 Consulting
services: start-up |
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Assess your entrepreneurial
experience and suitability
for the business.
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Assess your idea and formulate
a plan to implement the idea.
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Review business purchases
and contracts for financial
viability, pricing, asset
values, longevity.
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Review past financial statements
of the prospective business
for areas of concern and performance.
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Review projections of future
performance for viability
and practicability.
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Recommend other professional
services warranted, such as
legal and accounting.
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Review business plans for
viability and presentation
to lending institutions or
investors, including physical
presentation.
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Design administrative systems
to maximize efficiency.
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Design efficient and informative
accounting and bookkeeping
systems, using either manual
or software programs.
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Monitor your progress regularly
to ensure success, including
reviewing financial figures,
marketing and sales strategies. |
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| Consulting
services: business growth and
operations |
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 Operations:
Assess and analyze how your
business is currently situated
and identify negative factors.
Offer solutions in areas such
as: |
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Lack of bottom-line profits
• Top-heavy overhead expenses
• Unsatisfactory gross
profits
• Disorganized administrative
systems
• Ineffective accounting
systems
• Employee problems –
lack of motivation, theft, unclear
job descriptions
• Decreasing markets. |
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Financial:
Fully analyze financial statements
for important areas of concern
and suggest and/or design
solutions for problems such
as: |
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Bad debts, top-heavy accounts
receivable
• Unsuccessful collections
and slow-paying customers
• Slow-moving inventory
• Poor cash flow
• Poor inventory control
• Out-of-control accounts
payable
• Late tax payments
to government.
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Marketing:
Review your marketing strategies
and suggest solutions to: |
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• Narrow the focus of
your market
• Reach that market
• Diversify
• Work with the media
for exposure
• Use low-cost, long-term
effective strategies
• Improve verbal and
written communication skills
• Get published and
increase your reputation as
“the expert”
• Use co-marketing strategies
• Home-office isolation.
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Business
growth: Growing physically
bigger isn't always the right
solution. Sometimes working
smarter is the first step
to business growth. If you
are wanting to expand, an
in-depth consultation will
help to identify problems
that may arise before you
make that big decision. A
full review of your business
history, performance, marketplace
share, business plan and future
plans is essential.
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Crisis
management: The failure
rate for small business is
80 to 90 percent. Rather than
be a sad statistic, if you
are experiencing financial
problems, let's talk about
the ten-step plan to review
and rectify the problem. This
includes: |
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Reviewing gross profits and
overhead expenses
• Preparing a bare-bones
budget
• Reviewing marketing
strategies
• Dealing with tax agencies
and trade suppliers
• Turbo-charging collections
• Assessing your mental
and physical shape
• Understanding your
options, including the last
alternative – bankruptcy.
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Looking
after you: A successful
business usually has a healthy,
happy, positive and fit captain
at the helm. Are you making
time for yourself and reaching
for some inner goals? Are
you eating healthily, exercising
and feeling good about who
you are? As a reformed and
unfit workaholic who now jogs,
pushes weights and has lost
30 pounds and feels terrific,
I can offer some suggestions
from experience to getting
your personal life back on
track.
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Where
possible, I will come to your
premises to get a “hands-on”
feel for your business. |
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Consulting
Services: self-publishing
Self-publishing is a serious
business that can create many
financial and emotional heartbreaks
if it is not thoroughly researched
and if your book is not professionally
produced. It can also be an
excellent income generator
and increase your credibility
as an expert in your chosen
field. A consultation can
guide you through: |
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Identifying your true target
market
• Identifying your primary
and secondary markets
• Deciding on print-on-demand
or commercial production
• Understanding all
the steps in the production
process
• Finding recommended
editors, text designers, cover
designers, a distributor and
production consultants
• The various marketing
avenues
• Media coverage and
how to get it
• Knowing what a publicist
can do for you
• Storage, shipping
and distribution channels
• On-line bookstores
• Planning a budget
• Using your book to
increase your “expert”
reputation.
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Fees:
Consulting fees can be structured
in three different ways: |
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Hourly
• Monthly
• Three-month contracts
• All-inclusive contracts. |
