When starting an IT consulting busines,s it can be very easy to get carried away and overlook some very common mistakes others have made in the past. Unfortunately for some, when they start out moonlighting, they are so turned on by the idea of having their own IT consulting business, they forget to plan ahead and think about the transition to full-time income.

Look for Steady Clients

A lot of people dream about being able to run a full-time IT consulting business, but sadly most people are never going to make it. The two most common mistakes made are that new IT consulting businesses are taking on clients that don’t have steady potential and they are messing around with non-steady clients.

Don’t get caught up in anything but steady clients. You have to ask yourself how are you going to take your IT consulting business full time if you don’t have steady work among your clients. In fact it may be a lot easier than you think to find people that need your services on a regular basis.

The Importance of Having Steady Work

When you start playing with the numbers you’re going to see that steady work is very important to the success of your IT consulting business. The ideal situation for moonlighting is to look for clients that need to see you one or two evenings a month and one or two Saturdays and Sundays for light phone support in between.

For a client situation like that, that could be $800 to $1200 a month you’re bringing in. The minimum situation to qualify a steady client is someone who can budget somewhere along the lines of $500 a month consistently.

The Bottom Line about the IT Consulting Business

If you’re moonlighting and you don’t have clients that have enough work, the willingness and the ability to pay for that kind of volume, you’ll have a hard time making the transition to full-time IT consulting.  

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