Inside the Technical Consulting Business

Harvey Kaye

• 18 december 1997
• 9780471183419

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This book shows engineers how to become consultants and leads them through the process of starting and managing their own business. It supplies marketing, client relations, and self-management know-how based on the author's 20+ years in consulting.

Join the thousands of professionals who have already gotten Inside the Technical Consulting Business — and discover how to channel your technical know-how into an exciting career as an independent consultant. This Third Edition of Harvey Kaye's bestselling guide gives you the focused, no-nonsense help you need to start and run your own consulting practice in today's ultracompetitive environment. What's inside: Setting up your consulting business. The lowdown on finances, record-keeping, office space, taxes, and choosing the form of business organization that's right for you.

Insider's guide to proposals and contracts. Gives plenty of examples to use in your own consulting practice.

Marketing secrets your boss never told you. Tips on creating demand for your services and keeping your clients coming back for repeat business.

PLUS ALL-NEW MATERIAL ON:

• Creating your personal strategic marketing plan. A step-by-step guide to developing and maintaining your competitive edge.
• Learn from the pros. "Meet the Pros" interviews show how successful consultants handled some of the very problems you're likely to encounter.
• Building successful client relationships. The inside scoop on keeping clients happy while protecting your own professional interests.
• The technical challenges of consulting. A consultant's primer on problem-solving, coping with the information explosion, and organizing for maximum productivity.

Join the thousands of professionals who have already gotten Insidethe Technical Consulting Business -- and discover how to channelyour technical know-how into an exciting career as an independentconsultant. This Third Edition of Harvey Kaye's bestselling guidegives you the focused, no-nonsense help you need to start and runyour own consulting practice in today's ultracompetitiveenvironment. What's inside: Setting up your consulting business.The lowdown on finances, record-keeping, office space, taxes, andchoosing the form of business organization that's right foryou.

Insider's guide to proposals and contracts. Gives plenty ofexamples to use in your own consulting practice.

Marketing secrets your boss never told you. Tips on creating demandfor your services and keeping your clients coming back for repeatbusiness.

PLUS ALL-NEW MATERIAL ON:
* Creating your personal strategic marketing plan. A step-by-stepguide to developing and maintaining your competitive edge.
* Learn from the pros. "Meet the Pros" interviews show howsuccessful consultants handled some of the very problems you'relikely to encounter.
* Building successful client relationships. The inside scoop onkeeping clients happy while protecting your own professionalinterests.
* The technical challenges of consulting. A consultant's primer onproblem-solving, coping with the information explosion, andorganizing for maximum productivity.