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Whether you are considering starting a consulting business or you are a veteran consultant, Successful Independent Consulting provides valuable information designed to make your business a success.
"If you want to be a consultant but don't know anything about setting up or running your own business, or are thinking about becoming a consultant, this book can help you turn your career experience into a consulting business"
--Ed Martin, About.com
"Successful Independent Consulting is not a book bogged down with legal terms or financial script, but communicates necessary information in a refreshingly quick and to-the-point manner."
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 Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live
by Daniel H. Pink. Warner Books, 2001.
Mr. Pink traveled across the country interviewing indepenent workers for this book. This provocative account of the “free agent” revolution reveals how independent workers are changing our political, educational, and family institutions.
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 A New Brand of Expertise, How Independent Consultants, Free Agents, and Interim Managers are Transforming the World of Work
by McGovern, Marion & Russell, Dennis. Butterworth-Heinemann. 2001
This is another book that examines the "free-agent" marketplace. It discusses how companies can leverage a pool of experienced professionals on a project or interim basis, and how consultants can position themselves for success. The book provides many examples and case studies.
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 The Concise Guide to Becoming an Independent Consultant
Holtz, Herman. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Mr. Holtz wrote the definitive text on consulting. This book is an abridged version of his best-selling How to Succeed as an Independent Consultant. Of particular interest is his information on marketing to government institutions.
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 Adams Streetwise Independent Consulting
Kintler, David. Holbrook. Adams Media Corporation, 1997.
This book is part of the Adams Streetwise® series. It contains several excellent examples of business plans and proposals.
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 Making Money in Technical Writing
Kent, Peter. Arco Pub, 1997.
If you're interested in starting a consulting business as a technical writer, this is a good book to read. It is an update to Mr. Kent's Technical Writer's Freelancing Guide published in 1992.
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 Guide to Self-Employment
National Business Employment Weekly. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1996.
Shows how to take advantage of corporate "downsizing" by exploring alternative career possibilities such as consulting, freelancing, starting a small business, and purchasing a franchise. The book discusses the rewards and risks involved in each of these options.
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 The Computer Consultants Workbook
Ruhl, Janet. Technion Books, 1996.
An excellent companion to Ms. Ruhl's other books. She provides worksheets to help potential computer consultants prepare their business.
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 Answers for Computer Contractors
Ruhl, Janet. Technion Books, 1996.
Ms. Ruhl Draws on data from The Real Rate Survey and on contributions from successful computer contractors to show you what it takes to get the big money contracts.
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 How to Make It BIG in the Seminar Business
Karasik, Paul. McGrawHill. 1995.
This is an excellent, well-written book on developing and marketing seminars for your business.
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 The Contract and Fee Setting Guide for Consultants & Professionals
Shenson, Howard L. John Wiley & Sons, 1990.
This book takes a textbook approach to contracts and setting fees. In addition to these subjects, it also discusses proposals.
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Marketing
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 On Target : The Book on Marketing Plans
Berry, Tim & Wilson, Wilson. Palo Alto Software, Inc. 2000
A marketing plan is important to any business. This book can help you through the planning process by providing a step-by-step guide. It provides a methodology for channeling what you know into a sequenced, orderly plan that you can implement.
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 Getting Business to Come to You : A Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide to Attracting All the Business You Can Enjoy
by Edwards, Paul; Edwards, Sarah; & Clampitt, Laura. J P Tarcher. 1998
Columnists Paul & Sarah Edwards provide extensive marketing tips to help you market and grow your business.
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 Guerrilla Marketing Online Weapons
Levinson, Jay Conrad and Charles Rubin. Houghton Mifflin. 1996.
This book in the Guerilla Marketing series provides 100 low-cost methods for marketing a small business on the Internet and through email.
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 Guerilla Marketing Weapons
Levinson, Jay Conrad and Charles Rubin. Plume. 1990.
This book in the Guerilla Marketing series provides 100 low-cost methods for marketing a small business.
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Certification
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 A+ All-In-One Certification Exam Guide
Michael D. Meyers.
McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. 2001
Written by the industry's leading authority on A+ Certification, this reference covers all material on both the Core Hardware and Operating System Technologies exams. The book includes a bonus CD-ROM that contains practice tests, hundreds of questions, and video clips.
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 A Programmer's Guide to Java (tm) Certification
Khalid Azim Mughal, Rolf Rasmussen. Addison-Wesley Pub Co. 1999.
This book prepares programmers who want to take Sun Microsystems' Sun Certified Programmer exam (Sun CJPE). It prepares programmers for the CJPE by demonstrating sound Java programming skills and covering the core language and all the major APIs.
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Legal/Taxes
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 422 Tax Deductions for Businesses & Self-Employed Individuals (3rd Ed)
Bernard Kamoroff, CPA. Bell Springs Publishing. 2001.
This book is targeted at small businesses, contractors, independent professionals, freelancers, and home businesses. The tax deductions listed are legitimate business deductions that accountants forget to ask their clients about or that the IRS chooses not to emphasize.
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 SmallTime Operator (25th ed)
Bernard Kamoroff, C.P.A. Bell Springs Publishing, 2000
This book should be a permanent part of your business library! It's an excellent guide to bookkeeping for a small company written for the layman. Mr. Kamoroff updates this book regularly to keep up with changing tax laws.
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 Hiring Independent Contractors: The Employer's Legal Guide
Stephen Fishman. Nolo. 2000.
This book provides information for companies that want to hire independent contractors. It includes a CD with example agreements.
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 J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Your Home-Based Business: The Ultimate Tax Handbook for Self-Employed Professionals, Consultants, and Freelancers
Gary W. Carter. John Wiley & Sons. 2000.
This book provides a tax handbook for consultants, self-employed professionals, and freelancers This revised and updated edition answers the home-based business owner's tax questions. The book includes forms, detailed information about new tax laws, and comprehensive information on deductible expenses.
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Women in Business
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 The Stay-At-Home Mom's Guide to Making Money from Home : Choosing the Business That's Right for You Using the Skills and Interests You Already Have
Folger, Liz. Prima Publishing. 2000
This revised edition shows you how to launch a successful home-based businesses and still be a successful mom. Liz Folger is host to a nationally syndicated column and an e-newsletter. She’s also a stay-at-home mom. She describes how to make money from a home-based business and includes personal tips and advice from real moms with successful home-based businesses.
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 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women
Huff, Priscilla. Prima Pub. 1998.
Thousands of women are seeking creative ways to combine raising their family at home while maintaining a career. In this fully revised edition of her best-selling book, renowned home-based business entrepreneur Priscilla Huff shows you up-to-date, expert advice on choosing the perfect home-based business and how to get started. The book also provides interviews with businesswomen who share their stories of success and financial reward and give advice on what works and what doesn't.
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 The Enterprising Woman
Florence, Mari. Warner Books. 1997.
Experts estimate that by the year 2000, one half of all businesses in America will be women owned. This book is an essential guide for women business owners regardless of the size of their business. Organized by field, each chapter contains expert advice, how-to information on day-to-day business operations, and inspirational profiles of successful entrepreneurs such as Judith Jamison, Kate Cheney Chappel, and Alice Waters.
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 The Women's Business Resource Guide : A National Directory of over 800 Programs, Resources, and Organizations to Help Women Start or Expand a Business
Littman, Barbara. NTC/Contemporary Publishing. 1996.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this unique reference lists over 800 programs, contacts and publications for women business owners. It includes information about federal, state, and private resources designed to meet the needs of female entrepreneurs, with descriptions of training programs for minority and disadvantaged women, and more. An outstanding guide for women entrepreneurs!
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