Comments on: About your website… http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/about-your-website/ Where professional bookkeepers create freedom by the numbers Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martin Meyer http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/about-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 Martin Meyer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:58:22 +0000 http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/?p=162#comment-2940 How do you charge for your services; 1. Decide what services you want to offer 2. How do you want to provide these services at the customer's location, your location or both. Remember if you work at the clients location then you will have travel time involved. One bookeeper here in the Sugar Land areas has a 2 hour minimum for on location work whether or not they are there for an hour. 3. What hourly rate do I want to charge, this should depend on what your local market is, and how much experience you have. Experience and certifications give you the option of charging higher hourly rates. If someone keeps trying to get you to cut your rates then you probably do not want them for a client they are price shopping and will learn in a hurry you get what you pay for. 4. If you want to flat rate your services, you will need to see bank statements, find out if they do their own payroll, check to see how many invoices, and bills you will need to enter. Do they want you to reconcile the bank accounts, and do th4y want financial reports. Then charge between $0.50 to $1.00 per transactions and then add $100.00 for financial statements. 5. I try to do historical entry on an hourly rate, because you never know what you will run into. However, if they ask how long I tell them that I am not sure but my fee will not exceed the flat rate monthly fee each month I have quoted them. 6. Remember each client will be different needs and wants so listen closely to what the client tells you and then review that with them before you quote any fees. 7. I have a lot of sales experience, and we have a great deal of bookkeeping and business management experience. I still miss the mark, but I have it in my engagement letter that I will review new clients once every 90 days for volume and rate changes. I always wish everyone good luck, and I hope you are successful. Regards, Martin Meyer, CPB How do you charge for your services;
1. Decide what services you want to offer
2. How do you want to provide these services at the customer’s location, your location or both.
Remember if you work at the clients location then you will have travel time involved. One bookeeper here in the Sugar Land areas has a 2 hour minimum for on location work whether or not they are there for an hour.
3. What hourly rate do I want to charge, this should depend on what your local market is, and how much experience you have. Experience and certifications give you the option of charging higher hourly rates. If someone keeps trying to get you to cut your rates then you probably do not want them for a client they are price shopping and will learn in a hurry you get what you pay for.
4. If you want to flat rate your services, you will need to see bank statements, find out if they do their own payroll, check to see how many invoices, and bills you will need to enter. Do they want you to reconcile the bank accounts, and do th4y want financial reports. Then charge between $0.50 to $1.00 per transactions and then add $100.00 for financial statements.
5. I try to do historical entry on an hourly rate, because you never know what you will run into. However, if they ask how long I tell them that I am not sure but my fee will not exceed the flat rate monthly fee each month I have quoted them.
6. Remember each client will be different needs and wants so listen closely to what the client tells you and then review that with them before you quote any fees.
7. I have a lot of sales experience, and we have a great deal of bookkeeping and business management experience. I still miss the mark, but I have it in my engagement letter that I will review new clients once every 90 days for volume and rate changes.

I always wish everyone good luck, and I hope you are successful.
Regards,
Martin Meyer, CPB

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