5-Minute Consulting is your chance to have the benefit of a life coach or small business consultant without having to pay the hourly fees.

Here's how it works: you use the message form to send me your question. It can be on any of the topics I cover here, as those are the ones in which I have education, experience, and expertise.

You can ask a simple question, a complicated question, or several questions. You can describe a situation. You can ask for advice about circumstances. You can request tips for a particular problem. You can ask for help on a monthly challenge.

You can seek recommendations on your goals, your life direction, your puppy's new name, or what type of coffee to brew.

You can put forward open-source questions, ask for help with small business ideas, get insight on creative marketing, golden rule marketing, and personal branding. Your choice. Your 5 minutes.

I'll get your message and read it, then set my timer for five minutes and give you as complete an answer as I can within that time. Once my five minutes are up, I send the message to you and it's yours, just as if you'd paid me for it.

Of course, if five minutes aren't enough, you can purchase a larger hunk of consulting time. Go here to see my rates.

For your free 5-Minute Consulting, read these simple instructions and then go for it!

1. You have to be a member to use the messaging system for 5-Minute Consulting. If you aren't already, go ahead and register. It's quick, easy, and as free as these five minutes. Once you register, you'll also be able to take part in our Monthly Challenges.

2. Click here to get to the form for your 5-Minute Consulting Request.

3. Send the message to Administrator. Yep, that's me. I'll get it. I won't make my Admin Robot answer it.

4. Be sure to put "5-Minute Consulting Request" in the subject line, so your message gets priority when I receive it