Start Your Own Consulting Business Your Step-by-step Guide to Success

Get Paid for Your Experience Want to strike out on your own and take control of your job security? Become a consultant-it could be a lucrative move. Whether you're a computer whiz, a business expert or a fundraising dynamo, your special skills are in demand. Learn everything you need to know to turn your expertise into a profitable business. Learn how to: Assess your skills Define your market Find and keep clients Obtain licenses Set rates Monitor cash flow Hire staff Use the internet to boost business Prepare contracts, agreements and reports And more! With answers to frequently asked questions, an appendix of additional resources, and a valuable list of the top 20 consulting businesses thriving today, this guide puts you on the road to success. Interviews with successful consultants offer valuable insight into how they have taken their careers into their own hands-and how you can, too!Sandlin, Eileen Figure is the author of 'Start Your Own Consulting Business Your Step-by-step Guide to Success', published 2006 under ISBN 9781599180489 and ISBN 1599180480.