Start Your Own Consulting Business

Start Your Own Consulting Business
Author: Entrepreneur magazine
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613082673

Leading entrepreneurs into the multi-billion dollar consulting industry, the experts at Entrepreneur show you how to capitalize on your talents to help others achieve their business goals. Coached by experts, learn to define your market, find and keep clients, obtain licenses, set rates, monitor cash flow, hire staff, prepare contracts, agreements, and reports, and more. Includes new interviews with successful consultants, updated answers to frequently asked questions, and a completely refreshed list of the top 20 consulting businesses.

The Everything Start Your Own Consulting Business Book

The Everything Start Your Own Consulting Business Book
Author: Dan Ramsey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2009-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1605509914

Consultants work in all fields. They operate from offices and from home, work for investment firms and as personal trainers, or have expertise as accountants and wedding planners. The independence, flexibility, and potential income it brings make for an exciting and satisfying career. And it’s an increasingly popular one for highly skilled, motivated professionals who’ve been laid off in this unstable economy. This guide features tips and tricks to help beat the competition, including how to: Set—and keep—personal and financial goals Organize important paperwork Price and market specific services Create advertising and publicity plans Grow a business, from finding a partner to managing employees Minimize and eliminate business risks Consultants are paid well for their advice—if they know how to operate a successful business. With advice from experts in a variety of areas, this valuable guide helps you create the business of your dreams!

Consulting Success

Consulting Success
Author: Michael Zipursky
Publisher: Consulting Success
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781775041115

How can you take your skills and expertise and package and present it to become a successful consultant? There are proven time-tested principles, strategies, tactics and best-practices the most successful consultants use to start, run and grow their consulting business. Consulting Success teaches you what they are. In this book you'll learn: - How to position yourself as a leading expert and authority in your marketplace - Effective marketing and branding materials that get the attention of your ideal clients - Strategies to increase your fees and earn more with every project - The proposal template that has generated millions of dollars in consulting engagements - How to develop a pipeline of business and attract ideal clients - Productivity secrets for consultants including how to get more done in one week than most people do in a month - And much, much more

How to Build a Pharmacy Consulting Business

How to Build a Pharmacy Consulting Business
Author: Blair Thielemier
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2016-03-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530354207

How to Build a Pharmacy Consulting Business: Your Rx for Finding Freedom and Loving Your Career Not only will you get all the content within this Kindle eBook, but you will also get access to the Pharmapreneur Community Newsletter by visiting BTPharmacyConsulting.com and entering your email address! Attention Pharmacists: Have you ever wondered what opportunities exist for pharmacy consultants? Are you feeling burned out by your pharmacy career? If so, is it the long hours, inflexibility, workplace stress or not being able to use your clinical knowledge that bothers you most? One way to explore pharmacy consulting and stretch your clinical muscles is by conducting Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services in your current position. In this book, I take it one step further and teach you how to offer pharmacist-led clinical services in various practice settings. Are you ready for a career change? One key to achieving your Dream Career is through entrepreneurship. Owning your own consulting business can help you regain your passion for pharmacy and find freedom at the same time. Learn how to build, structure and grow your business in the first ever step-by-step guide based on the Pharmapreneur Academy's successful flagship course. I will take you step-by-step through the process using examples to show you the many opportunities that exist for pharmacy consultants. This book contains the information I wish I had known when first starting my business. Now, I want to share all the tips and tricks that I have learned with you to decrease your learning curve and kickstart your new business. Join me as I blow your mind with the many opportunities for pharmacy consultants! What Is Included In This Book: Benefits of Being an Entrepreneur Downsides of Being an Entrepreneur Skills of the Entrepreneur Skills of the Business Owner Main Types of Consulting Services Options for Reimbursement Identifying Your Target Market Marketing 101: Value Over Cost Developing Your Educational (Marketing) Materials Contacting Your Leads Contracting with Major MTM Platforms Social Media Networking And more! It is truly amazing what arming someone with the right information can do. Within just days of reading this book, pharmacists from around the country began emailing me thanking me for putting this information into one succinct guide. What are you waiting for? Scroll up and click the "buy" button to get started building your Dream Career.

Managing The Professional Service Firm

Managing The Professional Service Firm
Author: David H. Maister
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1471109658

Professional service firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first they provide highly customised services thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services are highly personalised, involving the skills of individuals. Such firms must therefore compete not only for clients but also for talented professionals. Drawing on more than ten years of research and consulting to these unique and creative companies, David Maister explores issues ranging from marketing and business development to multinational strategies, human resources policies to profit improvement, strategic planning to effective leadership. While these issues can be complex, Maister simplifies them by recognising that 'every professional service firm in the world, regardless of size, specific profession, or country of operation, has the same mission statement: outstanding service to clients, satisfying careers for its people and financial success for its owners.'

