How to Make It Big as a
Consultant
Independent consulting offers
some of the best job perks around. (How else can you make your own hours, choose the
people you'll work for, and authorize your own salary increases?) But, with so many
important decisions to be made, getting started in consulting can be a tricky prospect.
How much should you charge? What type of language should be in your contract? How can you
find clients? Without guidance, it could take years to figure out all the basics of the
business.
Luckily, How to Make It Big
as a Consultant answers all your questions in one handy volume. This third edition of the
classic, best-selling guide is completely updated and features new sections on how to do
effective research into materials, products, and capital, and how to use the Internet to
create business opportunities. Like its predecessor, this version offers all the basics of
how to successfully set up and maintain a consulting business, including sections on
getting clients, pricing your services, and developing contracts as well as a sample
brochure, proposal, and audit.
"Highly recommended
for its expertise and no-nonsense approach.... One of the best business books of the
year." Library Journal
"All necessary steps
to break into consulting are examined in a straightforward, easy-to-read style. Anyone
considering starting a consulting firm can avoid common start-up dilemmas by first
consulting this book." New Business Opportunities
William A. Cohen, Ph.D. is a
business professor and former department chairman at California State University in Los
Angeles. As Director of the Small Business Institute, he built the program into one of the
country's largest supervising consulting for more than 700 small businesses. He is the
author of the first two editions of this book, as well as The. Art of the Leader and
Building a Mail Order Business. He lives in Pasadena, California.
348 pages