7-Figure Consulting Business: The Strategy Most Entrepreneurs Skip
If you’ve been trying to grow your business and feel like you’re doing everything right, but it’s still not translating into real momentum, there’s a reason for that.
It’s not that you’re not capable. It’s not that you’re not putting in the work. You’re probably just focusing on the wrong things at the wrong time.
Most of the entrepreneurs I meet are doing the right things, just in the wrong order. They’re juggling too many offers, speaking to too many audiences, or pouring time and money into building passive funnels before they’ve even hit their first six figures.
If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. But here's what most people miss: a 7-figure consulting business doesn’t come from doing more, it comes from doing what works, in the right sequence.
In this guide, I’m going to walk you through the three core steps I’ve used both in my own business and with the thousands of consultants I’ve supported to help them scale more simply, sustainably, and profitably.
If you’re ready to build a consulting business that finally works with your life instead of against it, this is for you.
Prefer to watch instead? Here’s the full video breakdown.
Step 1: Define One Offer, One Avatar, One Platform
If you're in the early stages of building a 7-figure consulting business, the biggest mistake you can make is trying to do too much, too soon. This is where so many high-capacity consultants get stuck, not because they’re unqualified, but because they’re focusing on the wrong things at the wrong time.
They’re juggling five different offers, marketing across three platforms, and trying to speak to completely different audiences, all at the same time believing this is the path to success. It’s not.
When you’re under seven figures, the most strategic thing you can do is simplify.
Why One Offer Creates Faster Traction
Here’s the core formula I share with my students: One offer. One avatar. One platform. Until you hit seven figures or consciously decide to cap that offer.
Why does this work? Because scaling isn’t about adding more, it’s about doing one thing exceptionally well. That means refining your delivery, strengthening your positioning, improving your client results, and building trust in one focused lane. When you’re spread too thin, none of that happens.
Trying to do everything often means you’re not doing anything exceptionally. And a high ticket consulting business is built on mastery, not multitasking.
How to Identify the Right Avatar
Once your offer is clear, your next focus is understanding exactly who it's for. Instead of trying to appeal to everyone, zoom in on the specific decision-maker who benefits most from your expertise. Who already values what you do? Who has the budget? Who has a high-stakes problem that your consulting solves?
This becomes your "whale", not someone just dabbling in business, but a client who’s invested in results. Your messaging, your content, and even the conversations you have should be tailored to this audience. Because attracting high-quality clients starts with speaking directly to their goals, their pain points, and their language.
Pick One Platform and Go Deep
The final part of the formula is choosing one marketing channel and mastering it. Not because you’ll be there forever, but because that focus helps you gain traction faster.
For some, it might be LinkedIn. For others, it could be referrals, YouTube, or podcasting. The platform isn’t the point, the consistency is. When you spread your energy across too many platforms, it takes longer for any one of them to work.
Instead of trying to be everywhere, choose the one channel where your clients already spend time and go deep.
Simplicity Builds the Foundation for Scale
If you’ve been wondering why your business feels busy but not profitable, this is likely why. Before you expand into new offers or build a funnel, make sure your core offer consistently sells and delivers results. That focus becomes the foundation for your 7-figure consulting business and it's what makes scaling possible later on.
Step 2: Match Your Business Stage to the Right Strategy
One of the biggest reasons high-performing entrepreneurs stay stuck isn’t a lack of ideas, it’s applying the right strategy at the wrong time. The tactics may be proven. The logic might make sense. But if the timing’s off, even the best ideas can stall your growth.
The Strategy Most People Try Too Early
A common misstep? Jumping straight into courses or funnels because they’ve been branded as “the scalable model.” But without the audience, revenue, or backend systems to support them, these models often become distractions, not shortcuts.
Here’s the math most consultants don’t do:
If you’re selling a $500 course and converting at 2%, you’ll need at least 10,000 page views just to make $100K in revenue.
That doesn’t account for the cost of traffic, your email list, tech tools, or a team to implement all the moving parts.
Compare that with a high-ticket consulting business:
10 clients at $10K each equals the same $100K in revenue, but with far fewer moving parts. You only need 20 warm leads and a 50% close rate to get there.
For most consultants, that’s a much more efficient and achievable path.
Focus on Margin and Momentum First
If you're still working toward your first or next six figures, courses and digital products are rarely the most efficient path. They can come later. But in the early stages, you need profit, margin, and fast feedback, not a 12-month funnel build.
That means building a lean model that helps you:
Talk to real buyers quickly
Refine your offer based on actual client needs
Generate revenue that funds your next level of growth
Skipping this stage is why so many entrepreneurs feel stuck under six figures. They’re investing months into complex systems when they should be focused on making simple offers to real people.