Odyssey --The Business of Consulting

Odyssey --The Business of Consulting
Author: Imelda K. Butler
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2015-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498729134

This book provides consultants with a career framework to build, grow, and transform their consulting businesses by becoming brilliant at the basics. The Odyssey process challenges current thinking and offers a methodology to help readers rise to the top of the profession by applying leading-edge techniques and methodologies.An ideal companion to t

Owning It

Owning It
Author: Kris Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781946533654

Starting a Consulting Practice May be Your Best Career Move ....and this book may be your best first step If you have struggled with questions like these: How do I create a meaningful career? How do I make more money? How do I take control of my career and do more of the work I love? Is it possible to have both a career and a life? Then this book is for you In Owning It, Kris Taylor shares candid insights on how she leveraged her professional expertise into a consulting business that has provided her with a six figure income for over 15 years. As the founder of Evergreen Leadership and now LEAP, LLC, Kris has built two consulting practices that enables her to do meaningful work, an income potential that exceeds what she ever expected and the freedom and flexibility to live life on her own terms. Warning: If you are happy with your career, your earning power and your ability to integrate your work with the rest of your life, this is not the book for you. This is also not a book about selling in a multi-level marketing scheme. Owning It is for professionals who want to launch their own professional consulting business and who want to learn from someone who has had a successful small consulting business working with companies, big and small, across the globe. In this book you'll learn why over 50% of the professionals in the workplace will be working independently in by 2028 and why those who are currently independent say they would not go back to full time employment at any salary Pick up this book to learn about the workplace trends that make starting your own consulting firm a great choice for so many high performing professionals. You'll be able to assess your readiness for making the leap to independence and identify any problem areas that you'll need to overcome. And the best part is that Kris shares practical tips that took years to her to learn. In this book you'll discover: 10 trends affecting white collar workers that threaten traditional employment Six personal and practical reasons professionals choose independence Making room in the middle: the sweet spot between the big 4 consulting groups and temporary workers Four ways to start your own small consulting business Five must have skills for independents Seven warning signs that independence might not be for you Ten things to know before you go independent Compelling reasons companies work with independent professionals Overcoming your own resistance and fears when doing something big How to get started as an independent professional consultant As a special bonus, when you purchase Owning It, you'll have access to download these free valuable tools to help you get off to a good start: The Biz 101 Checklist which gives you the 10 steps to successfully launch a small consulting business A recorded webinar: 10 Steps to Starting Your Own Consulting Business A recorded webinar: Your Income Potential as an Independent Consultant

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development
Author: Brant Cooper
Publisher: Anchor Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Customer relations
ISBN: 9780982743607

Presents a framework for starting and building new businesses based on the authors' insight that "most startups fail because they didn't develop their market". Based on Steve Blank's 2005 book 'The four steps to the Epiphany', this non-fiction novella aims to help readers to develop customer development.

Million Dollar Consulting

Million Dollar Consulting
Author: Alan Weiss
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2009-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071626190

The Long-Awaited Update for Buildinga Thriving Consultancy Completely updated for today’s busier-than-ever consultants, this classic guide covers the ins andouts for competing and winning in this ultracompetitive field. You’ll find step-by-step advice on howto raise capital, attract clients, create a marketing plan, and grow your business into a $1 million-per-yearfirm, plus brand-new material on: Blogging and social networking Global consulting Delegating labor Profiting in a troubled market Retainer business Internet marketing Praise for the previous editions of Million Dollar Consulting: “If you’re interested in becoming a rich consultant, this book is a must read.” Robert F. Mager, founder and president, Mager Associates, and member of the Training & Development Hall of Fame “Blast out of the per diem trap and into value billing.” Jim Kennedy, founder, publisher, and editor, Consultants News “The advice on developing price structure alone is worth a hundred times the price of the book.” William C. Byham, Ph.D., author of Zapp! “Must reading for those who are beginning a practice orseeking to upgrade an existing practice.” Victor H. Vroom, John G. Searle Professor, School of Management, Yale University

Getting Started in Consulting

Getting Started in Consulting
Author: Alan Weiss
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119542154

The definitive guide to getting out of the office and getting into consulting Getting Started in Consulting, Fourth Edition is the acclaimed real-world blueprint to professional and financial freedom. For nearly two decades, this invaluable resource has helped thousands of people quit the daily grind and become their own boss. This practical and motivational guide provides the tools and knowledge to control your future and secure your fortune. From establishing goals and sorting out the legal and financial paperwork, to advanced marketing strategies and relationship building techniques, this indispensable book offers step-by-step instructions for you to establish and grow your own consultancy business. This extensively revised and updated fourth edition includes new and expanded coverage on topics including utilizing informal media, changes in legal and financial guidelines, key distinctions of wholesale and retail businesses, and much more. Author Alan Weiss delivers expert advice on how to combine minimal overhead with optimal organization to produce maximum income. Every step in the process is clearly explained, including financing, marketing, bookkeeping, establishing your fees, and more. This guide is a comprehensive, one-stop source for everything you need to prosper in the rapidly expanding world of private consultancy. Adopt a pragmatic and profitable strategy to achieve incredible results from your consultancy business Learn to identify and address the most commons issues facing your prospects and clients Leverage technology to reduce labor, maximize profitability, and increase discretionary time Access sample budgets, case studies, references and appendices, downloadable tools and forms, and online resources The modern business landscape presents unique opportunities for those willing to take the leap from corporate offices to home offices. Getting Started in Consulting, Fourth Edition is the must-have guide for anyone seeking to cut their own path to their own consulting business.