--- title: Blog - The Visible Authority (5) description: Keep Learning With Luk Smeyers and Florian Heinrichs To Grow Your Consulting Business And Make It More Profitable - Blog The Visible Authority (5) --- [![logo in front white\_mobile](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hubfs/Logos%20TVA/Logo/logo%20in%20front%20white_mobile.svg "logo in front white_mobile")](https://thevisibleauthority.com) [![the visible authority ](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hubfs/Identity/Logo/logo%20and%20text%20white_nobackground.svg "the visible authority ")](https://thevisibleauthority.com) - [About us](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/about) - [Insights](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog) - [Contact](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/support-request) # Keep Learning With Us To Grow Your Consulting Business ## We openly share all our expertise and experiences from the trenches [![The AI Hype in Consulting: Time for Specificity, Not Buzzwords](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/The%20AI%20Hype%20in%20Consulting%20Time%20for%20Specificity%20Not%20Buzzwords.png?width=300&name=The%20AI%20Hype%20in%20Consulting%20Time%20for%20Specificity%20Not%20Buzzwords.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/ai-hype-in-consulting-time-for-specificity-not-buzzwords) ##### [The AI Hype in Consulting: Time for Specificity, Not Buzzwords](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/ai-hype-in-consulting-time-for-specificity-not-buzzwords) "We reinvent your company with AI." "Unlocking AI's potential in your business." "Navigating the... [Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/ai-hype-in-consulting-time-for-specificity-not-buzzwords) [![Building a Winning Consulting Value Proposition](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/How%20Consultancies%20Can%20Get%20Started%20With%20Value%20Proposition%20Design%20(Without%20Getting%20Overwhelmed).png?width=300&name=How%20Consultancies%20Can%20Get%20Started%20With%20Value%20Proposition%20Design%20(Without%20Getting%20Overwhelmed).png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/how-consultancies-can-get-started-with-value-proposition-design-without-getting-overwhelmed) ##### [Building a Winning Consulting Value Proposition](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/how-consultancies-can-get-started-with-value-proposition-design-without-getting-overwhelmed) This article was last updated on 19 February 2025. [Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/how-consultancies-can-get-started-with-value-proposition-design-without-getting-overwhelmed) [![Consulting Growth Is Stalling – How Can You Respond?](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Consulting%20growth%20is%20stalling%20-%20how%20can%20you%20respond%20.png?width=300&name=Consulting%20growth%20is%20stalling%20-%20how%20can%20you%20respond%20.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/consulting-growth-is-stalling-how-can-you-respond) ##### [Consulting Growth Is Stalling – How Can You Respond?](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/consulting-growth-is-stalling-how-can-you-respond) "2024 wasn’t a great year for consulting." That’s the bottom line from the latest Consulting Market... [Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/consulting-growth-is-stalling-how-can-you-respond) [![Adopting the Buyer’s Lens to Improve Consultancy Performance](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Adopting%20the%20buyers%20lens%20to%20improve%20consultancy%20performance.png?width=300&name=Adopting%20the%20buyers%20lens%20to%20improve%20consultancy%20performance.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/adopting-the-buyers-lens-to-improve-consultancy-performance) ##### [Adopting the Buyer’s Lens to Improve Consultancy Performance](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/adopting-the-buyers-lens-to-improve-consultancy-performance) [Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/adopting-the-buyers-lens-to-improve-consultancy-performance) [![The Biggest Mistakes Consulting Firms Made in 2024](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/The%20Biggest%20Mistakes%20Consulting%20Firms%20Made%20in%202024.png?width=300&name=The%20Biggest%20Mistakes%20Consulting%20Firms%20Made%20in%202024.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/biggest-mistakes-consulting-firms-made-in-2024) ##### [The Biggest Mistakes Consulting Firms Made in 2024](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/biggest-mistakes-consulting-firms-made-in-2024) We have worked with dozens of consulting firms this past year. 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[Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/defining-the-high-performing-boutique-consultancy) [![133 Pieces of Advice I Shared on LinkedIn in 2024](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Pieces%20of%20Advice%20I%20Shared%20with%20Consultancies%20on%20LinkedIn%20in%202024.png?width=300&name=Pieces%20of%20Advice%20I%20Shared%20with%20Consultancies%20on%20LinkedIn%20in%202024.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/133-pieces-of-advice-i-shared-with-consultancies-on-linkedin-in-2024) ##### [133 Pieces of Advice I Shared on LinkedIn in 2024](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/133-pieces-of-advice-i-shared-with-consultancies-on-linkedin-in-2024) 2024 was a transformative year for many consulting businesses. 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[Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/withough-internal-alignment-boutique-consultancy-is-doomed) [![Why Boutique Consultancies Should Rethink Utilisation](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Why%20Boutique%20Consultancies%20Should%20Rethink%20Utilisation.png?width=300&name=Why%20Boutique%20Consultancies%20Should%20Rethink%20Utilisation.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/why-boutique-consultancies-should-rethink-utilisation) ##### [Why Boutique Consultancies Should Rethink Utilisation](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/why-boutique-consultancies-should-rethink-utilisation) "At the big firms, you get moved around like a chess piece on a board." This quote from a Financial... [Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/why-boutique-consultancies-should-rethink-utilisation) [![The One Boutique Consultancy Metric That Tells It All](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/The%20One%20Boutique%20Consultancy%20Metric%20That%20Tells%20It%20All%20.png?width=300&name=The%20One%20Boutique%20Consultancy%20Metric%20That%20Tells%20It%20All%20.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/the-one-boutique-consultancy-metric-that-tells-it-all) ##### [The One Boutique Consultancy Metric That Tells It All](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/the-one-boutique-consultancy-metric-that-tells-it-all) Many KPIs can uncover insights into various aspects of a boutique consultancy business, such as... 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[Read More](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/do-you-need-new-consulting-services-to-grow-revenue) [![What Persuades Clients to Hire a Boutique Consultancy?](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/What%20Actually%20Persuades%20Clients%20to%20Hire%20a%20Boutique%20Consultancy.png?width=300&name=What%20Actually%20Persuades%20Clients%20to%20Hire%20a%20Boutique%20Consultancy.png)](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/dump-the-buzzwords-what-actually-persuades-clients-to-hire-a-boutique-consultancy) ##### [What Persuades Clients to Hire a Boutique Consultancy?](https://www.thevisibleauthority.com/blog/dump-the-buzzwords-what-actually-persuades-clients-to-hire-a-boutique-consultancy) “Luk, how is our Mission & Vision statement on our homepage?” A consultancy owner asked me this... 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