Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.
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Contents
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The business of consulting -- 2. How to get clients : direct marketing methods -- 3. How to get clients : indirect marketing methods -- 4. Marketing consultant services to the public sector -- 5. Making the initial interview a success -- 6. How to write a proposal -- 7. Pricing your services -- 8. What you must know about consulting contracts -- 9. Planning and scheduling the consulting project -- 10. Negotiating with your client -- 11. How to solve your client's problems easily -- 12. How to research a consulting project -- 13. The importance of ethics in consulting -- 14. Making professional presentations -- 15. What a computer can do for you in consulting -- 16. What the Internet can do for you in consulting -- 17. How to run your consulting business -- Epilogue -- appendix A. References useful to consultants -- appendix B. Sample consultant's brochure -- appendix C. The consultant's questionnaire and audit -- appendix D. An expensive consulting proposal -- appendix E. Associations of consultants -- Index.