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The eConsultant: Guiding Clients to Net Success

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Essential reading for both experienced and novice technical consultants who want to expand the value they deliver clients. For too long technology consultants have focused almost exclusively on the intricacies of systems without paying sufficient attention to the strategic, business, and human effects of their work. This book successfully introduces IT consultants to the broader world in which their work takes place.

This is a worthwhile and well written book. Now that the internet is so pervasive this book applies to ANY consultant who wants to provide quality services. Internal consultants and "Hired Guns" need this knowledge. If you are a consultant or use consulting services in your business this is a must read.

I have helped to create a series of eConsulting Services Companies and advise a number of consulting companies, I only wish this book could have been available sooner!

Rick has a series of these books and a column on MSDN. I found this book to have little value. I enjoy reading his article, but not his books. This book is a two page article drug out over 250 pages with little concrete details to provide any assistances to someone reading this book.

The book reads like a dictionary, one idea after the next. I think if you have any experience you will find little use in this book.

Just finished this one, again. I read it 3-4 years ago and found it interesting but has it dated! So much has changed (or is it me?) in e-commerce, even the phrase e-commerce has been supersceed by Web2.0.

There are better, more current, books on the topic out there.

Rick Freedman contributes another excellent excursion into the world of "e". His book, the eConsultant, does a great job of providing the reader insight into what it takes to thrive in today's "e" market. A great read for anyone interested in taking a dive into the world of eBusiness...5 stars.

Rick Freedman contributes another excellent excursion into the daily life of "e". His book the eConsultant does a great job of providing insight to the reader on what it takes to survive in today's "e" based market. A great book for anyone considering stepping into the eBusiness world...5 stars!

I have read and implemented a number of idea's from Rick's first book and was looking forward to this new text. As a CFO of a consulting company, I found this bood useful in a number of ways. First - it is practical and by truly understanding his subject, Rick provides a "can do" approach that deliver success in this challenging industry. His book will serve as a roadmap for our companies stategic plan. Lastly, this book - like his first one -is a good purchase to add to a professionals library since it also filled with solid research and is a strong addition to anyones professional development.

Mr. Freedman has created a roadmap for anyone intersted in IT consulting in the eEconomy. Both new and experienced consultants learn how the line between technology and business are becoming blurred. For those who have been delivering services for a long time this book lays out in a very clear and understandable fashion the skills you need to develop to add value in your engagements. This book demonstrates how to tie together those elements that are required for a "value added" engagement. The business stradegy and marketing are no longer the sole domain of the business groups but are tighly coupled with technology, and how it is deployed, to reap the benifits to be gained through eCommerce. As Mr. Freedman points out the new model doesn't overturn everything we have come to know as IT consultants. A structured approach to developing an eCommerce site is still necessary and without applying some methods chaos rules. However, new rules do need to be followed. This book contains interviews with industry leaders that show us how they have sucessfully modified or developed new methodologies to address the challenges presented.

As with any technology project Mr. Freedman has also laid an approach to developing a technically solid e Commerce site. Not only is the information helpful to a consultant planning an engaenent but also supplimented with interviews and an understanding of how client issues can be addressed using the latest technology.

Rick's book provides an excellent balance of information from details through higher level data. I found the content to be highly enlightening and very helpful to our company on a daily basis. eConsultant is also a very friendly read! I'd recommend it to anyone who is doing business today.

Especially now,in these clearly troubled economic times, it is refreshing to have the positive direction, and the clear focus on how to proceed, that this book outlines.
Rick Freedman adds a straight forward direct approach.
With the proper direction and advise..the sky's the limit!
We're not doomed...but empowered.
Wonderful, clear thinking.