Turn Your Expertise Into Trusted Services Companies Can Book
Helios helps manufacturing experts turn their knowledge into clear, practical services. Define what you do best, create service offerings, and make it easier for companies to understand, trust, and hire you.
Get guided help to shape your expertise into services that match real manufacturing needs and get ahead in the knowledge economy.
How it works
Follow a simple, guided process to identify what you can offer, shape it into a clear service, and create a listing customers can understand and trust.
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Discover Service Ideas
Follow the guide to identify the problems you can solve, the customers you can help, and practical services you can offer.
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Shape Your Service
Work through the guided steps and AI prompt to create your service title, description, process, deliverables, and scope.
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Review and Publish
Personalize the draft, confirm the details, and publish your service for customers to discover.
Build Your Expert Services Guide
A five-step guide that turns your manufacturing experience into clear, bookable services — from finding ideas to publishing an offering customers can trust.
Identify Your Strongest Service Ideas
Reflect on the problems people trust you to solve, the knowledge you share, and the work you do well. Repeated themes can reveal services customers may value.
- 1Answer a few questions from each sectionKeep your responses short and focus on what people ask you to do, the problems you solve, and the knowledge you can share.
- 2Look for repeated themesNotice which skills, problems, or requests appear more than once. These are often your strongest service opportunities.
- 3Write down your best ideasTurn the clearest patterns into a short list of possible services.
End goal: Choose two or three service ideas for Step 2.
You do not need to answer every question. Start with the sections that feel most relevant and write down a few short responses.
What others trust you forIdentify what people already rely on you to do.
- 01What do people repeatedly ask for your help with?
- 02What are you known for beyond your job title?
- 03What would others call you the “go-to person” for?
- 04Which skills feel routine to you but valuable to others?
- 05What do you make look easy that others find difficult?
Problems you solve bestFind recurring challenges you know how to diagnose, fix, or improve.
- 01Which problems can you diagnose or solve faster than most?
- 02Where do customers, coworkers, or teams most often get stuck?
- 03What recurring mistakes or warning signs do you notice quickly?
- 04Which problems create the most delay, waste, rework, downtime, or cost?
- 05What issues can you prevent before they become expensive?
Knowledge you can teach or shareIdentify skills, processes, and lessons others could learn from you.
- 01What advice or guidance do you give most often?
- 02What do you enjoy teaching, explaining, or demonstrating?
- 03Which skill or process can you break down clearly for others?
- 04What do you wish more people in your field understood?
- 05What hard-earned knowledge should be passed on before it is lost?
Experience that builds trustSurface the projects, tools, industries, and results that prove your expertise.
- 01Which project, improvement, or solution best demonstrates your expertise?
- 02What measurable results have you helped create?
- 03Which industries, tools, machines, software, or technologies do you know best?
- 04Which methods, standards, or processes have you applied successfully?
- 05What real-world challenges have given you experience others can trust?
Work you enjoy doingFocus on work that interests you and gives you energy.
- 01Which activities make you feel most engaged, useful, or proud?
- 02What kind of project would you be excited to start tomorrow?
- 03Which problems do you enjoy solving, even when they are difficult?
- 04Do you prefer advising, teaching, troubleshooting, designing, or hands-on work?
- 05Which customers, teams, or industries would you most enjoy helping?
Impact you want to createClarify the results and improvements you want your work to deliver.
- 01What problem or outcome would you most like to help others achieve?
- 02Where could your expertise create the greatest value in the least time?
- 03What improvement would you like to help more manufacturers achieve?
- 04What knowledge, if shared more widely, could improve manufacturing?
- 05What lasting change do you want your work to create?
Shape Your Best Ideas Into Clear Services
Use a simple formula—action, focus area, and customer benefit—to describe each service in one clear sentence.
- 1Choose two or three strong answers from Step 1Select the problems, skills, or requests that best reflect your expertise.
- 2Apply the service formula to each oneCombine an action, a focus area, and a customer benefit into one clear sentence.
End goal: Write two or three clear service ideas.
Choose one element from each column, then combine them into a clear sentence:
Build and Personalize Your Service Draft With AI
Use AI to develop your strongest service idea, then revise the draft to reflect your real experience, process, scope, and deliverables.
- 1Choose one service idea
- 2Generate a first draft with AI
- 3Review and personalize the draft
- Can I confidently deliver everything described?
- Does the process match how I really work?
- Are the promises and expected results realistic?
- Is anything too broad, vague, or exaggerated?
- Have I added my actual tools, methods, deliverables, and limits?
End goal: Create a clear, realistic service draft for final review.
Copy the prompt, replace the placeholder with one of your service ideas from Step 2, and use the checklist below to confirm the draft is complete.
