For data consultants
The first conversation is about the question, and the second is about access. Sell a half day to find the question, an offer with the scope for the build, and a monthly slot for the dashboards that need someone after launch.
What clients ask before sharing their data
How should a data consultant scope a project?
Start from the decision the client wants to make, then the data it needs, then the build. Write down what access you need and by when, and what happens if it’s late.
Should a data consultant charge by the project or the hour?
By the project, once it’s scoped, and by the month for support afterward. Hourly billing punishes you for knowing the tools well.
What should a data consulting agreement say about the client’s data?
Who owns it, how you’ll access and store it, and that you delete your copies when the work ends.
What’s different for data consultants
A half day to find the question
Sell a half day as the first step, paid when it’s booked, before anyone writes a line of code.
Looked after once it’s live
A monthly offering holds time for the fixes after launch, renewed on the client’s card, so a broken dashboard isn’t a favor.
What gets in the way
A project starts with a question and grows into a warehouse nobody scoped.
Access to the client’s data takes three weeks, and the clock was running the whole time.
Dashboards break after handover, and the fix is an unbilled evening.
Your page on the first day
This is the consulting setup, and it’s what your page starts with. Change any of it where it appears.
- Clients can book from tomorrow onward.
- Moving or canceling is free up to 24 hours before.
- There are 15 minutes clear after every session.
- Before booking, your page asks: “What should I read before we talk?”
Your engagement letter opens with this: Advice is given in good faith on the information you share; decisions and outcomes stay yours.
What it doesn’t do for you
There’s no data hosting, no notebook and no dashboard tool. The work happens in the client’s systems; the page holds the arrangement and the money.
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