ISBN: 0-9757141-2-0 (Paperback) 0-9757141-3-9 (Ebook)

Dimensions (in cm): 21 x 29 cm (A4)
120 Pages

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The Australian Consultant's Guide 2006 version is now available in paperback and ebook. It is essentially the same book as the original Consultant's Guide, which sold more than 5000 copies. The difference is that it has been updated to include anything which has changed since 1999 when it was originally published.

Review of the original Australian Consultant's Guide
With my 23 years of self-employment experience, I'm a tough reviewer of such guides and this one passes my stringent tests of usefulness, practicality and reality. You can learn more about this highly suitable author on this subject at www.consultantsconsultant.com.au. The Appendices of templates and worksheets for your own business are particularly useful as well as chapters on Knowing What to Charge and Ways to Market Services. An abundance of practical resources.
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Written for the emerging Australian consultant, The Australian Consultants' Guide provides practical advice and solutions to inform and inspire would-be consultants, contractors and freelancers entering the world of independent business.

This book guides you to consultancy success by examining topics such as:

• creating a personal business plan
• setting up your workplace
• generating business quickly
• marketing and pricing your services

A range of easy-to-use checklists and templates, including the "magic charge-out" formula, enable consultants to become effective and time-efficient professionals. Chapter summaries allow for easy reference and a consulting phrase book explains the industry's jargon.

The Australian Consultants' Guide will allow you to travel risk-free to a growing new area of Australian business.

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"I am currently a management consultant with one of the Big 5 (Deloittes), and have been with them for 5 years, travelling all over the country and the world. Also, I'm "in transition" to another career - more consulting, this time in image. It is a new direction for me, and I have been seeking out people and resources that can help/support me in my new endeavour. So your book is a perfectly timed "find" for me".

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"I am reading your Australian Consultant's Guide. It is excellent and very helpful as I have just started my own consulting company".

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