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Are you a consultant or a contractor?
You've hung your consultant shingle, but are you truly fulfilling the role? Learn the differences between consultants and contractors, and find out about two dangerous career traps. by Comprehensive Solutions
Tags: Consultant, Contractor, Role, Consulting, Outsourcing, Professional Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Career, Comprehensive Solutions
Blog posts 2008-08-04
IT consultant strategies for weathering economic downturns
Check out these tips for keeping your consulting business afloat when the economy is tanking. Chip Camden discusses five marketing tips from Steve McKee and provides six do's and don'ts of his own. by Chip Camden
Tags: Information Technology, Business, Client, Consulting, Chip Camden, Outsourcing, Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Finance, Marketing
Blog posts 2008-07-28
Harassed for attempting to transition from employee to consultant
When a TechRepublic member told his employer that he planned to resign and work for a small consulting firm which had been a vendor, his boss threatened to sue the new firm. Find out what lessons you can learn from this sweet consulting opportunity that turned sour. by Chip Camden
Tags: Consulting Company, Consultant, Employer, Consulting, Mac_IT_Guy, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-07-21
Six questions to ask yourself before expanding your IT consultancy
Don't expand your IT consultancy without asking yourself these six important questions. If you still decide to take the plunge, find out what Chip Camden advises to ease into the transition. by Chip Camden
Tags: Hiring, Information Technology, Consulting, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-06-28
Good consultants know when to be "invisible"
Sometimes you need to take a backseat to the client team so that they can fully develop the skills they'll need after you're gone. Shannon Kalvar describes becoming an "invisible consultant" in order to allow a client to become the star of the project. by Shannon Kalvar
Tags: Project, Team, Consultant, Consulting, Shannon Kalvar, Larry, Team Management, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
Blog posts 2008-06-26
IT consulting: The customer isn't always right
When a customer is wrong, it can be difficult to get them to come around to your way of thinking. Robert L. Bogue explains why listening, teaching, and giving them time to process information can go a long way. by Robert Bogue
Tags: Information Technology, Customer, Consulting, Person, Robert Bogue, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
Blog posts 2008-06-25
10 personality traits of a highly effective independent consultant
Many IT consultants daydream about branching out on their own without giving much thought to what skills are necessary to succeed as a freelancer. Before you commit to being an independent consultant, read Chip Camden's list of 10 personality traits that he says you should possess in order to be...
Tags: Consultant, Problem, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-06-24
An Adventure in IT consulting
Chip Camden presents a fictitious scenario in which a project goes off the rails, and an IT consultant is called in to offer wisdom. Find out what IT consultants can learn from this example. by Chip Camden
Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, Consulting, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Team Management, Sales, Management, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-06-05
IT consulting: The importance of naive creativity
Tao Te Ching: "The more you know, the less you understand." There are many times that the more I learn something, the more I'm constrained by my knowledge and assumptions, resulting in my being less creative. This contradicts the conventional wisdom concerning expertise. People...
Tags: Consultant, Knowledge, Information Technology, Consulting, E-mail, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-05-21
Onsite IT consulting: Do you charge by the hour or per day?
As I've mentioned before, I don't go onsite very often; I do almost all my IT consulting work from my home office via the Internet. Some of my clients I have never even meet in person -- one of whom is right across Puget Sound in Seattle! ...
Tags: Information Technology, Client, Consulting, Food & Beverage, Keyboards, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Finance, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-05-12
Big trouble for little white IT consulting lies
A prospective client describes the problem domain. It seems easy enough for your abilities, and your consulting fees aren't an obstacle. You're already counting the money you're going to make from this IT consulting project, when the client says: "Oh, and we use <technology X>. How well do you know...
Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, Consulting, Technology, X, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-05-03
Billing IT consulting clients for travel time
Since I perform most of my IT consulting work from home, I don't have to travel much for business anymore -- twice a year is a lot for me. My clients can connect to my brain over the wonderful World Wide Web and suck everything they need out of it...
Tags: Billing, Client, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-04-30
Do IT consultants have a right to reuse code?
Do you have the right to reuse code that you create for one IT consulting client in an engagement for another client? Naturally, you learn new techniques as you work on a problem that you can't help but apply to similar projects in the future. But how different does the...
Tags: Software, Information Technology, Client, Consulting, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-04-23
Why long-term IT consulting engagements may be preferable
One week from today will be the 17 year anniversary of when I became an independent IT consultant. During that time, I've had 50 clients, seven of whom are still active (I'm arbitrarily defining active clients as ones I billed in the last six months). Including the...
Tags: Information Technology, Client, Consulting, Chances, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-04-07
What are your biggest consulting challenges?
On this blog I share my experiences, observations, and lessons learned as an independent consultant -- interspersed with questions for my readers.  Even though I've been consulting for almost 17 years, I can't begin to claim to have a lock on the knowledge of how to run a consultancy.  Like anyone else,...
Tags: Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-01-11
Six resolutions for a new year of consulting
It's hard to believe that I'm about to kiss 2007 goodbye when it seems like we barely got to know each other.  With 2008 right around the corner, it's time to make some resolutions for the new year.  Well, these aren't so much resolutions as they are goals or guidelines.  Some of them...
Tags: Life, Client, Consulting, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2007-12-27
Three things I wish someone had told me when I started consulting
Years ago I had a choice of what career path to take. I chose to be a consultant, working long hours for modest pay in a field which at the time seemed pretty stable. The roller-coaster ride hasn't stopped since. For the most part it's been a...
Tags: Job, Consultant, Client, Consulting, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Career, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-11-25
Three things I wish someone had told me when I started consulting
its a very true statement about the right answerDoing things right is the one thing tech set out to do on sites. but how do you deal with that dilemma and non profit organizations? they are usually low on money with desperate needs to catch up with the rest of...
Tags: juanemanon@..., consulting
Discussion threads 2007-11-25
Legal advice for starting a small tech consulting firm
Hey all!I'm kicking around the idea of having my own "consulting firm", but would like a bit of advice from those that know better than I do. I put "consulting firm" in quotation marks because it won't really be a true business. My motivation is to create something to show...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Outsourcing, Nonapeptide, business card, consulting company, consulting, computer
Discussion threads 2007-11-19
Three tricks for dealing with the holidays as a consulting project manager
Travel costs have skyrocketed. No one is available to finish off those last ugly bits of work before the budgets run out. Everyone seems to want to hang out with their families, generally in inaccessible places, rather than burn the midnight oil finishing off our wildly out of...
Tags: Team, Holiday, Project Manager, Consulting, Team Management, Management, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-11-18


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