeRun) 

13. New IT Consulting Business Tools Boost Success (News Release Video) (SPHomeRun)

14. Quick Tips for Starting Your Consulting Business (SmallBusinessBC)

15. Running a Computer Consulting Company – How to Take a Holiday (SPHomeRun)

16. Selling Consultancy Part 1 - Introduction to Consultancy Sales (Joeomahoney)

17. Selling Consulting Services - The Three Secret Questions Revealed (binkob123)

18. Surviving Your First Consulting Job (ConsultingForRookies)

19. Technology Consulting and Your Escape From the Corporate World (Screencast) (SPHomeRun) 

20. Top 9 Tips for Selling IT Consulting Services and Gaining New Clients (SPHomeRun)

So there you have it: 20 YouTube videos for those new to starting a consulting company.

About half of these videos are from our own SPHomeRun YouTube channel. The other half of the videos are from other esteemed experts in the field. The SPHomeRun videos, although primarily intended for new IT consultants, also have many broader lessons that can be applied to other consulting disciplines outside of Information Technology. 

Did we leave any of your favorites out? Have another YouTube video for consulting companies that you’d like to add to this list? Please feel free to share your relevant Titles and URLs in the Comments section below. 

And to follow-through on the tips introduced in this short article, be sure to download your free copy of the special report on How to Start a Computer Consulting Business: 6 Proven Ways to Build Your Initial Client Base. 

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