{"product_id":"getting-started-in-financial-consulting","title":"Getting Started in Financial Consulting","description":"Comprehensive Coverage\nCompletely Up-to-date!\n\nA detailed road map for getting started as an independent financial consultant\n\nEach 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.\n\nHow 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:\n* Acquiring and honing key skills, including the all-important \"people\" skills\n* Organizing and structuring your business\n* Indispensable software tools\n* Services you can offer clients and why you should specialize\n* Marketing your services, targeting clients, and building a solid core clientele\n* Why you should become certified and how to go about it\n* Profiling clients and drawing up formal financial plans\n* Dealing with state and federal regulations\n* Contracts and key legal considerations\n* Surviving in a down market\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0471348147\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0471348147.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stone, Edward J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374774583357,"sku":"BVV.0471348147.A","price":11.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/getting-started-in-financial-consulting","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}