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When you're asked about rates...
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When you're asked about rates and that with that (and your rates "being competitive") you'll move to the top of the line when procuring your expertise, you can reply something like this: "Thanks for asking about rates. We don't work with predefined rate cards, as all you could get is an estimate based on assumed calculations of the rate, times X, Y, or Z. And you know estimates are just that, they could go up or down (they almost always go up). We do work, however, with fixed prices, as our pricing is tailored to the specifics of each engagement. This will give you total certainty of your level of investment, while protecting and improving your financials and forecasts. If this feels like it would be a good fit for you, feel free to reply and we could set a call to better understand what you're after and how we could be of help." Give it a try. :) |
Rod Aparicio
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Markup and cost-plus are not the only ways Pricing doesn’t get to be built up from the ground up. (And it's not math either). It’s not about how much something costs you and how much more you want to make. It doesn’t have to do anything with how much you know, how much time you spent learning your craft, how much effort you put into, or how much you think you deserve. It has to do with how much of the value (what’s important to your customers) they find reasonable for them to pay —and be...
Or is it? While revenue is important, it’s the wrong thing to measure to know if your business is doing well and can go a level up. It doesn’t require a rocket scientist to know that more revenue than costs makes profit. Yet revenue is the thing that can make you miss the mark. What happens if you're underpriced and leaving lots of money on the table? What happens if your costs are hidden and you're bleeding dry? Revenue is a vanity metric.
"You break things." I was told that. And it's been the best compliment EVER. Yes. You do, too. Breaking things.- Seeing how things are (the usual way, how it's been always done) and moving them to do something new. Intentionally. Moving people to think different. To be uncomfortable. To push boundaries. To do bigger. To feel vulnerable. That's how you stand out. You break things. Break things.