You must have an established background in order to be a consultant. I've worked as an act consultant for years because I have on-stage experience as well as a very heavy level of technical experience when it comes to how magic works and what makes it happen. Luke Jermay had an amazing mind and lucked into having a couple of key players so impressed by him that he was walked straight into the biz. These are two examples of what happens for reaching the same kind of job but in both cases KNOWLEDGE and PERSPECTIVE were the key. So what sets you apart from everyone else in your age group? How extensive is your hands on knowledge of magic? What innovations have you come up with and shared (and with whom)? What kind of endorsements do you have?
You must have an area of expertice; you can know about other arenas but there must be one specific area that you focus on. For the first half of my life that was Grand Illusion, you'd been hard pressed to fool me in that arena. Been away from it for 15 years now and there's some new stuff that really boggle my mind yet, with Mentalism and Bizarre Magick I have reinvented myself and become a sought after consultant.
Oh! I should point out that not all consultants make big money. . . very few do. Even Jim Stinemeyer keeps a full time job that's not related directly to Magic as do many others. Show biz in an industry where most barely survive without multiple streams of income of which consulting is one small stream. Also understand that consulting can go way beyond helping other performers, you may become a consultant in the way Mark Wilson was when it comes to marketing and promotions. It's a far more lucrative role by the way. But again, you must have something to offer and preferably something that goes beyond the "usual stuff".
Think a bit about how you see yourself in this role, how you'd get yourself into such a position, that's going to have a whole lot to do with if and how you get there.
