Author Archives: TheNumbersCruncher
Flat Rate: Are You Doing It Wrong?
These days it seems like there are dozens of companies that want to integrate your flat rate prices into their systems. There is one glaring flaw in almost all of these systems, they don’t know how Flat Rate Pricing actually … Continue reading
Putting It All Together: Your Profitable Selling Price
To set your profitable selling price, you need to know four numbers about your business: Labor Rate, Overhead Rate, Productive Hours, and Target Profit %. In our previous article, we explained how to calculate your profitable Field Labor Rate. In … Continue reading
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How to Calculate your Labor Sell Price
Before you can run a profitable business, you need to know what to charge. Matching what a competitor charges, or just picking a number that feels right is a sure way to lose money and customers. Based on our years … Continue reading
Yes, Your Prices Are Outdated
Unless you recently crunched your numbers, updated your price delivery system, and retrained your employees, the prices that you are offering to your customers are wrong. It’s an inescapable fact that without some real effort, your prices will not reflect … Continue reading
Build to Last on a Solid Foundation
Your business’ success all starts with a solid foundation. Over the past 30 years, we have worked with all types of businesses from struggling companies to some of most profitable Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Electrical Service companies ranging in … Continue reading
Is Your Computer a Threat to Your Business?
If you’re company is still using Windows XP months after Microsoft stopped issuing security updates, your data is more at risk than ever. If you run any part of your business on your XP computer, you risk that information by … Continue reading
You Can’t Do Everything
Running a business can be overwhelming at times. It seems that there are never enough hours in the day for everything you want to do. Now that the rhythm of the new work year has been established, you should try … Continue reading
QSC Power Meeting
Mark your calendars now for Power Meeting XXXVIII – San Diego, CA, March 14-16, 2013.
Nexstar Super Meeting
Super Meeting, the crown of Nexstar Network events, is where most members learn how to leverage the newest business trends and opportunities. Members can strengthen their business acumen by attending pre-conference workshops (held one day before the event) – a … Continue reading
Important Notice!
We have received reports from some of our Flat Rate software users that their Category Books are printing a single blank page. This problem can be caused by another Windows update that was issued recently by Microsoft. This Microsoft file … Continue reading