I get almost all of my new business from referrals. Being honest with my clients pays off
directly in the form of new business
Besides, happy clients will utilize my services over and over.
You hit the nail on the head.
The larger consulting firms usually have one thing in mind: to get more and more of their people billable. It's not usually in the [short term] interest of the consulting firm to do a good effective job then get out. Just get the first guys in the door then open up the way for the other guys. Confuse the customer with smoke and mirrors. Blow things way out of proportion by making everything into a dire emergency. Stay on as long as they can, and charge the customer an arm and a leg in the whole process.
This whole phenomenon will pave the way for the smaller consulting firms [and larger firms willing to learn] who have no choice but to work with the customer's interest in mind. Now, with the availability of computer software and hardware today, we're also going to see mid-market really become a battle ground for consulting wherein it will be the ethical consulting firms that win out.
There are a few things a consulting firm can do to really increase long-term revenue and company survivability: a) promote the idea of "Change Management" to help the implementation be better understood and accepted by the customer, b) phase their implementations into easy to swallow modules, and above all c) work with the customer's interests in mind.
Companies across industries are beginning to realize how much customer loyalty plays a part in the long term success of a company. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is becoming more important. Word of mouth and customer retention goes a long way. This is no different in the consulting world.
Now all these consulting firms have to do is just hire the best people and treat them well.
-Caracal
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Berlin's contribution to the user interface world is that it offers several enhancements to the user interface that makes your UI look cool and spiffy. Accompanied by 3DWM, you're on your way to creating a very good starting environment for developing visually stunning as well as utilitarian user interface. As most people seem to be screaming for performance, we'll have to wait and see how well theGGI team does for making use of advances in hardware and software.
Just like most technologies, you probably will have to wait a while to see the emergence of new applications that take advantage of 3D visualization. Think back to all the fantastic images of user interfaces in movies: The Lawnmower Man (1992), Disclosure (1994), and Wierd Science (1985)... (There are probably alot of better examples here, but what can I say... it's daylight out.)
Most likely we'll have our usual pioneers into the immersive environment, 3d games, pr0n and chat rooms. It will be interesting to find the other applications that will be introduced once this becomes more standardized and refined: statistical analysis, RDBMS/OODBMS visualization, network administration, etc. Truly intersting.
Two issues. Implementing a QoS solution might be too costly for people (Yes, even some universities) to create. Maintenance? Don't even get me started on that one. Lastly, even after working in a QoS solution, wouldn't newer software be able to circumvent the protection supposedly offered by QoS by diverting network traffic to a higher priority channel in a static QoS structure?
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Besides, happy clients will utilize my services over and over.
You hit the nail on the head.
The larger consulting firms usually have one thing in mind: to get more and more of their people billable. It's not usually in the [short term] interest of the consulting firm to do a good effective job then get out. Just get the first guys in the door then open up the way for the other guys. Confuse the customer with smoke and mirrors. Blow things way out of proportion by making everything into a dire emergency. Stay on as long as they can, and charge the customer an arm and a leg in the whole process.
This whole phenomenon will pave the way for the smaller consulting firms [and larger firms willing to learn] who have no choice but to work with the customer's interest in mind. Now, with the availability of computer software and hardware today, we're also going to see mid-market really become a battle ground for consulting wherein it will be the ethical consulting firms that win out.
There are a few things a consulting firm can do to really increase long-term revenue and company survivability: a) promote the idea of "Change Management" to help the implementation be better understood and accepted by the customer, b) phase their implementations into easy to swallow modules, and above all c) work with the customer's interests in mind.
Companies across industries are beginning to realize how much customer loyalty plays a part in the long term success of a company. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is becoming more important. Word of mouth and customer retention goes a long way. This is no different in the consulting world.
Now all these consulting firms have to do is just hire the best people and treat them well.
-Caracal
Berlin's contribution to the user interface world is that it offers several enhancements to the user interface that makes your UI look cool and spiffy. Accompanied by 3DWM, you're on your way to creating a very good starting environment for developing visually stunning as well as utilitarian user interface. As most people seem to be screaming for performance, we'll have to wait and see how well theGGI team does for making use of advances in hardware and software.
Just like most technologies, you probably will have to wait a while to see the emergence of new applications that take advantage of 3D visualization. Think back to all the fantastic images of user interfaces in movies: The Lawnmower Man (1992), Disclosure (1994), and Wierd Science (1985)... (There are probably alot of better examples here, but what can I say... it's daylight out.)
Most likely we'll have our usual pioneers into the immersive environment, 3d games, pr0n and chat rooms. It will be interesting to find the other applications that will be introduced once this becomes more standardized and refined: statistical analysis, RDBMS/OODBMS visualization, network administration, etc. Truly intersting.
-Caracal
Two issues. Implementing a QoS solution might be too costly for people (Yes, even some universities) to create. Maintenance? Don't even get me started on that one. Lastly, even after working in a QoS solution, wouldn't newer software be able to circumvent the protection supposedly offered by QoS by diverting network traffic to a higher priority channel in a static QoS structure?
-Caracal