From hourly to fixed price: a guide
Guide for consultants
For consultants who want an audience of independents ready to stop billing by the hour.
Worksheet
What that problem is really costing you each year
How to use this worksheet
Send it after a first call, or share it with owners who keep living with the same problem. A yearly figure turns a complaint into a decision.
What is inside
Work out your figureHours lost each week
The costs that never show up in the hoursLost customers: Buyers who quietly go elsewhere after a late order or a mistake.
Checking your figuresHours lost
Deciding what to fix firstRun the worksheet for your three biggest problems. The ranking is often a surprise.
Using your figurePick the problem that annoys your team most and estimate its hours.
Three title ideas for your own version
What that problem is really costing you each year
The cost of doing nothing worksheet
Put a price on the problem everyone lives with
Where to promote it
LinkedIn postsyour newslettera follow up email after a first callbusiness breakfast talks
What goes in a cost of a problem worksheet?
A calculator for the weekly and yearly cost of the hours lost and the payback on a fix, then the hidden costs, how to check the figures and how to decide what to fix first.
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