Consultants
Consultants use Distinctful to stay top of mind between engagements: lessons from client work become posts in their own voice, LinkedIn and every other channel run from one calendar, and Encore points interested readers to a booking or services page.
- Best for
- Solo consultants, advisors, and fractional executives who win work through expertise and referrals
- Works with
- Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and YouTube, plus Beehiiv or Kit when you send a newsletter
- Not included
- Proposals, invoicing, a sales CRM, or finding clients for you
Why consultants use Distinctful
Most consulting work comes from people who already know what you do. Between engagements, staying visible is the job, and it is the first thing to slip when a project gets busy.
You have more material than most: patterns from every engagement, questions clients ask on every call. Turning that into posts every week, without giving away client details or sounding like a press release, is the hard part.
How consultants use Distinctful
- 01
Turn client lessons into posts
Save the questions and patterns from client work in Ideas, with room to strip out the specifics before they become a post. Chat drafts from your strategy in your own voice, and you edit from there.
- 02
Plan LinkedIn and the rest in one place
Connect the channels you actually use, usually LinkedIn plus one more, without handing over passwords. The Calendar shows the week in one view, so a busy project week does not mean going quiet.
- 03
See what your peers post that lands
Discover shows which posts beat their creator’s usual across consultants, operators, and brands. Save the formats worth studying into a collection and write your take.
- 04
Point readers to how to work with you
Save the page you want readers to reach as an offer. When an eligible post goes out, Encore adds a reply that points to it and records whether the reply went through. Use a services page or a booking link; the booking itself stays in your own tools.
- 05
Work from the AI tools you already use
On every plan, connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor to Distinctful through MCP. Ask it to save an idea, draft a post, or plan it for next week, and everything lands in Distinctful for your approval. Save an idea right after a client call, and it is waiting when you sit down to write.
Frequently asked questions
Will posting more get me clients?
Not on its own. Distinctful makes a weekly routine easier to keep up so the people who hire and refer you keep seeing your thinking. Whether that turns into work depends on your market and your offer.
How do I post about client work safely?
Ideas give you room to work a lesson out before it becomes a post, so you can remove names and specifics first. Nothing posts until you approve it on your Calendar.
Do I need a newsletter?
No. Planning, publishing, Discover, Ideas, Encore, and AI work without one. When you want an audience you own, connect Beehiiv or Kit and the subscriber side fills in.
Which plan do I need?
Grow is $49 a month for one person marketing a business: posting across your channels, Encore, drafts from every edition, Deals, your full subscriber list with each reader's history, and MCP for your AI tools. Scale, at $99, is for growing teams and bigger audiences: invite team members with their own logins, with room for more social accounts and bigger lists. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
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Run your marketing from one place
Connect the channels you post on and your Beehiiv or Kit newsletter. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.