Consultant databases?

[Joerg]

Hello Folks,

Question to those of you who are consultants, contractors, freelancers:
Which databases produce decent results in terms of good leads? The IEEE
has a nice database. Even though I found that clients didn't even know
it existed I recently heard that it sometimes does create useful leads.
Any others? Opinions?

Just curious. Of course, there is another motivation, migrating from med
to other areas. With med it has become nearly impossible to secure
insurance for the US. On top of that companies' insurers begin to
discourage disclaimers even in cases where that same insurance
underwriter refuses consultants. Networking is usually the key but it
isn't very suitable when branching into new fields.

The other reason I ask is that I find it tough when having to select a
consultant in a foreign field. I remember that it took almost half a day
on the phone until we had a capable plastics engineer who was
familiar with mass production. There just wasn't any database we knew of.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Nico Coesel]

Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Hello Folks,

The other reason I ask is that I find it tough when having to select a
consultant in a foreign field. I remember that it took almost half a day
on the phone until we had a capable plastics engineer who was
familiar with mass production. There just wasn't any database we knew of.

Joining a local business networking club might do wonders. Not very
cheap, but is does generate leads or helps finding suitable
people/companies through recommendation.

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[Joerg]

Hello Nico,

Joining a local business networking club might do wonders. Not very
cheap, but is does generate leads or helps finding suitable
people/companies through recommendation.

Yes, it can. But that's easier in Europe than it is over here. Potential
clients are usually a few thousand kilometers away.

This reminds me. In Europe lots of people join golf clubs and so on just
for biz purposes. The owner of the biz that did my offices over there
was a member of a tennis club, and only for that purpose.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com