I realized this morning that I’ve been blogging and offering advisory services since September 2009.

The passage of time hit me a bit hard I’ll admit.

Along the way traditions have developed and every year around Thanksgiving I select  a few entrepreneurs from the community and offer gratis sessions of my Office Hours advisory services.

This is both my way of giving back and of course, works to build new connections for my business itself.

A mini two-sided marketplace of sorts where both sides win.

Office Hours is my light advisory model that works really well for clients that need an outside strategic partnership that often touches on CEO coaching as well.

Trust me–this is fun, engaging and serious work. And a great way to get to know each other.

We schedule a series of sessions, create goals and set a rolling agenda.

The overall objective is to tackle usually one item, maybe market positioning, or often, an outside view of the strategy behind your fund raising docs.

The goal of course is to find a match and continue to work together.

Over the years this has been the entre to shared projects, advisory roles and even a stand in CMO role now and again.

But most gratifying, a handful of great friendships have developed out of this.

You already know me from the community. My approach to building markets and brand is a few hundred posts deep here.

If you are interested and can see an outside expert with a strong market point of view becoming part of your team, send me a mail.

Make me want to get to know more about you and your project. And even more why you want to do these sessions with me.

If this sounds right to you, just do it!

Looking forward to hearing from a number of you.

Questions in the comments or via email please.

And most important, have a great Thanksgiving!