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Episode 57 – How to Stop Charging Your Clients Per Hour When Working Online

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Episode 57 – How to Stop Charging Your Clients Per Hour When Working Online
August 17, 2020
Key Takeaways To Tune In For
  • [2:21] What it means to charge your clients per hour as an online service provider
  • [3:19] Why charging hourly rates is so horrible and what you can expect to happen if you do
  • [4:50] How you end up penalizing yourself by charging per hour for your services 
  • [5:57] The 1st type of package you can create and charge your clients for
  • [6:30] An example of what to include in your monthly services package
  • [7:40] What you should do if you have a client who is not familiar with package pricing and may not feel comfortable with it
  • [8:22] How to determine how much to charge for a customized package of services
  • [9:55] What you can’t charge someone for when determining your pricing
  • [11:03] The 2nd type package you can create and what kind of tasks it works best for
  • [14:02] The 3rd package to create for your clients and what to include
  • [17:13] How to transition your current clients into your new pricing 
  • [20:21] The best time to transition your current clients into a package pricing  
  • [20:57] What to say to your client when you want to transition them from an hourly rate to package pricing

 

In this episode, I talk about the biggest differences between charging your clients per hour and charging per package as an online service provider. I cover what each package is, what tasks to include, and how and when to transition your current clients into your new pricing.

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