Bert Holtje

How to Start a Home-Based Consulting Business

*Define Your Specialty *Build a Client Base *Make Yourself Indispensable *Create a Fee Structure *Find Trusted Subcontractors and Specialists *Become a Sought-After Expert

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contains everything one needs to know to set themselves up as a home-based consultant, create a demand for their services, and make money. Bert Holtje, an author and a longtime publishing industry consultant, shows how to develop a marketable idea, operate a home-based office, draft winning proposals, sell services, get referrals, set fees, manage finances and time, and conduct Internet marketing. * Define your specialty * Build a client base * Make yourself indispensable * Create a fee structure * Find trusted subcontractors and specialists * Become a sought-after expert

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 188mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780762752652
• ISBN-10: 0762752653
• Artikelnr.: 26884722

Autorenporträt

By Bert Holtje

Inhaltsangabe

All How to Start a Home-Based Business books include:
 
Introduction: 1,500 words
Chapter 1: So You Want to Start a Consulting Business.
Chapter 2: Envisioning the business: possibilities, scope, size.
Chapter 3: What you need in your home office.
Chapter 4: Writing a business plan.
Chapter 5:Getting started.
Chapter 6:Financial planning
Chapter 7:Financial management
Chapter 8:Taxes and record keeping
Chapter 9:Legal and ethical issues
Chapter 10:Marketing your business
Chapter 11: The internet and e-commerce
Chapter 12:Business endgame: stay small, grow, or sell
Chapter 13: Training and certification
Appendix:
* Web Resources
* Organizations
* Trade Shows
* Educational Resources
* Other Useful Information