Ditching Hourly

By Jonathan Stark

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For experts who want to make more and work less without hiring.

Episode Date
Corey Quinn - The Benefits of Selling to Anyone, Not Everyone
Apr 09, 2024
Why Niching Down Isn't Boring with Geraldine Carter
Mar 26, 2024
JS on SuiteScript Stories with Tim Dietrich and Eric Grubaugh
Mar 19, 2024
Joe Quadara - From Fighting Fires to Lighting the Way: How Expertise Creates Leverage in Consulting
Jan 30, 2024
Bryan Strawser - Breaking Seven Figures For The First Time
Jan 10, 2024
Jonathan on Everyone Hates Marketers with Louis Grenier
Nov 14, 2023
Alexander Lapa - The Non-Profit Salesforce Guy
Oct 24, 2023
Rod Aparicio - The Myth of Personal Brand
Sep 19, 2023
Zach Stevens - Going from Zero to $36k MRR with a Product-Marketing-as-a-Service Subscription Business
Sep 12, 2023
David Shriner-Cahn - Helping Corporate Refugees Start, Run, and Grow Their Own Businesses
Aug 22, 2023
Luke Willis - $39k Launch
Aug 17, 2023
Coaching Call with Data Engineer Denis Gontcharov
Aug 16, 2023
John Grant - Streamlining Delivery Workflows for Lawyers
Aug 15, 2023
James Williams - Fractional CTO Masterclass
Aug 01, 2023
Michael Zipursky - Selling Consulting Into Large Organizations in 2023
Jul 27, 2023
Ron Baker - Time’s Up!
Jul 18, 2023
Ryan Golgosky - Productized Subscription Model for Web Design
Jun 20, 2023
The Song Of Significance with Seth Godin (TBOA #285)
Jun 13, 2023
Denis Čahuk - Building Autonomous Engineering Teams
Jun 06, 2023
Geraldine Carter - Finding Your Niche: Tackling Objections and Getting Traction
May 30, 2023
Dr. J.J. Peterson - Building A Business Beyond Hourly Billing
May 23, 2023
Denis Čahuk - Find Out What’s Valuable And Then Do Nothing Else
May 16, 2023
Luke Willis - Taxes, Inflation, and the Psychology of Currency
May 09, 2023
James Turner - Selling Credits Instead of Hours
May 02, 2023
Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation - How to Monetize a Content-First Business
Apr 25, 2023
Floyd May - Pricing Software Development Based On Shares, Not Hours
Apr 18, 2023
Tim Burris - From Annual Salary to Hourly Billing to Fixed Pricing
Apr 11, 2023
Steve Folland - The Freelance Journey
Mar 29, 2023
Alain Chautard - Four Ways To Monetize Technical Expertise
Mar 28, 2023
Coaching Call with ex-Googler Kartick Vaddadi
Mar 21, 2023
Ditching Hourly Fireside Chat with Ed Gandia and Jonathan Stark
Mar 14, 2023
Mitch Kowalski - Helping Law Firms Ditch Hourly Billing
Mar 07, 2023
Sew Heidi - The Business of Fashion Design
Feb 28, 2023
Jason Lengstorf - Learning Together Online As A Full-Time Job
Feb 14, 2023
Junaid Ahmed - From UX Designer to Home Studio Architect
Feb 07, 2023
Jeff Doolittle - From Web Dev To Software Architect
Jan 31, 2023
Reuven Lerner - Building A Software Training Business In 2023
Jan 24, 2023
Brandon Reed - Instant Success With Fixed Price Options
Jan 10, 2023
Erica Goode, CPA - Inflation, Recession, Cash flow, and Taxes
Dec 20, 2022
Mitch Herrema - High Ticket Productized Services
Dec 06, 2022
Erin Balsa - From “Hit or Miss” Proposals to a 100% Close Rate
Nov 29, 2022
Coaching Call with Vikram Shetty
Nov 22, 2022
John Strohmeyer - Packaging And Selling Legal Services On A Fixed-Fee Basis
Nov 15, 2022
Geraldine Carter - Providing More Value Faster
Oct 18, 2022
Coaching Call with QA Consultant Preshant Bellad
Oct 11, 2022
Reuben Swartz - Anti-CRM For People Who Hate Selling
