Speed and Pricing
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When you start any type of work you’re slow. When I started building WordPress themes it took me 2 weeks to get something that I’d barely say is halfway passable (looking back at it now). Now that I’ve been building themes for 5 years I can build a basic theme that would pass all of…
The Definitive Guide to Freelance Pricing
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Pricing is damn hard. If anyone tells you they have it all figured out ask them again in 6 months and it’s likely they’re doing something just a bit different then last time you talked to them. I get asked about pricing all the time and to start our Pricing Series we’re going to take…
5 ways to get more business when you think it’s time to quit freelancing
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I’d love to tell you that every month of running my own business is roses but I’d be lying. The fact is that there are some months when income is low and I seriously question whether I’m any good at my job. I know from talking to other freelancers that they feel the same way…
My billing method is a time management tool
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One of the reasons I love weekly billing is that it’s so easy to overbook yourself with other billing methods. When I work hourly I continually ‘manufactured’ hours simply because I figured I could find time to get things done. That left me over committed all the time. There was no margin in my days.…
Charge like you’ve got 10 years extra experience
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There was an interesting question on the WordPress Reddit group recently about turning WordPress in to a business. As a summary a 17 year old person has built a few sites but really wanted to turn it in to a business. My Issue I took issue with some of the advice offered, specifically the thought…
Some initial thoughts on CRM tools
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Clients are the life of any freelancer’s business. You should always be marketing to and talking to possible new clients to keep your pipeline full of work. Let it drop off and you’d better go find a fridge box to live in. Enter the CRM If you don’t know what a CRM is lets get…
So you want to start freelancing
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Save 3 – 6 months of expenses I lean strongly towards 6 months. Then it’s about knowledge, here are some books I strongly recommend. Get a contract and NDA My Contract My NDA General Reading Quitter EntreLeadership Learn about Marketing Get Clients Now Book Yourself Solid Duct Tape Marketing Guerilla Marketing Learn about Pricing The…
Breaking down my expense categories
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So far this week we’ve talked about our personal financial journey at home, what a budget is and why you should consider creating one for your business, and how I broke down the numbers from years past to come up with what we hope is a realistic budget for the business. Today we’ll talk about…
How we set a business budget
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As we’ve started assigning me tasks over the last few months it’s become obvious that my main task has been to take over the bookkeeping. I’ve started entering receipts, tracking expenses, and monitoring income. Curtis still has responsibilities in this area as well, but it has literally cut the time he spends on it down…
Why on earth should you create a budget for your business?
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This seems like a simple concept but let me give you a bit of a working definition of exactly WHAT a budget is. That way maybe you can understand WHY you should create a budget for your business. WHAT is a Budget? A budget is an INTENTIONAL spending plan for your business. It gives you…
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