You are helping me create a service listing for Helios, a platform for manufacturing experts and service providers. Turn the following idea into a clear, practical, and professional service draft that manufacturing customers can quickly understand: Service idea: [Insert your service idea] Write in straightforward language. Focus on the customer's problem, the work being offered, and the value it may provide. Please include: 1. Service Title Create a clear, specific title that describes the work and expected value. 2. Service Description Write 2-3 short paragraphs explaining: - The problem this service helps address - What the service includes - Who it is most useful for - Why the work matters 3. Why Work With Me Create 3-5 concise bullet points highlighting relevant strengths, such as hands-on experience, practical recommendations, industry knowledge, clear communication, or a focus on cost, quality, safety, or efficiency. Only use strengths supported by the information provided. Mark anything that needs confirmation as [Confirm]. 4. How the Service Works Outline 4-5 simple steps from the initial discussion through final delivery. Use steps such as discovery, review, analysis, recommendations, walkthrough, or follow-up when appropriate. 5. What the Customer Receives List 4-5 specific deliverables, such as findings, marked-up documents, recommendations, action plans, training, or a final review. 6. Scope and Limits Clearly state: - What is included - What is not included - What information or access the customer must provide - Any assumptions, limits, or optional add-ons Use practical, professional language. Avoid buzzwords, vague claims, exaggerated promises, and guaranteed outcomes. Do not invent tools, credentials, experience, certifications, results, or deliverables. Mark missing information as [Confirm] so I can personalize the draft.
Replace [Insert your service idea] with one of the ideas you created in Step 2.
Review, Refine, and Publish Your Service
Check that your service is clear, accurate, focused, and realistic—then publish an offering you can confidently deliver.
- 1Read the draft as a customerMake sure the service, scope, and expected result are easy to understand.
- 2Make the draft accurate and specific
- 3Run the INVEST check
- 4Make final edits and publishFix anything that does not pass the checks, then post your service. You can refine it later as you learn from customers.
End goal: Publish a clear, credible, and ready-to-deliver service.
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Review the AI draft and revise it to reflect what you actually do and can confidently deliver.
Use these questions to make sure the service itself is focused, valuable, and ready to deliver.
Explore Practical Service Ideas
Not sure what to offer first? Browse common service formats customers can easily understand and book. Choose one that matches work you already do, then tailor the scope, deliverables, and outcome to your expertise.
- 1Browse the service familiesStart with the category closest to your experience.
- 2Choose one useful ideaPick a service you can confidently deliver.
- 3Make it your ownAdjust the audience, scope, process, and deliverables.
Tip: A focused service is easier for customers to understand, book, and recommend.
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Explore six common service families and adapt any idea to your experience.
Easy-to-Start ServicesSimple ways for customers to access your expertise with a clear purpose and commitment.
- 0130-Minute Project Fit Call
- 0260-Minute Expert Advisory Session
- 03Ask-an-Expert Consultation
- 04Project Scoping Session
- 05Ongoing Expert Office Hours
Reviews & Second OpinionsIndependent reviews that help customers spot risks, compare options, and make better decisions.
- 01Process Review & Improvement Recommendations
- 02Drawing, Model, Checklist, or SOP Review
- 03Tooling, Equipment, or Software Selection Review
- 04Technical Problem Review & Recommended Next Steps
- 05Independent Second Opinion Before a Major Decision
Troubleshooting & Root-Cause SupportFocused support to diagnose recurring problems, identify likely causes, and prioritize next steps.
- 01Recurring Production Issue Diagnosis
- 02Quality Problem Root-Cause Review
- 03Photo, Video, and Documentation Review
- 04Setup, Workflow, or Process Troubleshooting
- 05Corrective-Action Prioritization
Assessments & Improvement PlansFocused assessments that uncover gaps, risks, and practical improvement opportunities.
- 01Process Performance Assessment
- 02Quality or Inspection Readiness Assessment
- 03Safety, Workflow, or Layout Assessment
- 04Cost, Downtime, and Rework Reduction Review
- 05Continuous-Improvement Opportunity Scan
Documentation & Knowledge TransferTurn hard-earned knowledge and inconsistent processes into clear, usable documentation.
- 01SOP Creation or Improvement
- 02Standard Work Checklist Development
- 03Troubleshooting Guide Creation
- 04Knowledge Capture and Training Materials
- 05Best-Practice Documentation for Critical Processes
Training & CoachingPractical services that help people learn, improve, and apply skills on the job.
- 01Focused Operator Training Session
- 02Supervisor or Team Coaching
- 03Plain-Language Technical Training
- 04Custom Lesson or Training Plan
- 05Employee Onboarding and Mentoring