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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
A Quick Look at What's Inside Our Manual

1.	Introduction

2.	Layout of The Manual A summary of what you’ll find inside and how it’s organized

3.	Characteristics of a Consultant What makes a good consultant? How to identify your strengths and weaknesses? What's right for you?

4.	Characteristics of Consulting/Types of Consulting Practice What types of consulting are available to you and which type should you choose? There are important differences between the various types – some things to consider.

5.	Marketing Strategy We discuss how to nail that first assignment. What strategies work and how do you build an effective marketing program. Who is your competition, what are they doing, and how do you get the jump on them. We’ve also added tips on that critical step of proposal writing.

6.	Financial Planning It’s important to run you consulting practice as a business and that means financial planning. We discuss profit and loss calculations, cash flow projections, and break even analysis as it pertains to consulting.

7.	Operational Planning Planning the day to day operations is essential. You’ll need great time management. (Take a look at our ‘Time Management’ book below – It’s free when you order) Don’t overlook this part.

8.	Planning the Project Itself Of course, it is vitally important to plan your consulting projects properly. We talk about critical success factors for conducting a project that will have the client asking you back over and over again. We also give you a second free book – ‘Your Guide to Successfully Setting Goals’ – when you buy the manual. This is important information when planning a project

9.	A Word about Organization and Structure We don’t give legal advice but we touch on some points you should consider before setting up your practice

10.	Build the Business Planning your practice as a business – that’s different from planning your consulting projects. It’s an important distinction. Your business runs in parallel with your consulting projects. Plan it right from the beginning and you save yourself lots of headaches. This section covers all the elements of business planning. This information builds on financial and operational planning.

11.	Final Thoughts Finally a few thought to get you started, and, of course, we’ve included all the Appendixes with the forms and illustrations discussed throughout.

In total you get more than 170 pages of material in three books all designed to help you set your consulting practice in motion.

In addition to all this and due to the current recession, we are pricing this package at just $9.95, (regularly $19.95) giving you a $10.00 savings. There’s no shipping charges with instant download, and, of course, we continue to offer a 90 day money back guarantee. Use Paypal or a major credit card. We’ve tried our best to offer real value and real convenience.

And, before you go any farther, here’s something that might help even if you don’t purchase the manual.

Look, when company budgets get tight, these companies react by eliminating positions. Not only existing positions but also open positions waiting to be filled. Work slows down as demand falls for the company’s products and services. But the problem is that organizations are often not very good at striking a balance between staffing levels and the changing demand they are seeing in the market place. Many times they foolishly let key people go or they lay off too many people. They may use salary as a guide for a layoff – how does this make sense? They lay off the most senior, knowledgeable staffers because they cost more. Makes no sense. They cost more because they know more.

As a consultant you can actually take advantage of this inversion of logic. Once the dust settles these companies begin to realize they still have business requirements needing the very skills they just terminated. This is where you have a consulting opportunity. You can either go back to your former employer and sell them a consulting assignment (at a much higher rate, of course) or sell your skills to other companies facing the same dilemma. Most companies will almost certainly misjudge balancing their staff against the changing demand picture – and therein lies an opportunity for the consultant to fill the gaps left by the layoffs.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not easy but it may help you open some doors. I get into this sort of thing and more in the manual but I have a feeling that times are going to get much worse, so try to be as prepared as you can.

And don’t forget the special offer I describe above - $9.95 for the whole package – the ‘How to be a Consultant’ manual plus the two free books plus the 90 day guarantee. Read more about the material below.

It looks like an economic storm has rolled in. If you need to find a new career and are at all serious about getting into consulting, I urge you to take advantage of this opportunity now. You may be worried about being laid off, you may have already been laid off, or you may just be thinking about what you would do if your company ran into trouble. Regardless, it just might be a good time to get thing underway. Read about the manual below and consider adding it to your resources and reference materials.

