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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Yes, Your Prices Are Outdated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
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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Special Offer: Free Printed Flat Rate Price Book
Free NSPG Flat Rate Price Book We have decided to extend out special Free printed Flat Rate Price Book offer to anyone who orders our Flat Rate Software (National Standard Price Guide) through our web store. Get your first Custom … Continue reading
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NSPG Task Bundles
For several years now, we have been working with our clients to create compact sections of their Flat Rate Price Books that include pages that combine a series of Tasks on a single page that offer their customers comprehensive solutions … 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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Make a Profit Seminar
Many contractors reduce the amount they charge per hour to avoid confrontation about labor rates. This reduces their profits because their expenses remain the same. They end up paying themselves little and having spouses who work the books for no … Continue reading
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