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Avoid Your Own Fiscal Cliff
The news is filled with so many stories about the “Looming Fiscal Cliff” that we all want to just tune it out. For most small businesses, the fiscal cliff that they should be most concerned about is the one they … Continue reading
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You’re Invited
“It is my pleasure to invite you to a “Make A Profit” seminar on July 20th. I will be the featured speaker, and look forward to meeting you at this exciting event”. Mike Conroy
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Numbers Cruncher Cost Breakdown
Numbers Cruncher software includes an automatic Job Cost Breakdown and cover letter that can make responding to cost complaints less time consuming and costly. Enter a few details about the job, and Numbers Cruncher uses your actual numbers to create … Continue reading
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Should You Give a Price Breakdown?
One of the issues that every service business has to deal with is the customer who thinks he paid too much, and demands to see a complete breakdown of the costs for the job. This infrequent annoyance inevitably leads to … Continue reading
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Fear and Pricing
As anyone who reads this newsletter knows, NSPG is a Flat Rate Price Book software and printed books company. We know what people want in their books and how they want to set up those books. What they actually put … Continue reading
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NSPG Business Cost Calculator
We know that not everyone has Numbers Cruncher for calculating their breakeven and other numbers critical for setting their prices, so we have created a quick business cost calculator on the NSPG web site. This simple calculator takes your selections … Continue reading
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Calculating Your Hourly Charge
One critical factor in achieving profitability is accurately setting your selling price with your desired Profit Percentage. Many businesses use a markup method to add their Profit Percentage to their breakeven. This will always yield a smaller than expected Profit because … Continue reading