How to Start Your Dementia Consulting Business with Melissa Strout of Functional Home OT

<p><strong>How to Start Your Dementia Consulting Business with Melissa Strout of Functional Home OT</strong></p> <p>Are you on the edge of starting your own alternative career?</p> <p>Do it now!</p> <p>Find value in what you do and just take the risk.</p> <p><em><strong>In this episode:</strong></em><br> 03:40 – Introduction of Melissa Strout (Functional Home OT)<br> 05:20 – You need to have a specific goal in mind. – Dr. Mike<br> 07:10 – Melissa shares how she found and started her alternative healthcare career.<br> 08:00 – Evaluate your skills.<br> 11:00 – Just go out and take the risk.<br> 11:30 – Who are her target clients/audience?<br> 12:40 – Niche down and scale up. – Dr. Mike<br> 16:00 – What software does she use?<br> 17:20 – You don’t need to know it all – you need to learn to delegate.<br> 19:05 – Melissa talks about her book and what inspired her to write it.<br> 20:30 – Find that need in your specific niche and start serving.<br> 21:45 – How does she promote her services?<br> 24:20 – What was her biggest challenge and how did she turn it around?<br> 26:20 – It is very important to change your mindset.<br> 29:50 – Melissa’s advice to those who want to start their own alternative career.<br> 31:10 – Melissa’s upcoming book.<br> 32:45 – Always remember the word FAST.</p> <p>Check out www.FunctionalHomeOT.com and you can email Melissa at Melissa.Strout@FunctionalHomeOT.com</p> <p>You can call her at 850-692-6567</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/althealthcareers/message