What I am offering here is a unique, one of a kind, practical guide designed for the person who has always thought about being a consultant but didn’t know quite how to go about it. I decided to write this manual because of the experiences I had 35 years ago after I was laid off and began trying to get my own consulting practice started. It wasn’t easy but I did it and along the way learned lots of lessons. Now I’ve organized those and are making them available to you in this easy to use manual. I have spent time with presidents of billion dollar companies, discussing their future. And, I have worked with managers, VP’s, dock hands, production line workers and others in cities coast to coast and overseas.

You get 35 years of experience behind this powerful manual, all for a very nominal cost, and it is especially designed to help you take those important first steps.

They’re in the manual. I call them ‘Consulting Success Keys’ and I’ll talk about these in length. Then, if you decide consulting is for you, just knowing these three key factors will put you far ahead of your competition. If you decide to start a consulting practice then you’ll want to immediately start working on these three key actions. You’ll find the first one on page 20.

You’ll learn, for example, the one critically important key ingredient of every successful consulting practice. Master this one key skill and you are more than 50% there. We’ll discuss it in length. You’ll find out about this valuable skill starting on page 33.

You’ll get tips on setting your billing rate, and what financial analysis you absolutely need to have down pat before launching a practice.

We’ll disclose the four essential legs of the ‘consulting platform’ . . . these are the four things that you must be able to do well to succeed. These are what the pro’s focus on. If you asked them, they might tell you, but you can get it straight from someone with a lifetime of consulting experience to back it up. It’s all in the manual. Do these four things right and you are well on your way. These four ‘legs’ pull it all together and serve as the support for a successful practice.

Thirty-five years ago I had to start from scratch, without the kind of help you can find here. In the manual I tell you what it took to build my consulting practice. I would have paid hundreds for the information crammed into this manual, had it been available. Now you can get it all for about the cost of a decent meal.

The truth of the matter is that starting a practice is difficult. You need to gather information from as many sources and mentors as possible. Start with our manual and lay a solid foundation…then, build on what you’ve learned.”

That’s right. I’m so sure you’ll find the information I’ve gathered together in this handy ebook so compelling and valuable that I’ll make the following promise. If after ninety days you don’t believe the material is worth the price, then we’ll give you a full refund, no questions asked. Just read the material, take the time to seriously consider the information presented, and work through the exercises. There’s no risk. You have nothing to lose and plenty to gain.

This is not the stuff you get from academics who have spent their entire lives in classrooms. I’ve spent more than 35 years slogging across the country and around the world consulting to companies from Fortune 500 giants to small operations. But I have always wanted to put together some material to help others seeking to follow a similar path. I believe I have done that with this manual. This is knowledge that has been hard won and that you simply won’t find anywhere else.

. . . And, if you act now, as a bonus I’ll add two companion ebooks for free which I recently obtained and can pass along to you at no cost. Both of these books will help support your consulting efforts. Written by top professionals, these two volumes: "Ultimate Techniques for Time Management" and "Your Guide for Successfully Setting Goals" contains valuable information whether you launch a consulting career or pursue some other enterprise. The Time Management book presents interesting topics such as the ’Time Cage’ what it is and how to deal with it, ‘Time Killers’ and how to overcome them, as well as managing the ‘Burnout Syndrome’.

In the "Your Guide for Successfully Setting Goals" book, the author presents the key points of goal setting and what to do when goal setting goes wrong. This is valuable information regardless of what field you’re in.

I believe the "Six Steps . ." manual is essential reading for anyone thinking about becoming a consultant. Even if you work through our material and decide consulting is not for you, there are valuable lessons to be learned about how to assess your professional attributes and plan for a new venture. . . any new venture. And you get the Time Management plus the Goal Setting books for free . . . all with a money back guarantee. Get started on the right track. Order today. See below for details.

Louis Benton, Principal
Five Point Ventures, LLC
Management & IT Consultants
Plano, Texas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF CONTENTS