Getting Started
in Financial Consulting
Edward J. Stone
ISBN:
0-471-34814-7 aperback Pages: 304 Copyright:
2000
Comprehensive Coverage
Completely Up-to-date!
A detailed road
map for getting started as an independent financial consultant
Each year,
thousands of people from all walks of life leave the security of their
nine-to-five jobs to pursue careers as independent financial consultants. For a
great many of them, the experience is financially and personally rewarding
beyond their expectations. If you, too, are thinking about taking the big leap
into becoming a financial consultant, but you aren't sure how to go about it,
this book is for you.
How can I be sure
that financial consulting is right for my personality? What kinds of training
and skills do I need to succeed, and how do I get them? What special licenses or
certification are required? How do I find clients and build lasting
relationships with them? With the help of first-person accounts from successful
financial consultants from across the country, expert Edward J. Stone provides
complete answers to these and all your questions concerning:
- Acquiring and
honing key skills, including the all-important "people" skills
- Organizing and
structuring your business
- Indispensable
software tools
- Services you
can offer clients and why you should specialize
- Marketing your
services, targeting clients, and building a solid core clientele
- Why you should
become certified and how to go about it
- Profiling
clients and drawing up formal financial plans
- Dealing with
state and federal regulations
- Contracts and
key legal considerations
- Surviving in a
down market