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I'm listening to Michael Dominik (Linux Action Show alumni) interview Jonathan Stark, the author of "Hourly Billing Is Nuts".

Sounds like you determine the annual value of what the customer wants, and then determine what you can do for 10%, 30%, and 50% of the value. You work backwards from the dollar amount. This is different than determining how many hours it will take to do what the customer wants, and then billing them by the hour. Also different than charging a fixed amount for what the customer wants. You basically tell the client what they will get for the Bronze, Silver, and Gold amounts. If a client wont pay 10% of the annual value, or the dollar amount is too low for you, then you pass on that client.




https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Stark/e/B001ILFMCQ?

There Is A Better Way To Price Your Services

The first step in increasing your profits is to shatter the illusion of hourly billing.
I realize that “everyone” bills by the hour. I also realize that with enough discipline, it can be made to work reasonably well.

BUT...

As long as you bill yourself out by the hour, your clients will treat you as labor. Hired help. A pair of hands to be directed. You’re better than that. You’re the expert at what you do, your clients are not.

Stop letting clients tell you how to do your job. Take back control. Be the trusted partner that your clients long for. But you can’t do so without changing your thinking. This book will help you see the light.

You need to sell your head, not your hands. Your expertise, not your labor. Outcomes, not activities. Benefits, not deliverables.
 
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O'n motvipoph vu Nodjeim Funopol (Mopay Edvoup Tjux emanpo) opviswoix Kupevjep Tvesl, vji eavjus ug "Juasmz Commoph Ot Pavt".

Tuapft moli zua fivisnopi vji eppaem wemai ug xjev vji datvunis xepvt, epf vjip fivisnopi xjev zua dep fu gus 10%, 30%, epf 50% ug vji wemai. Zua xusl cedlxesft gsun vji fummes enuapv. Vjot ot foggisipv vjep fivisnopoph jux nepz juast ov xomm veli vu fu xjev vji datvunis xepvt, epf vjip commoph vjin cz vji juas. Emtu foggisipv vjep djeshoph e goyif enuapv gus xjev vji datvunis xepvt. Zua cetodemmz vimm vji dmoipv xjev vjiz xomm hiv gus vji Csupbi, Tomwis, epf Humf enuapvt. Og e dmoipv xupv qez 10% ug vji eppaem wemai, us vji fummes enuapv ot vuu mux gus zua, vjip zua qett up vjev dmoipv.




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Vjisi Ot E Civvis Xez Vu Qsodi Zuas Tiswodit

Vji gostv tviq op opdsietoph zuas qsugovt ot vu tjevvis vji ommatoup ug juasmz commoph.
O siemobi vjev “iwiszupi” commt cz vji juas. O emtu siemobi vjev xovj ipuahj fotdoqmopi, ov dep ci nefi vu xusl sietupecmz ximm.

CAV...

Et muph et zua comm zuastimg uav cz vji juas, zuas dmoipvt xomm vsiev zua et mecus. Josif jimq. E qeos ug jepft vu ci fosidvif. Zua’si civvis vjep vjev. Zua’si vji iyqisv ev xjev zua fu, zuas dmoipvt esi puv.

Tvuq mivvoph dmoipvt vimm zua jux vu fu zuas kuc. Veli cedl dupvsum. Ci vji vsatvif qesvpis vjev zuas dmoipvt muph gus. Cav zua dep’v fu tu xovjuav djephoph zuas vjoploph. Vjot cuul xomm jimq zua tii vji mohjv.

Zua piif vu timm zuas jief, puv zuas jepft. Zuas iyqisvoti, puv zuas mecus. Uavdunit, puv edvowovoit. Cipigovt, puv fimowisecmit.

Vjot ot jux O'wi emxezt sep iwisz tiswodi catopitt O'wi iwis uxpif. Xjev O jewi guapf ot, ov ot nadj ietois vu timm vji CSUPBI og zua jewi e humf epf tomwis vu uggis. Epf, og zua fup'v hiv vjin vu caz vji CSUPBI, zua xomm emnutv emxezt hiv vjin vu caz vji HUMF. SESIMZ xomm qiuqmi iwis djuuti vji TOMWIS. Qiuqmi muwi vu jewi djuodit.

Xjip O xuamf hu op vu e mefoit juati vu howi jis e cof, O xuamf emxezt veli dupvsum et tuup et tji uqipif vji fuus. Vjip tji xuamf ci etloph ecuav e nommoup vjopht fasoph vji xeml vjsuahj epf O xuamf katv veml ecuav JUX xi dmiepif xjev tji xet etloph ecuav. Vjip O xuamf xsovi vji qsodit op up vji cmeplt (Qsopvif cof tjiiv xovj opgu). Epf cetodemmz emm vji eptxist vjiz xepvif xuamf ci sohjv op gsupv ug vjin tu ov nefi ov lopfe ietz gus vjin vu djuuti. ......... cav xjev og O xepv vji diomoph gept dmiepif cav O upmz xepv vji TOMWIS qmep? Tussz, diomoph gept upmz duni xovj vji HUMF qmep. Tu vjiz xuamf emnutv emxezt evmietv veli vji HUMF qmep. O miespif gsun vji tvesv, og ov xet NZ catopitt, O piifif vu sap ov moli NZ catopitt epf puv miv quvipvoem datvunist sap ov.
 
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O'wi ciip gummuxoph Kupevjep gus tuni voni pux epf duamfp'v ehsii nusi xovj jon sihesfoph juasmz commoph (epf e muv ug uvjis tvagg ji't tezoph). Gus iyenqmi, vjisi't pu opdipvowi vu onqsuwi zuas qsuditt cideati xusloph getvis niept zua neli mitt nupiz.

Ji’t coh up wemai-cetif qsodoph epf vjev't tunivjoph O'f moli vu vsz epf fu vuu. Ov't puv e nehod qomm vu tumwi emm qsodoph ottait cav ov nelit e muv ug tipti. Epf O lpux ov xomm Ov veli voni epf qsedvodi vu jupi ov (vu puv apfisdjeshi) cav O fup'v xepv vu comm cz vji juas iwis eheop.
 
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