Pay-per-appointment for Management consultancies in Canada and the US
Pay-per-appointment for Management consultancies
Start conversations with organizations facing the business problems your consultancy solves. We qualify the issue, sponsor and project readiness before the discovery call.
Pay-per-appointment for management consultancies means you pay per attended appointment with a buyer who meets the criteria we agree in writing. Pricing runs USD $100 to $500 per attended appointment, quoted for your market. It is billable when attended (held). Wrong-fit, invalid, duplicate and cancelled bookings are replaced. No-shows are not billed.
Eligible issues are replaced under written criteria
Time to first booked appointment
Timing is quoted after the audience, geography, qualification and calendar requirements are approved
No setup fee
Built for
✓ Management consulting firms selling defined business advisory and implementation services, with regulated professional services scoped separately.
✓ An executive or business sponsor exploring outside support for a specific organizational decision, initiative or performance problem.
✓ Teams with calendar availability and someone ready to conduct the booked meetings.
Not for
× Requests for a service or territory outside the campaign scope.
× Buying contact records without an agreed qualification process.
× Campaigns without a receiving team or defined follow-up process.
Pricing
Pricing and what is included.
Indicative planning range. Your quote reflects the audience, territory, qualification and delivery requirements agreed for your campaign.
Fee
USD $100 to $500 indicative per attended appointment; audience, geography and qualification determine the quote; every fee is listed in your written quote before you sign.
Setup fee
None.
Billing event
An appointment is billable when attended (held) under the agreed qualification criteria.
Volume
Sized to your market on the call. You set the monthly cap and the calendar availability.
Replacements
Wrong fit, invalid details, duplicates and cancellations are replaced under the campaign agreement. No-shows are not billed. Review and rescheduling rules are agreed before launch.
Term and notice
Defined in the signed agreement.
Delivery
Booked through the agreed calendar workflow with the source and available qualification evidence attached.
Time to first booked appointment
Timing is quoted after the audience, geography, qualification and calendar requirements are approved.
How it works. Timing is quoted after the audience, geography, qualification and calendar requirements are approved.
1
You tell us who you want
Service area, customer type, the work you want and any exclusions. We agree the criteria in writing so every booked appointment can be checked against the same standard.
2
We do the work
Vivin runs the approved acquisition and qualification process, then books an eligible contact onto the agreed calendar.
3
You get it with proof
Booked through the agreed calendar workflow with the source and available qualification evidence attached.
Consulting opportunities built around the decision you help solve.
A broad promise to help businesses grow is hard to act on. Give buyers a specific entry point, such as operational improvement, market expansion or a defined transformation, with the evidence and questions that make your expertise relevant.
Prepare the next conversation.
Use a focused discovery conversation that tests the problem and sponsor fit. A general introduction can be valuable, but should not automatically count as a qualified consulting opportunity.
Campaign management and follow-up.
Vivin selects and manages the acquisition channels for your market. We agree the audience, qualification and delivery scope with you, then review the inquiries and conversations your team receives.
Choose your handoff
Pay-per-appointment vs pay-per-lead.
Factor
Vivin pay-per-appointment
Pay-per-lead
Billing unit
attended appointment
accepted lead
Delivery
Booked through the agreed calendar workflow with the source and available qualification evidence attached.
Delivered through the agreed handoff with the source and available qualification evidence attached.
Quality review
Wrong fit, invalid details, duplicates and cancellations are replaced under the campaign agreement. No-shows are not billed. Review and rescheduling rules are agreed before launch.
A lead that fails the agreed qualification or exclusion rules is replaced. The review window and evidence requirements are set in the campaign agreement.
Best fit
You want the initial conversation arranged for your team.
Questions partners and practice leads at consulting firms ask
Questions we get asked.
Can the campaign cover more than one practice area?
Yes, through separate problem-led journeys. Each should explain a distinct buyer need and the first step your firm offers.
How do you identify a useful consulting lead?
Look for a relevant organization, a stated problem, an appropriate sponsor and a plausible decision process. Seniority alone is insufficient.
Can appointments include more than one stakeholder?
Yes, when the prospect wants that and it makes the discussion useful. Agree the agenda and participants rather than adding people without context.