Oct 04, 2022
Paul Swail - Getting Paid To Uncover Value With Roadmapping Engagements
Sep 27, 2022
Dr. Jason Troyer - Bootstrapping from Academia to Authority
Sep 20, 2022
Dre Beltrami - Shut Up And Listen
Sep 13, 2022
Jason Resnick - Masterclass In Pragmatic Email Automation
Sep 06, 2022
Employee Mindset
Aug 30, 2022
Reverse Interview with Peter Mobley of Geogram
Aug 23, 2022
Generalist vs Specialists: Music Edition
Aug 16, 2022
Coaching Call with Voice Coach Adrian Goldner
Aug 09, 2022
Fancy Dams
Aug 02, 2022
Michael Lynch - I Regret My $46k Website Redesign
Jul 26, 2022
Japanese Maple
Jul 19, 2022
Mind The Gap
Jul 12, 2022
Keyboard Smashing Fury
Jul 05, 2022
Joel Clermont - From Hourly Billing Agency Owner to Value Pricing Soloist
Jun 28, 2022
Are You Over Delivering? (TBOA#227)
Jun 21, 2022
Sunsetting Products And Services
Jun 14, 2022
How Project Oversight Retainers Work
Jun 07, 2022
How To Capture And Organize Ideas For A Daily Mailing List
May 31, 2022
Kevin Freidberg - Adapting The Why Conversation
May 24, 2022
Coaching Call with Web3 Consultant Luke Willis
May 17, 2022
Coaching Call with UX Writer Merav Levkowitz
May 10, 2022
Alex Hillman - Paid Project Discovery
May 03, 2022
Solar System Content Model
Apr 26, 2022
Punk Marketing
Apr 19, 2022
Absolutely Everything Can Be Measured
Apr 12, 2022
What if you had no competition?
Apr 05, 2022
Coaching Call with “JavaScript-in-FileMaker” expert Jeremy Brown
Mar 29, 2022
David C. Baker - The 5 Things That Happen Right After You Specialize
Mar 08, 2022
Rick Finkelstein - The Heavy Metal Lawyer
Mar 01, 2022
Coaching Call with Trading Card Creator Colyn Brown
Feb 22, 2022
Digby Leigh - Alternative Fee Arrangements for the Legal Industry
Feb 15, 2022
Coaching Call with Equity-Driven Design Strategist Lucy Flores
Feb 08, 2022
Ton Dobbe - The “Broken” Triangle
Feb 01, 2022
Paul Klein - The Three Pillars of Revenue
Jan 25, 2022
Coaching Call with Java Developer Alice B.
Jan 18, 2022
Coaching Call with Business Appraiser Charlie Stanton
Jan 11, 2022
Coaching Call with Outdoor Brand Identity Designer Devin Renaud
Jan 04, 2022
Paul Boag - Helping People For Free At Scale
Dec 21, 2021
Sam Shepler - Productized Testimonials
Dec 14, 2021
Ryan Berman - Courage Is Your Competitive Advantage
Dec 07, 2021
Swizec Teller - The Employed Consultant
Nov 30, 2021
Philip Morgan - The Self-Made Expert
Nov 23, 2021
Blair Enns - Productized Services
Nov 16, 2021
Justin Jackson - Catching Bigger Waves
Oct 12, 2021
Coaching Call with Design Thinking Consultant Hannah Berson
Oct 05, 2021
Coaching Call with David Thorp
Sep 28, 2021
Coaching Call with Software Architect George Stocker
Sep 21, 2021
Coaching Call with THE Mason Bayne
Sep 14, 2021
Coaching Call with Health Coach Jihane Farrell
Sep 07, 2021
Coaching Call with Pilates Instructor Karrie Grinter
Aug 31, 2021
Carl Richards - Making Stuff On Purpose
Aug 24, 2021
The Subjectivity Of Luxury
Aug 17, 2021
Success story from Michael Coutts nephew
Aug 10, 2021
Nine Seconds
Aug 03, 2021
Dre Beltrami - No BS Branding
Jul 27, 2021
Carol Williams - Productivity Cake
Jul 20, 2021
Hourly Billing vs Specialization
Jul 13, 2021
Shooting In The Dark
Jul 06, 2021
Value pricing when there is no monetary ROI
Jun 29, 2021
How to attract better clients
Jun 22, 2021
There are lots of ways to price
Jun 15, 2021
Take A Stand
Jun 08, 2021
Perfectionism vs Idealism
Jun 01, 2021
How do you find the time for marketing?