The Offer Comes Before the Automations
So before you worry about webinars, automations, or scaling content, ask yourself: Do I have a strong offer that pays me well, sells consistently, and doesn’t require a massive audience? If the answer is no, that’s your starting point.
Your next-level growth doesn’t require a bigger following. It requires a smarter structure. And once that offer is working, that’s what gives you the margin to grow and the breathing room to scale when you’re ready.
This is a core principle I teach inside Fractional Freedom, because skipping this step is what keeps so many talented experts stuck under six figures for far too long. If you're done spinning your wheels and ready to grow on purpose, you’ll find everything you need inside the program.
Step 3: Productize Your Offer to Scale Beyond Yourself
If you’ve already hit six figures but your growth has stalled, the issue usually isn’t strategy, it’s bandwidth. You’re spending most of your time on client delivery, scrambling to keep up with admin, and barely touching your marketing or sales. It’s exhausting, and it’s exactly where most consultants plateau.
Why Custom Work Becomes the Bottleneck
When every project is custom, every proposal is different, and every client requires a fresh approach, your business becomes dependent on you. That’s not scale, it’s survival. And it’s the difference between freelancing and running a business. The turning point? Productizing your offer.
Productized offers remove the decision fatigue and operational drag that come with custom work. Instead of starting from scratch each time, you’re delivering a consistent experience that’s easier to sell, easier to execute, and easier to improve. This creates more predictability in your revenue, more space in your calendar, and more clarity in your messaging. When you simplify your backend, it becomes much easier to grow your frontend.
The Real Benefit: Reclaiming Your Time for Growth
Once your offer is productized and your delivery system is dialed in, you stop waking up to a calendar full of client work and start having space to grow. That’s the point where you can finally shift from reactive mode to intentional growth. You’re not just delivering services; you’re building something bigger.
This is the move from being the engine of your business to being its strategist. You have time to create visibility. Time to optimize your sales process. Time to work on your business instead of constantly working in it.
This is how consultants make the leap from six to seven figures, not by grinding harder, but by building an infrastructure that frees them up to lead. Because let’s be honest: you didn’t start your business to be stuck in it.
You don’t need more hours. You need a business designed to grow without you in every client call, every proposal, every decision. And that starts with an offer built to scale, not just sell once.
And if you need help building that offer, inside Consulting Offer Accelerator I’ll walk you through how to create a high-ticket service that solves a specific problem for a specific client, position it clearly in the market, and deliver it in a way that frees up your time without sacrificing results.
Build a 7-Figure Consulting Business by Doing Less, Better
Most of the consultants stuck under seven figures aren’t lacking ideas—they’re just executing out of order. They’re pouring time into the tactics they’ve been told will scale, without first building the structure to support that growth.
The path to a sustainable, profitable consulting business isn’t about adding more. It’s about simplifying in the right places, at the right time. If you want a business that grows without burning you out, start here:
Define one offer, one avatar, and one platform to build traction faster and become known for solving a specific problem.
Use strategies that match your business stage, so you can create momentum and margin without getting lost in complexity.
Productize your offer to reclaim your time and move from service provider to business owner.
You don’t need to hustle harder. You need a business that’s designed to scale sustainably. One that delivers results, generates revenue, and frees you up to lead. That’s how you build a 7-figure consulting business that actually works for you.
FAQ
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A 7-figure business is one that generates between $1,000,000 and $9,999,999 in annual revenue. For consultants, reaching that level typically involves moving beyond hourly work or custom projects and instead building a structured offer that can be delivered consistently.
It often means serving clients with larger budgets, solving more complex problems, and focusing on strategies that create margin, both in time and profit, so the business isn’t dependent on the founder for every client, proposal, or deliverable.
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Building a 7-figure consulting business begins with offering high-impact solutions to pressing problems in markets that are both hungry and well-funded. Here are several proven business ideas in consulting that have the potential to scale to seven figures and beyond:
Executive & leadership coaching
Sales and marketing strategy
Operations & systems consulting
Niche-specific growth consulting (e.g., law firms, med spas)
Fractional CxO services (CFO, CMO, COO)
DEI or culture consulting
Personal brand strategy
Each of these solves high-stakes problems for clients with money to spend.
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I’m Laura, a growth strategist and mentor to consultants.
As a serial entrepreneur who has scaled multiple six and seven-figure online and offline companies over the last twenty years, I can genuinely say that consulting is the best industry I’ve ever been in. Not only does it give me the freedom to spend time with my family and do the things I love (hello, tennis!), but working alongside world-changing entrepreneurs on their business strategies is one of the most rewarding roles I’ve had as an entrepreneur. This is a blog where I share my secrets of how to become an in-demand consultant.
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