With my background in marketing and publicity, I can go fundamentally anyplace I want to in the industry. I have worked on market research marketing, viral marketing, guerrilla merchandising - you name it, I have done it. The lone thing that has perpetually held me back is that I am not a team player. I am extremely independent and driven, but I do not tend to use my capabilities for leadership. You see, I'd rather not have to work together with other people. I know what a project requires intuitively, and I can generally get it done best sans outside help.

With some of the businesses that I worked at, this held me back. Working as a marketing guide, however, it has become an advantage. You see, with niche marketing consulting, people wish to see that you have a driven, self-directed attitude. A niche marketing advisor is a sort of specialist. You are supposed to come into the business, listen to their concerns, and formulate a marketing technique custom tailored to their needs. People do not want to see you hem and haw endlessly, waiting for feedback from diverse committees - they wish to see you think up a decisive action plan. Then, it is up to the company to implement it or to try their own process. Either way, at that point your work is done.

Of course, there are many niche marketing consultant organizations that work in a more structured way than I do. Many of these consulting companies have greater brand recognition, and so can bring in some big accounts that do not notice me. Nonetheless, I do quite well as a freelance marketing consultant. You see, when you are working with a business guide, it isn't the company that they come from that is important, but the guide him or herself. From time to time the very fact that I am able to run the business by myself without the sponsorship of a merchandising firm actually attracts clients. They want somebody self-motivated, directed, and decisive. That is exactly who I'm.

Of course, marketing consultants vary significantly in their techniques. Some of them are very cautious, driven by all of the scientific information they can get their hands on. Other ones are impulsive, trusting their gut instincts above all else. Although I tend towards the latter approach, my goal has always been to combine the two. It is not ever a great idea to ignore factual information that you can utilize, but it is also important to trust your own instincts.

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