SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - July 10, 2014) - Women In Consulting (WIC) launched its annual Best Practices and Compensation Survey today. Now in its 13th year, the survey reveals best practices and techniques that help consultants and small business owners grow their businesses and increase their revenue. With year-over-year results, the survey also reveals trends in consulting. Both WIC and non-WIC members nationwide can take the survey now at http://tinyurl.com/pyjl9of.
WIC is a collaborative community offering professional consultants and small business owners a powerful resource for building strong businesses.
"Each year hundreds of consultants and small business owners take this survey, making it a prime source of information about practical ways to strengthen and expand a business," said Kathie Sherman, WIC's president and the president of Ten Four Marketing. "This survey underscores WIC's mission to foster collaboration and help consultants and small business owners improve their skills and thrive."
The survey covers overall trends in revenue and rates, and examines best practices, including the choice of business structure, use of employees and subcontractors, billing practices, networking and marketing approaches. The WIC survey team analyzes the responses of top-earning consultants to identify best practices. The team also tracks evolving trends in consulting by comparing results to previous years.
"We have a dozen years of data that help us identify best practices that work year after year," said Jennifer Berkley Jackson, WIC's executive vice president and president of The Insight Advantage. "Consultants and small business owners nationwide tell us how valuable the survey information is to them, and how it has helped them build strong businesses for the long term."
The survey is open to consultants and small-business owners nationwide, both WIC members and non-members, until August 14. Participants will receive a full-color report detailing the survey results. Those results will be presented at a WIC members-only meeting on Thursday, September 18.
An October 1 webinar detailing the survey results is free for WIC Full and Leaders' Network members, and available for a nominal fee to all others. To register for the webinar, click here. A free summary of the 2013 WIC Best Practices and Compensation Survey is available. Detailed findings are available online exclusively to WIC members and to 2013 survey participants.
About WIC
Women In Consulting (WIC) is a vibrant, diverse, and powerful community of consultants and small business owners working to build strong businesses. Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1998, WIC provides its 300+ members and affiliates a forum to connect and share with like-minded professionals. Established as a nonprofit, collaborative community to foster successful businesses for its members, WIC sponsors programs and activities to help members network, improve their skills and thrive.