May 25, 2021
With hourly billing...
May 18, 2021
Positioning teardown request from Alexander Fridman
May 11, 2021
Are non-profits a good niche?
May 04, 2021
Coaching Call with Psychotherapist Bob Beverley
Apr 27, 2021
Thomas Smale - What To Do Before Building A SaaS
Apr 20, 2021
Kyle Miller - From Zero To Life-Changing SaaS Exit
Mar 09, 2021
Ant Pugh - What's the difference between niching and specialization?
Mar 02, 2021
Coaching Call with educator Kristina Jareno
Feb 23, 2021
Digby Leigh - Frank Fees for Law Firms
Feb 16, 2021
Blair Enns - What Is Strategy?
Feb 09, 2021
Joel Pilger - Fostering a Community of Clients
Jan 26, 2021
Emily Omier - Finding Clients On LinkedIn
Jan 22, 2021
John Warrillow - The Art of Selling Your Business
Jan 12, 2021
Tripp Lanier - Getting Dangerous
Jan 05, 2021
Erik Dietrich - 3 Steps To Improving Your Search Rankings
Dec 29, 2020
Jim McDannald - Laser Focused Positioning FTW
Dec 22, 2020
What is a product ladder?
Dec 21, 2020
Knowers vs Doers
Dec 20, 2020
Art vs Design
Dec 19, 2020
Specialization in life and business
Dec 18, 2020
Plenty of Fish
Dec 17, 2020
Expensive Problems are 3D
Dec 16, 2020
What exactly is commoditization?
Dec 15, 2020
How to avoid scope creep on a value priced project
Dec 01, 2020
How to value price when there are lots of unknowns
Nov 21, 2020
Starting From Zero
Nov 19, 2020
Beware The Should
Nov 17, 2020
Coaching Call with Destin Hood - From Professional Baseball to Digital Marketing
Nov 10, 2020
Dan Cuprill - Systems Create Profit
Nov 03, 2020
Alex Hillman - Tiny MBA
Oct 27, 2020
Wes Bos - Building a Training Business
Oct 20, 2020
Edward Nevraumont - Programmatic Advertising for Boutique Service Businesses
Oct 13, 2020
Jimmy Rose - Validating Your SaaS Idea
Oct 06, 2020
The New Boss
Sep 29, 2020
How To Prove You're Good At What You Do
Sep 22, 2020
You Have To Change Something
Sep 15, 2020
Selling A Feeling
Sep 08, 2020
Geraldine Carter - The Forensic Bounty Hunter
Sep 01, 2020
Projects vs Retainers
Aug 25, 2020
A More Useful Definition Of Strategy
Aug 18, 2020
Can I Value Price X?
Aug 11, 2020
Good News And Bad News
Aug 04, 2020
Coaching Call with Animated Film Director Wayne Thornley
Jul 28, 2020
Becoming A Rockstar
Jul 21, 2020
Provenance
Jul 14, 2020
What if no one listens?
