John M
- 2
- reviews
- 24
- helpful votes
- 2
- ratings
-
How to Start a Consulting Business from Scratch: Step by Step Guide
- How I Became a Marketing Consultant in Just 3 Months
- By: Jim Busby, Les Forman
- Narrated by: Randal Schaffer
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 37
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 37
Before you listen to the book, have an open mind - do not doubt yourself in advance. Remember, the very first thing you need in this field is confidence, then you need some expertise on the subject. But confidence is what can make or break you. Looking back at my own life, I never thought I could be a marketing consultant; I don't have the education nor do I have the skills for it. But he taught me it is not the education that makes you a great consultant.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't bother
- By Matt J on 08-30-16
- How to Start a Consulting Business from Scratch: Step by Step Guide
- How I Became a Marketing Consultant in Just 3 Months
- By: Jim Busby, Les Forman
- Narrated by: Randal Schaffer
Limited advice for my area of consulting
Reviewed: 01-30-19
I don't know why but I have yet to find a book that provides specific advice for consulting in the pharmaceutical industry including product development and manufacturing. There are so many important areas requiring consultants (e.g., how to deal with the FDA or operate in a regulated industry). But this is lacking. The Top 20 consulting areas includes Beauty and Fashion. Why not the pharmaceutical industry - or any other manufacturing industry, come to that?
Like most of these books, it breezes over one of the most challenging parts: how to find the right person to contact in a company. The book just suggests contact somewhere and set up a meeting. Or dangle yourself out there on the web waiting for people to bite. Yeah, right.
I'm looking for solid advice about how to get clients. This book fails.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Writing Creative Nonfiction
- By: Tilar J J. Mazzeo, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Tilar J J. Mazzeo
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 723
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 628
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 621
Bringing together the imaginative strategies of fiction storytelling and new ways of narrating true, real-life events, creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing part of the creative writing world. It's a cutting-edge genre that's reshaping how we write (and read) everything from biographies and memoirs to blogs and public speaking scripts to personal essays and magazine articles.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Not what I expected but useful
- By Nancy on 04-14-14
- Writing Creative Nonfiction
- By: Tilar J J. Mazzeo, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Tilar J J. Mazzeo
Waste of my money
Reviewed: 03-05-16
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I bought this yesterday. It was expensive and I expected more than I got. I'm about half way through and have been fighting an overwhelming urge to stop. Her delivery is exceptionally annoying. Every other sentence or so ends with a patronizing "shall we?", "isn't it?", "wouldn't we?", "see?" etc etc. I have found that I spend more time listening out for her annoying utterances rather than the content. The only stuff I have learned could have been contained within half of one "lesson".She provides exercises to do but doesn't follow up with good and bad examples. How am I supposed to know if my cliffhanger paragraph is any good?This is meant to be about *non-fiction*. It seems as if she had presented a course on creative *fiction* writing and slapped a few statements about being truthful to the reader etc at the beginning.The accompanying "course materials" are disappointing. There is one PDF, and it is just a transcript of her middle school lessons.I'm listening to her as I type. She has just explained what vowels and consonants are. She really just said, "Where the letters are not a, e, i, o, u, or y." And she's describing how different letters sound, well, different.I want my money back, don't I? So I'll exchange it for another e-book, shouldn't I?
Would you be willing to try another book from The Great Courses and Tilar J J. Mazzeo ? Why or why not?
Absolutely not.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Professor Tilar J J. Mazzeo?
I have no idea. Someone who can pronounce "sentence" would be a good start. As would a new scriptwriter.
Was Writing Creative Nonfiction worth the listening time?
No.
Any additional comments?
I feel quite ripped-off. One attraction was the promise of course materials. I expected more than a transcript.I hadn't heard of The Great Courses before. I doubt I'll buy one of their products again.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
19 people found this helpful