“When I first looked at the income projections for Associate, Executive and Senior Consultants, I thought that they were on the low side. Then I realized that these projections were calculated only with part time commitment, requiring only 20 hours per week. This began to make more sense when I realized that that these were average projections, taking into consideration the fact that some consultants would achieve more and some would achieve less, depending upon their own individual work commitments. I decided to base my forecasts on this average and was achieving my target within 6 months. I am still achieving it after 3 years. Appleton Greene succeed by selling products and services to clients, rather than people. The client information guides help consultants to present their service offering in such a way that clients will understand it. My services are then offered to clients in accordance with their departmental key corporate objectives. I just happen to be the person who implements the service. A simple and straight-forward approach that works.”

“Appleton Greene has a terrific business model which is tried and tested. Consultancy projects are achieved in house, 75% of all consultancy projects come directly from Learning Providers, who are implementing their own corporate training programs with clients, so there is no need for any sales activity, cold calling, or business development on behalf of the consultant. It also means that a wide variety of projects are offered to you from different countries and from different industries. It is a really good way of gaining valuable experience. Prior to Appleton Greene, I tried to become well known on professional networks such as LinkedIn, but the reality is that it does not matter how many connections you have or how many professional groups you join, all that you are really doing with your time is wasting it, because none of these people really know you or understand what you can do and none of them have any opportunities to offer you. They are of course all looking for you to provide them with opportunities. I no longer have the time to network now and have recently removed my profile from LinkedIn and other networks. Experience has taught me to spend my valuable time with commercial organizations rather than networks.”

“I have had a very positive experience with Appleton Greene. All of their processes are well structured and the personal assistance and support that I have received has really been very good. Registering as an Accredited Senior Consultant has proven to be a very cost-efficient and time-efficient way of achieving new business. All of the consultancy projects offered to me have been relevant to my skills and experience and have enjoyed them immensely. I have also learnt much about the type of consultant that I want to be. My consulting service has evolved over time and I believe that there is always room for continuous improvement. Appleton Greene offers a friendly, professional and consistent service to its consultants and I would have no hesitation in recommending them.”

“As an independent consultant it always helps to be associated with a successful brand. Appleton Greene does business with companies that are household names and does not engage in any peripheral activities, such as online networking, discussions, or forums, which tend to do more harm than good in my view. Everything that you do as an Accredited Consultant has a productive purpose and represents sensible and necessary use of your time. The consulting jobs offered are all generated from learning providers who have direct access to companies and they manage the quality of all work that you do. The support is always there when you need it and the staff are very well trained.”

“I have developed a portfolio of clients split between Los Angeles and Hawaii and while I am based in Hawaii I travel to the mainland for about a week every month. Appleton Greene has provided me with clients from 5 different industries within these two locations and I probably manage 15 companies at any given time now. Business comes from learning providers mostly and they tend to be the people who you are directly responsible to. The type of consultancy projects that I have personally been involved in includes brand management, channel management, product development, business partnering and marketing strategy and I have worked within the consumer goods, retail, tourism, healthcare and travel industries.”

“I personally like to be thorough in everything that I do, so the Appleton Greene consultancy information guide instantly appealed to me. Everything is well planned and structured in a way that can only be achieved over a sustainable period of time. I liked the idea of spending time developing my consulting service offering in detail before going to market as I prefer to understand precisely what I would be doing beforehand. The processes for developing my consultant profile and in particular my client information guide, helped me to fine tune my service offering and the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum client contracts helped me to understand precisely how much time I would have to spend on each service with each client and precisely what I would be paid in each case. Everything just felt right to me. There was sufficient information made available for me to understand how everything works and the support that I have received has been consistently professional.”