First, you must have an area in which you're an expert .
Also, you must have credentials in this areas. Your credentials can be a published book on the subject, published articles. Credentials can also be testimonials from others who have credentials .
Credentials can be work you have done in the area of your expertise .
You can consult with clients online via email, via fax, via telephone, in person .
If you prefer working with clients online, then you can sign up to teach an online workshop at Universal Class, and/or you can teach an email course and/or email workshop .
Let's say you're an expert at writing for the web, and you have published articles at the numerous web content websites that your clients can review. These are your credential for teaching web content writing .
You can also design an email course and/or consult with those interested in learning how to write for the web .
In the course, you can require your students to sign up for an actual web content website like Helium Knowledge, Triond, and/or Associated Content .
They must write and publish their articles online .
You can decide how many articles they must write in the course and/or workshop and/or you can simply consult with them on the writing of the articles. They write the articles and you give them suggestions on how to improve and/or rewrite the articles before submitting to the web content websites .
You also consult with them on how to start a career as a web content writer making use of the numerous online resourses .
As a consultant you must design the best form of consultation for you and your clients. Your consultant can also be custom-designed to fit the client, whether email, workshop, lectures, fax, telephone or in person consultation .