Can success fees apply to consulting contracts?
They can be considered for suitable nonregulated business services with clear attribution and economics. The engagement type and actual commercial terms need agreement.
Where does podcast-led growth fit?
It can support trust and access in a smaller executive market. The conversation should be worthwhile as editorial content, not a hidden sales appointment.
What proof should appear on the page?
Use attributable work, approved examples and genuine expertise. Do not claim client outcomes that have not been evidenced or cleared for publication.
More questions about booked meetings for management consultants
Should I outsource consulting lead generation?
Outsource the first conversation when partner time is the constraint and your firm already has a clear problem it helps buyers solve. Vivin Sales charges USD $100 to $500 per attended appointment, with organization, sponsor and problem-fit criteria agreed in writing. Every fee is listed in your written quote before you sign. Keep diagnosis, proposals and the close with the consultant who will own the work. Outsourcing suits a boutique with delivery capacity and a defined entry offer; it does not suit a firm still deciding what service to sell. An internal business-development role may be preferable when your market needs continuing relationship ownership across several practices. Before a pilot, agree which conversations merit partner time and track progression to a relevant opportunity rather than counting introductions.
Compare the handoff and billing event
Option
What you get
How you pay
Published price
Who it fits
Source and date
Internal business development
Prospecting and continuing relationship ownership
Salary or contractor terms
Not published
A firm needing ownership across a complex account market
Not published; depends on your own hiring terms
Vivin Sales attended appointments
A qualified conversation about a defined business problem
An eligible meeting takes place
USD $100 to $500 per attended appointment
A boutique protecting partner prospecting time
Vivin Sales terms, reviewed October 2026
Every fee is listed in your written quote before you sign.
How do I find consulting clients on LinkedIn?
Choose a narrow executive audience, identify a business decision your practice helps with and approach people with a specific reason to talk. A consulting appointment campaign should turn that relevant exchange into a problem-led discovery meeting, with sponsor and organization fit recorded before scheduling. Use a credible profile, approved examples of your expertise and a short message tied to the buyer’s responsibility. Useful content can give a prospect context, but a connection or comment is not a qualified opportunity. Follow up with a practical question about the initiative, timing and stakeholders. Keep proposals until discovery establishes a fit, and avoid presenting a general networking conversation as a sales meeting.
Is consulting appointment setting worth paying for boutique firms?
It can be worth paying for when an appropriate executive has a stated problem and your partners have capacity to develop the opportunity. Our rate is USD $100 to $500 per attended appointment. Every fee is listed in your written quote before you sign. Compare the meeting cost with expected engagement margin, partner preparation time and the effort required to reach a proposal. Track those stages in your own pipeline rather than treating attendance as revenue. This fits a boutique with a focused practice and a credible first discussion. It does not fit a broad promise to help every business or a partner calendar with no delivery capacity. Set a pilot scope and review wrong-fit reasons as well as useful meetings; no-shows are not billed.
What makes an executive meeting worth a partner's time?
An executive meeting merits partner time when the organization fits your practice, the contact can sponsor the work and a specific business decision is on the agenda. Our written qualification profile distinguishes that conversation from general networking, with wrong-fit meetings replaced under the agreed terms. Record the problem in the prospect’s words, current approach, initiative timing and who else may influence the decision. Establish whether the buyer is exploring options, preparing a budget or ready to scope a project; do not infer a funded engagement from seniority. A partner should be able to prepare relevant questions from the handoff. Attendance, discovery, proposal and contracted work remain separate stages.
How much does a qualified executive meeting cost?
Our price is USD $100 to $500 per attended appointment, quoted for your executive audience, market and qualification requirements. Every fee is listed in your written quote before you sign. The agreed gates matter more than a low headline rate: define the organization profile, sponsor authority, business problem and timing before comparing suppliers. Scarce senior audiences and narrow account lists require a different campaign scope from broad owner outreach, so ask what is included in the handoff. No-shows are not billed, and meetings that fail the written criteria are replaced under the terms. This model fits a consultancy prepared to run discovery and follow up; it does not purchase a proposal, consulting contract or a promise of revenue.