Jul 07, 2020
Punishing Excellence
Jun 30, 2020
It's Not That Simple
Jun 23, 2020
Michael Zipursky - Consulting Success
Jun 16, 2020
Scope Last
May 26, 2020
(Re)positioning Yourself: A Crash Course
May 19, 2020
The Only Business Strategy You'll Ever Need
May 12, 2020
Humane Selling (TBOA#65)
May 05, 2020
Should You Build A Course? (TBOA#67)
Apr 21, 2020
Tack on a zero and try again
Apr 14, 2020
Relationships Rule The World (TBOA#69)
Apr 07, 2020
How To Tell People What You Do
Mar 31, 2020
How To Switch Your Niche (TBOA#73)
Mar 24, 2020
Coaching Call with Messaging Consultant Graeme McLaughlin
Mar 17, 2020
Will Bachman on The Benefits of Community for Independent Consultants
Mar 10, 2020
Coaching Call with Landscape Architect Daniel Robey
Mar 03, 2020
Coaching Call with Web Developer Tim Abell
Feb 25, 2020
Erik Dietrich on The Hourly Monkey Wrench
Feb 18, 2020
Framing Your Value Pricing Conversations
Feb 11, 2020
Cold Outreach for Freelancers: Finding Potential New Clients With Cold Emails
Feb 04, 2020
How to Delegate Effectively in Your Freelancing Business
Jan 28, 2020
The 3 Most Important Questions to Ask New Freelance Clients
Jan 14, 2020
Determining the Value of a Paid Discovery Session (for Consultants)
Jan 07, 2020
How to Introduce Yourself at a Networking Event
Dec 31, 2019
Defining Your Target Customer: Can You Test Multiple Audiences At Once?
Dec 24, 2019
Ron Baker on The Subscription Economy
Dec 17, 2019
How to Overcome Price Objections in Your Sales Interview [The Why Conversation]
Dec 10, 2019
Freelancing Expenses: Who Pays For Your Travel?
Dec 03, 2019
Getting Good Testimonials from Your Past Clients
Nov 26, 2019
When Friends and Family Ask You to Work for Free
Nov 25, 2019
Reuven Lerner on Building a Software Training Business
Nov 22, 2019
What to Send to Your Email Subscribers (Marketing Your Service Business)
Nov 21, 2019
Attracting New Clients With Your B2B Content Marketing Strategy
Nov 20, 2019
Are You Giving Away Too Much Free Content?
Nov 19, 2019
Positioning: Can You Work With Your Client's Competitors?
Nov 18, 2019
The Difference Between Horizontal & Vertical Marketing [Business Strategy for Service Providers]
Nov 17, 2019
Marketing for Service Providers: Is Value Pricing Effective for New Freelancers?
Nov 16, 2019
"Outcome Based Selling" vs. "What I'll Be Doing to Get the Outcome"
Nov 15, 2019
Two Pricing Curves to Measure Value: "Goldilocks" vs. "Might as Well"
Nov 14, 2019
Sales for Consultants: How to Convert Inbound Leads into Clients
Nov 13, 2019
The Easiest Way to Discuss Value Pricing Questions with Clients
Nov 12, 2019
Freelance Work: What to Price for Small Projects with a Limited Scope
Nov 11, 2019
Consultant Advice: Handling Team Conflicts and Disagreements
Nov 10, 2019
Coaching and Consulting: How to Get Long Term Clients
Nov 09, 2019
Positioning Your Consulting Business: Should You Take a Contrarian Stance?
Nov 08, 2019
Project Deliverables: What Are Consultants Really Selling?
Nov 07, 2019
Joe Pine on Pricing Experiences
Nov 06, 2019
How to Handle Clients Asking for a Discount or Bargaining Your Rates
Nov 05, 2019
Generalist vs. Specialist: Do Freelancers Have to Choose?
Nov 04, 2019
3 Things You Need to Know About Picking Your Niche in Business [Tips for New Freelancers]
Nov 03, 2019
3 Reliable Marketing Tips to Build Your Side Hustle (While You Work Full-Time)
Nov 02, 2019
Creative Entrepreneurs: Two Practical Ways to Set Your Rates
Nov 01, 2019
Making A Living with Your Art with guest Margot Trudell
Sep 24, 2019
How do I get clients to pay 100% up-front?
