Troy: want to take a moment to personally send you a huge ‘Thank you!’. I recently came across your podcast, you are brilliant and continue to delivery tremendous value to the community. I have personally learned so much – in a very short time – from both episodes like this as well the $10k proposal template. Also, currently working on implementing Video User Manual into my service offering. I can’t wait to share a pint with you someday.

Chris: You have shared with all of HUGE BARS of GOLD on this episode. BOOM! Thank you for sharing with us what truly is transformational advice. I share your passion for serving others at the highest level and working to the bone to go from – one passionate digital ninja – to a small clan of digital ninjas. This transition has been far one of the most challenging faced throughout my career. I hope to have an opportunity to share my story with you either through this ridiculously awesome contest – or – heck in a few months, I will just schedule a call. Looking forward to continue learning from your blog. Cheers!

Ok, so now down to the lighting round… “what’s the biggest pricing challenge that you’re facing right now?”

At the moment, the BIGGEST pricing challenging I am having is knowing – as I scale my team how to properly bill for these hours. Do literally take my rate and apply it to my new team members billable hours? Should I offer a blended rate to my customers for time the put towards the project? I am about to bring my first full time team member (ninja); and not sure how to price out hours put forth projects as I bring on, develop/train new team members.

My other pricing challenges isn’t so much related to pricing of projects/hourly rates – but more the price of turning down a certain level of work. I have several large opportunities in front of me with a mixture of smaller – quick win/less strategic jobs available – I always want to serve everyone at the highest level but having a hard time differentiating which projects are the ‘right fit’. (Troy: I am working on implementing your customer score card which should alleviate this issue – just hard for me to say no)…

Ok, this is been great. Thank you all for your support. Best of luck to everyone out there dedicated to the hustle.

Cheers!
John

Troy: want to take a moment to personally send you a huge ‘Thank you!’. I recently came across your podcast, you are brilliant and continue to delivery tremendous value to the community. I have personally learned so much – in a very short time – from both episodes like this as well the $10k proposal template. Also, currently working on implementing Video User Manual into my service offering. I can’t wait to share a pint with you someday.

Chris: You have shared with all of HUGE BARS of GOLD on this episode. BOOM! Thank you for sharing with us what truly is transformational advice. I share your passion for serving others at the highest level and working to the bone to go from – one passionate digital ninja – to a small clan of digital ninjas. This transition has been far one of the most challenging faced throughout my career. I hope to have an opportunity to share my story with you either through this ridiculously awesome contest – or – heck in a few months, I will just schedule a call. Looking forward to continue learning from your blog. Cheers!

Ok, so now down to the lighting round… “what’s the biggest pricing challenge that you’re facing right now?”

At the moment, the BIGGEST pricing challenging I am having is knowing – as I scale my team how to properly bill for these hours. Do literally take my rate and apply it to my new team members billable hours? Should I offer a blended rate to my customers for time the put towards the project? I am about to bring my first full time team member (ninja); and not sure how to price out hours put forth projects as I bring on, develop/train new team members.

My other pricing challenges isn’t so much related to pricing of projects/hourly rates – but more the price of turning down a certain level of work. I have several large opportunities in front of me with a mixture of smaller – quick win/less strategic jobs available – I always want to serve everyone at the highest level but having a hard time differentiating which projects are the ‘right fit’. (Troy: I am working on implementing your customer score card which should alleviate this issue – just hard for me to say no)…

Ok, this is been great. Thank you all for your support. Best of luck to everyone out there dedicated to the hustle.

Cheers!
John

I’m currently building on a kanban board WordPress plugin (plug: http://kanbanwp.com ), and plan to release it in a couple weeks. The challenge I face with pricing is whether to go with a free core + paid addons (what everyone else does in the WordPress ecosystem), a free core + paid pro version (easier to maintain), or some other model. I could also release it as a SaaS app (where I have the most experience) but then I’m competing with Trello. Any suggestions? Thanks!

I’m currently building on a kanban board WordPress plugin (plug: http://kanbanwp.com ), and plan to release it in a couple weeks. The challenge I face with pricing is whether to go with a free core + paid addons (what everyone else does in the WordPress ecosystem), a free core + paid pro version (easier to maintain), or some other model. I could also release it as a SaaS app (where I have the most experience) but then I’m competing with Trello. Any suggestions? Thanks!