Consulting Information

I am currently starting in the consulting business on the a part time basis and I am looking for some help. When you get a job to do an estimate on what do you uses to plan the job? Do you have some type of template or checklist you uses? What isthe going rate to charge someone for consulting and installing a network. Most of the jobs I get are small and I did not charge, but now I feel I need to make some money on doing the jobs. Can someone give me some pointers or somewhere I can find the information?

Thanks

Greg Dreelin