How Does One Increase the Amount they Charge in Consulting?

I've been talking to some of my friends who are independent consultants who are making crazy amounts of money for daily charges from their clients. It reaches a range of around 2000-2500 bucks. What do you guys think? How easy is that? I'm sure you have to be in that niche within the market in order to make that amount of money.

This is a SPAM LINK that I've read about it; however, I'm not too sure about the possibility of this. I would love to hear what you guys say about it.

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If you're credible, reputable, trusted and established...or just plain good at selling, you can charge whatever the hell you want.

 
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charlie 09
Taylor12A professor told me $500 an hour is the going rate.

For what kind of consulting? What kind of expertise?

I honestly wouldn't be surprised at any number - some of these "consultants" I interview through GLG (for example) charge $400+, and a lot of them are full of shit.

My professor said $500 an hour for management consulting. I have nothing to do with consulting and I do not plan to go into it. We were just having a conversation about promising careers. Basically what he meant was if someone couldn't find a job and they had an MBA they could set up their own shop and charge that price. Therefore, no experience and most of what that person would be doing is probably shit, but if you can sell your services why not?

 

That seems low for an established consultant.

With no experience, in the Big 4 (in a niche group) I was billing out at $225/hour. At that point in time I was completely useless. Obviously the brand name you're tied to can allow you to charge more, but if you have an established track record I'd assume a minimum of $250/hr for a credible consultant.

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