Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 28, 2004 02:43 PM
$1,000 per day?
You must like overcharging your clients. At least, they won't retain your services for very long!
It's better to be a bit cheaper than to be more expensive. You don't need to be cheapest, just a bit on the cheaper side.
I could easily ask for around $150/hour as a consultant, which on an 8 hour day, is $1,200 per day. However, I find that it's better to ask about half that, perform more meaningful work, and develop long-term relationships.
Hunting for new customers is very expensive. I'm very forward about my pricing strategy. I tell them "If I charge any less than $100/hour, I'm well under market value. And, I'm charging $75 because I'd rather do more work with you at $75 than go hunting for more $150/hour work"
The customers really appreciate paying less and getting more, and the end result is that you end up working *alot* more and making *alot* more money! You get positive referrals (I haven't had to hunt down a customer since 2001 - it's all been word of mouth!) and great, positive acclaim from anybody who works with you.
When's the last time YOU made $1,000/day? I routinely have 3-4 $600 days each work week, and that does not include hosting, residual, and maintenance contracts, on which I also make good money.
Run the numbers - it's a good life!
PS: I develop with Moz on Linux, and test with IE on Win2000. (in a VMWare session) I stick to VERY standard stuff, usually I still use tables for layout!
My stuff works *EVERYWHERE* including Win/Mac/*nix/palm. Why would anybody do different?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 28, 2004 02:43 PMYou must like overcharging your clients. At least, they won't retain your services for very long!
It's better to be a bit cheaper than to be more expensive. You don't need to be cheapest, just a bit on the cheaper side.
I could easily ask for around $150/hour as a consultant, which on an 8 hour day, is $1,200 per day. However, I find that it's better to ask about half that, perform more meaningful work, and develop long-term relationships.
Hunting for new customers is very expensive. I'm very forward about my pricing strategy. I tell them "If I charge any less than $100/hour, I'm well under market value. And, I'm charging $75 because I'd rather do more work with you at $75 than go hunting for more $150/hour work"
The customers really appreciate paying less and getting more, and the end result is that you end up working *alot* more and making *alot* more money! You get positive referrals (I haven't had to hunt down a customer since 2001 - it's all been word of mouth!) and great, positive acclaim from anybody who works with you.
When's the last time YOU made $1,000/day? I routinely have 3-4 $600 days each work week, and that does not include hosting, residual, and maintenance contracts, on which I also make good money.
Run the numbers - it's a good life!
PS: I develop with Moz on Linux, and test with IE on Win2000. (in a VMWare session) I stick to VERY standard stuff, usually I still use tables for layout!
My stuff works *EVERYWHERE* including Win/Mac/*nix/palm. Why would anybody do different?
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