Chapter H: Consultancy 101

[awfr]

Whether going it on your own or growing a consultancy firm, there are decisions to be made about process and the business side of things. This chapter will raise some of these considerations, and it will present tips and solutions along with pros and cons. No legal advice here other than to have an attorney who understands your business draft your agreements.

Example topics:

• Charging for projects (buckets of hrs; fixed pricing; hourly; rate by task or personnel skill level; retainers);
• Retention of evidence (options for storing evidence for customers when a case is ongoing; charge fees? return or destroy?
• Notetaking/documentation/communication/ways to securely deliver productions to clients; (tip: I always TreeSize any drive I send out to a client).
• Working with partners (referral fees/subcontracting/being a sub)
• Testifying and report writing
• Marketing/Brand

[AndrewRathbun]

Hey there! I'm tentatively setting 7/31/2022 as a milestone for publishing v1.0 of this book. We'll have the title decided in the next couple weeks which will be the first of multiple administrative tasks we'll complete in July. At this point, please let me know if you intend to have at least a working, editable version of your chapter by 7/31/2022.

If not, please know that's perfectly fine. It doesn't mean your chapter won't get published, it just won't get published in v1.0. It'll simply be added when it's ready to be published and I'll push out a new version of the book, (i.e., V1.3, v1.7, etc) with your new content. I hope we have about 10 ready to go by 7/31/2022 so we can push to publish v1.0 shortly thereafter, but I won't know that until I hear from you! So, please let me know!

[AndrewRathbun]

Hey there, it's been a few months. Just wanted to check in and see how progress is going on your chapter? Whenever your chapter is ready to go, submit it to the repo, and once its reviewed it'll get published without delay! Cheers and hope you are well!