New Counselor? Start Right. Start Professional.

"The price seems high when I only have 2 students..."

We hear this concern from new educational consultants. Here's what we know after working with 1,600+ practitioners:

Successful counselors don't wait for students to build their business. They build their business to attract students.

When families research you, they're not just evaluating your credentials—they're evaluating whether you look like you've been doing this professionally for years, or whether you're figuring it out as you go.

You get one chance to make a first impression. Make it count.

The "Waiting Game" vs. The "Professional from Day One" Approach

Waiting Game Counselors:

❌ Scramble to create processes when families inquire

❌ Wing it through first few client meetings

❌ Spend nights building what they should have had ready

❌ Look overwhelmed when families ask detailed questions

❌ Lose prospects to counselors who seem more established

Professional from Day One Counselors:

✅ Have documented curriculum and clear service offerings

✅ Can walk families through exactly what to expect

✅ Send professional proposals and contracts immediately

✅ Track everything systematically from the first student

✅ Look like they've been successfully doing this for years

Which counselor would you choose for your own child?

New Counselor Launch Package

Everything You Need to Start Right 

(90 Days Only)

Instead of :   $59/month + $4,000 curriculum...

You Get:        $35/month + $2,000 curriculum + Weekly Mentorship

What's Included:

📚 College Readiness Curriculum (50% OFF - Save $1,000)

→ 20 proven assignments across 5 phases

→ Used by 1,600+ practitioners since 2016

→ Student-facing + counselor guidance for every assignment

→ Your competitive advantage, documented and ready

💻 Full CounselMore Platform ($35/month for 3 months)

→ Student portals, time tracking, invoicing

→ College database with 300+ data columns

→ Assignment delivery system, parent communication

→ Everything established counselors use daily

👥 Weekly Peer Mentorship (FREE for 3 months)

→ Former high school counselor & experienced practitioner

→ 1-on-1 meetings every week (if your schedule allows)

→ Video Q&A - submit questions, get immediate video answers

→ Pricing strategy, marketing, client management, everything in between

Your Total Investment: 

$105 for 3 months + $2,000 curriculum

And exceptional 1:1, Peer to Peer Mentorship in addition to our 2x weekly live, community events.

*This offer is made because CounselMore was created by the counselors who do the job - Join us!

Why This Offer Exists

New counselors succeed when they:

Look professional immediately (documented curriculum, systems, processes)

Have someone to ask (experienced practitioner guidance)

Start systematically (proven tools, not trial-and-error)

This package gives you all three. 

For 90 days only.

What Your Mentor Will Help You With:

✅ Pricing Strategy - What to charge, how to package services, when to raise rates

✅ Marketing Messages - What to say on your website, in proposals, to families

✅ Client Management - Boundaries, contracts, difficult conversations

✅ Service Delivery - Using curriculum effectively, managing timelines

✅ Business Growth - When to hire help, how to scale systematically

Plus: Video Q&A means you never wait for answers. Submit a question, get a video response back.

After 3 Months:

Your subscription returns to regular pricing ($59/month for up to 15 students)

Your curriculum is yours forever (saves you 40+ hours of development)

You can reconnect with your mentor anytime (or hire them directly for ongoing support)

You'll have everything you need to serve students professionally and grow systematically

The Truth About Professional Infrastructure:

Families can tell the difference between:

A counselor who has systems vs. one who's winging it

Someone with documented processes vs. someone making it up

A practice that looks established vs. one that looks amateur

CounselMore + Curriculum + Mentorship = Professional from Student #1

You don't get a second chance to look like you know what you're doing.

Ready to Start Right?

This offer expires 90 days after your trial begins.

90 days to decide. 3 months of support. Everything you need to build a practice that attracts families instead of one that scares them away.

Start your trial. Get your curriculum. Meet your mentor.

On Fridays, CounselMore offers a one-hour completely peer-lead conversation. This is a safe place to ask questions and exchange ideas on how others are using the CounselMore app.

A wise Educational Consultant, who had a former career in software development for Microsoft, said: 

"A trait of an excellent software is one that can be used in ways it was never intended..."

There is plenty in the CounselMore platform functionality that answers directly to the day-to-day tasks of administering educational services. 

However, collaboration always brings forward new ideas on ways to tweak a function to better match your unique needs.

Check it out!

To book a space in the Mentorship Circle, click here to be taken to the Community Events page.

There, you will find the reservation link for the Mentorship Circle meeting. 

There aren't email reminders sent regarding this meeting. Reservations must be made each month for each meeting. Reservations can be made in advance.

These meetings are 1 hour long and happen monthly. The meeting coordinator is a CounselMore Member-Evangelist dedicated to making the entrance into our profession a welcoming experience.

Each month, a member of our commnity (even you) will give a brief presentation on a topic. The topics cover a wide spectrum of educational consulting issues.

If you are interested in presenting, please email your interest to support@counselmore.com and we will connect you with the moderator.

Before CounselMore was software, it was a research project. For two years, our researchers interviewed, surveyed, and sat at the elbow of our colleagues while they performed educational services.

Educational Consultants offer many different types of services under many different kinds of niches. However, all educational planning services contain a common thread: the comprehensive college readiness package.

Never before, have the the steps to achieve college readiness been codified. By identifying the most common threads offered across hundreds of practitioners, CounselMore reverse-engineered the daily routines of student plans and systematized those practices into a premier technology solution.

Our research has become the ultimate resource for those exploring or practicing educational consulting or college planning. Everything we learn, we share with our members.

Check out the blog

CounselMore is for more than just professional educational practitioners - we welcome everyone who finds value in admissions data, education trends, and student secondary education exit plans. Especially parents.

If you are a parent who is moonlighting as an educational consultant for the purpose of your child's college application process - we welcome you!

Our research discovery revealed that most educational consultants join the profession because of their introduction to it through their child's college application process.

It's a job you learn by doing and sharing information. CounselMore is your operational hub!

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