claude
An 8-step proposal walkthrough on a real (fake) engagement
From discovery call to signed proposal in eight chained AI prompts — walked through end-to-end on a fictional but realistic consulting engagement.
The non-numeric outcome — what stops case studies from reading like marketing fiction
The one section that separates real consulting case studies from the ones that read as fabricated — and why every case study needs it.
Claude vs. ChatGPT for consulting work: why we default to Claude
Why we default to Claude for consulting work, the one task worth testing in both tools, and a one-hour test to settle the choice on your own work.
Why most consulting proposals lose — and the one shape that closes
The structural reason most consulting proposals fail — and the eight-section shape that converts. Specific examples, no template SEO.
The Claude workflows worth keeping in a solo consulting practice
Five Claude workflows worth making permanent in a one-person consulting practice, the ones that sound better than they work, and the setup behind them.
The client-meeting workflow that turns transcripts into next actions
Pre-brief, debrief, follow-up email — the three artifacts to produce around every meaningful client meeting, in 12 minutes total.
The quarterly retrospective for solo consultants — a 90-minute exercise that compounds
A 90-minute end-of-quarter exercise that tunes your ICP, your pricing, and your pipeline — without team-retro overhead.
The 90-second discovery dossier (when you don't have an SDR)
Three artifacts to produce before any consulting discovery call — company brief, decision-maker brief, fit flag — in three minutes total.
Why your AI prompts feel generic — and how solo consultants fix it
The four reasons Claude and ChatGPT keep producing forgettable output — and the prompt structure that fixes all four for consultants.
The three categories of consulting work — and which ones AI should never touch
The rule for deciding which consulting tasks to give AI — and which to keep yourself. Specific examples across the three categories.
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