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A composite case study in how professional writing got priced by the clock, why the deliverable fee took over, and how the math differs for one speech versus forty.
Continue reading Hired a Writer by the Hour and Got a Surprise Invoice? What the Flat Fee Fixed
Small jobs carry almost the same fixed costs as big ones. Here is how hourly, minimum-plus-hourly, and flat-rate pricing each handle that, and which one holds up.
Continue reading Pricing a Two Hour Repair Call Three Ways, and Which One Stops Losing Money
The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works or quietly drains the year.
Continue reading Can a First Hire Pay for Themselves? Working Out What That Actually Requires
Pricing against a competitor copies their arithmetic without ever seeing it. The number that decides everything is how many hours a year can honestly be billed.
A boundary disagreement is the clearest example of a problem where an attorney is unnecessary for nearly all of it and genuinely essential for one specific part.
Continue reading A Fence Six Inches Over the Line Took Four Months and One Billable Hour