Alan Weiss

As an experienced consultant, you'll find this unique book an invaluable aid in establishing the leverage needed to bring highly-qualified prospects and new business to your doorstep. Written by Alan Weiss--an internationally recognized expert in consulting and marketing--this essential resource, the second book in The Ultimate Consultant Series, will help you develop the skills you need to achieve valuable brand recognition quickly and effectively. How to Establish a Unique Brand in the Consulting Profession will help you create a brand that will make you "Number One" in your particular areas of excellence, no matter how broad or narrow. And, perhaps worth the price alone, the book offers a glimpse into the important trends that are shaping the future of branding. "Alan Weiss should be branded as The Consultant's Consultant! His new book, How to Establish a Unique Brand in the Consulting Profession, is another proof of the value of his insights into the marketing and strategy of the consulting profession. He's right on the mark in terms of what consultants typically don't do and certainly need to do to succeed."--William C. Byham, chairman and CEO, Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI)

The practical toolbox for readers of Million Dollar Consulting This useful guide provides specific checklists, guidelines, templates, and actual examples for every step of the consulting process. It covers marketing, sales, meetings, implementation, follow-up, invoicing, practice management, insurance, equipment, subcontracting, and scores of other elements. Thousands of people have bought Weiss's Million Dollar Consulting and started their own consultancy. Now, this handy resource goes hand-in-hand to provide all the tools new consultants need to enact all the recommendations and ideas in Million Dollar Consulting. Alan Weiss, PhD (East Greenwich, RI), has consulted for hundreds of organizations around the world, including Mercedes-Benz, Hewlett-Packard, Merck, Chase, American Press Institute, and the Times-Mirror Group. He is the author of 12 books, including Getting Started in Consulting (0-471-47969-1) and Organizational Consulting (0-471-26378-8).

Praise for Organizational Consulting "Alan grasps the very essence of organizational consulting. It’s not about foolish fads or mindless meetings, it’s about relationships, trust and focusing on key issues with a sense of urgency that gets results. His principles and techniques are easy to understand and apply." –Pam Farr former senior vice president Marriott Lodging, Marriott International, Inc. "What first appeals about Organizational Consulting is the pragmatic, battle-tested advice. However, the real gem is the underlying ethic–a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and rigor–that will change how you feel about being an HR professional." –David Creelman Chief of Content & Research HR.com "A must-read for internal consultants–this book provides a clear road map for success." –Marilyn Martiny Total Customer Experience and Quality Manager Hewlett-Packard

Great Consulting Challenges: And How to Surmount Them shows how consultants can use the wisdom gleaned from Weiss's own practice and from other seasoned members of the profession to help overcome persistent problems and next-level challenges. Weiss explains that as consultants' careers develop and become more sophisticated and complex, so do the challenges they encounter. For example, the question of price competition occurs at every level of the consulting business, yet the techniques for astutely resolving the issue can be vastly different for the veteran consultant as compared to the novice who is merely trying to establish a new business. In this book, Alan Weiss discusses the great consulting challenges in key areas such as marketing, selling, delivery, and practice management and offers practical advice for overcoming common problems and learning to thrive as a consultant.

Follow the expert advice in this book--the fourth in The Ultimate Consultant Series--and you won't fall victim to the success plateau that undermines many consultants. If you feel that your work has become easier, it may be that you're not climbing "up" but rather moving laterally. And, sooner or later, your plateau will begin to erode and you'll find yourself on a decline. In How to Acquire Clients, Alan Weiss, internationally recognized consultant and author of the best-selling Million Dollar Consulting, shows you how to continue to move "up the mountain."

The Ultimate Consultant--the first book in a series written for experienced practitioners--is filled with helpful interviews and vignettes from an array of successful consultants from around the world, and offers the templates, examples, information, and tools you need to transform your business. This essential, hands-on resource includes: *Forty tips that can increase your fees--tomorrow *Ten tested techniques for springboarding to potential clients *Information on how you can make money while you sleep with newsletters, audio and video, commercial and self-publishing *Ten-criteria to test peer-level collaborators *The simplest, most effective time management tool ever *50 techniques to enhance life balance With this indispensable resource as your guide you can learn how to become an ultimate consultant and take your business to new heights!

A guide to making money through professional speaking. The book offers tips and techniques for reaching the ranks of the highest paid speakers and checklists, resources and actual examples are also provided.