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Thriving as a Solo Expert: 4 Counter-Intuitive Strategies You Haven’t Tried

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 at 03:43 PM 

Being an independent consultant can feel isolating, especially as technology and AI rapidly reshape our profession. Without the resources of large organizations, solo experts must develop a new form of strategic leverage.

Categories : Growing Your Business, Industry Partners, Networking, Tools of the Trade
Tags : business growth, collaboration, community, networking, running an info business, shared resources

How Federal Buyers Find Small Business Vendors – And How You Can Be One of Them

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 at 11:01 AM 

By Christina Mortel Editor’s Note: Getting Started in Government Contracting is part of a series on US government contracting (GovCon) opportunities at all government levels. A non-US entity may register in SAM.gov as a foreign entity. If you are new to government contracting, one of the first questions you might have is: How do federal… Read More »

Categories : Growing Your Business
Tags : business growth, GovCon, government contracting

Real Information – Artificial Intelligence: Prompting AI, Part 2

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 at 12:07 PM 

By Arthur Weiss Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools.  In the last post, I gave a guide to the basic principles of prompting – knowing your objective and recognizing how prompts can bias responses. This time, we explore… Read More »

Categories : Hot Topic, Information Skills, Tools of the Trade
Tags : AI Prompting

Grow Your Business with Online Courses: An illustration of Instructional Design for Infopreneurs

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 03:30 AM 

Grow Your Business with Online Courses: An illustration of Instructional Design for Infopreneurs By Amy Ferguson Trying to turn your expertise into a marketable online course? As information professionals who curate knowledge for a living, building and selling online courses is a natural next step for many of us. But without a plan, creating an… Read More »

Categories : Growing Your Business, Independence, Tools of the Trade
Tags : instructional design; selling courses; residual income; running an info business

Market Your Business with a Capabilities Statement

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 at 11:00 AM 

By Christina Mortel Editor’s Note: Getting Started in Government Contracting is part of a series on US government contracting (GovCon) opportunities at all government levels. A non-US entity may register in SAM.gov as a foreign entity. In my previous article on government contracting, I covered research basics on how to find the agencies that need… Read More »

Categories : Growing Your Business, Professional Development
Tags : government contracting, marketing

Prompting AI (Part 1)–AIIP Series on Artificial Intelligence

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 at 11:00 AM 

By Arthur Weiss Editor’s note: This is part of a series covering what’s new and, more importantly, how infopreneurs can maximize the benefits of AI tools.  On job sites, you’ll discover that there’s been a boom in job ads for “AI Prompt Engineers.” Some jobs pay well over $100,000 per year – but is “prompt… Read More »

Categories : Information Skills
Tags : AI, Prompting

Getting Started in Government Contracting: Begin with Research 

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 at 11:00 AM 

By Christina Mortel Editor’s Note: Getting Started in Government Contracting is part of a series on US government contracting (GovCon) opportunities at all government levels. Non-US entities can also register in SAM.gov as a foreign entity. Have you considered selling your products and services to the local, state, and federal government? If not, you may… Read More »

Categories : Business 101, Growing Your Business
Tags : business growth, government contracting, running an info business

AIIP Blog – Retirement Series

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 11:05 AM 

A couple of years ago, I mentioned to a client that I was starting to think about retirement, but I wasn’t sure how to approach it as an independent consultant.

Categories : Independence, Member News
Tags : retirement, solopreneur
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