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Industry guides
Why Clients Pick the Cheaper Quote, and When to Let Them
You walked the job, priced it honestly, and a week later they went with someone cheaper. Usually nothing…
17 min readSep 29Read
Productivity
Billbooks 3.0: invoice from the job, not from the desk
Billbooks 3.0 is out on Google Play and the App Store. It is a rebuild rather than a…
6 min readSep 29Read
Industry guides
The Discount That Won the Job and Lost the Money
The client likes the quote, then asks if that is your best price. A discount does not come…
17 min readSep 28Read
Industry guides
Is This Quote Fair? How to Check Before You Send It
The quote is written. The number is sitting at the bottom of it, and you have typed it…
16 min readSep 27Read
Small business
You Sent the Quote and Heard Nothing. What to Do Next
You priced the job, sent the quote, and nothing came back. Not a no, not a question, not…
12 min readSep 26Read
Invoicing basics
Send a quote and turn it into an invoice: which software does it well
Almost every invoicing tool can turn a quote into an invoice. The steps in between are where jobs…
7 min readSep 26Read
Invoicing basics
Moving your invoicing off a spreadsheet: which software makes it easiest
Moving off a spreadsheet is smaller than it looks. What has to move and what can stay, how…
8 min readSep 25Read
Invoicing basics
Recurring invoices without paying extra: the three costs to check
Billing the same clients every month should not cost more than billing them once. The three hidden costs…
8 min readSep 25Read
Small business
Why Invoices Get Paid Late: What the Late Ones Have in Common
You sent the invoice the same afternoon and a week later nothing has come in. Late invoices usually…
13 min readSep 24Read

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