Please note: this is an eBook. It's a pdf file you can read on your computer, blackberry, iphone etc, or print as often as you like. You buy the rights to use it yourself, and you may not on-sell or forward it to others. There is NO hard copy of the Australian Consultant's Guide unless you borrow the 1999 version from your local library. This eBook was updated in November 2008.

The Australian Consultant's Guide, the preferred guide for new and old consultants since 1999, is now available in eBook format. The original Australian Consultant's Guide from 1999 sold more than 5000 copies in its first year. The new e-version is even better because it's up-to-date and you can print the forms and checklists as often as you like.

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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Short description
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.

Reader emails
"... I can't tell you what an invaluable find it has been. How I wish I had your book from the start! Now that I am setting up my own consultancy, with the help of your book I am going to be well on track towards making a success. Today I checked out your website and will get your Mastery book, too!"

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"Your book has answered many questions by providing the nuts and bolts of consulting".

"I am currently a management consultant with one of the Big 5, 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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The Australian Consultant's
Guide by Cindy Tonkin

ISBN: 9780975714133 (Ebook) Dimensions (in cm): 21 x 29 cm (A4) 120 Pages

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Please note: You are buying an eBook. It's a pdf file you can read on your computer, blackberry, iphone etc, and print as often as you like for your own use.

You buy the rights to use it yourself, and you may not on-sell or forward it to others.

There is NO hard copy of the Australian Consultant's Guide unless you borrow the 1999 version from your local library. This eBook was updated in November 2008.