Sep 22, 2019
Do I really need to specialize?
Sep 20, 2019
What's the value of code quality?
Sep 18, 2019
How should I transition from an old niche to a new one?
Sep 16, 2019
How can I charge 100% up-front if my clients are used paying on delivery?
Sep 14, 2019
How do I offer options if what I'm selling is the outcome?
Sep 12, 2019
How do I validate a platform or niche?
Sep 10, 2019
How can I value price social media services?
Sep 08, 2019
How should I quote projects without promising too much?
Sep 06, 2019
How do I guarantee ROI if I operate at a strategic level?
Sep 04, 2019
How do I have The Why Conversation if I'm cold calling?
Sep 02, 2019
Do I have to be the most expensive option?
Aug 31, 2019
How do I sell the outcome?
Aug 29, 2019
How do I have a value-based conversation with repeat clients?
Aug 27, 2019
Positioning Your Firm with guest Joel Pilger
Aug 25, 2019
Can value pricing work for a B2C project?
Aug 23, 2019
How do I package productized services?
Aug 21, 2019
How do I set a fee when the outcome is qualitative?
Aug 21, 2019
What should I say when a client asks me for tiny changes?
Aug 20, 2019
Taking Risks with guest Paul Mellor
Aug 14, 2019
Value Pricing For Agencies with guest Pascal Côté
Jun 22, 2019
How do I persuade a client that my work is valuable?
Jun 21, 2019
How do I attract buyers instead of peers?
Jun 19, 2019
What should I do if I only have $1000 for marketing?
Jun 17, 2019
Are proposal options part of a sales funnel?
Jun 14, 2019
Can I value price as part of a team?
Jun 12, 2019
How should I structure options in a project proposal?
Jun 10, 2019
I'm freelancing for my ex-employer but they still treat me like an employee... what should I do?
Jun 03, 2019
What should I include in my consulting proposals?
May 27, 2019
How do I know the client understands the value of the project?
May 24, 2019
What do I need to make the jump from implementation work to strategy work?
May 22, 2019
Should I tell clients that I practice value-based pricing?
May 20, 2019
Pricing Design with guest Dan Mall
May 10, 2019
The Strategic Independent with guest Tom Critchlow
Apr 26, 2019
How do I justify premium fees if I live in a low cost of living area?
Apr 23, 2019
How much money do I need to start a consulting business?
Apr 22, 2019
Is white labeling something I should limit or is it a golden goose?
Apr 19, 2019
How can I apply value pricing when multiple parties are involved?
Apr 18, 2019
Does it do more harm than good to put "middle-tier" client logos on my website?
Apr 17, 2019
What if the tactics or deliverables change in the middle of a project?
Apr 16, 2019
How do I scale value pricing down to the freelance level?
Apr 15, 2019
What if my prospective client hires someone who I have a not-so-great history with?
Apr 12, 2019
Should I ever mention value pricing with my prospective clients?
Apr 11, 2019
How do I deal with little jobs like fixing a CSS mistake?
Apr 08, 2019
How do I balance constant learning with specialization?
Apr 07, 2019
Design retainers with guest Morgan Pendergrass
Apr 06, 2019
How do I value price on a small scale?
Apr 05, 2019
Should I look at the client's code before quoting a price?
Apr 04, 2019
Why isn't my content marketing attracting more leads?
Apr 03, 2019
What do I say when a prospect asks how I price my work (if not hourly)?
Apr 02, 2019
Can I use my old testimonials in my new niche?
Apr 01, 2019
How do you go about budgeting time for a project?
Mar 29, 2019
How should I write a proposal with multiple price options when the client has shared their budget with me?
Mar 28, 2019
How to prevent clients from reverse engineering an hourly rate from your value price
Mar 26, 2019
Can designers sell retainers?
Mar 25, 2019
Are advice retainers different from design retainers?
Mar 24, 2019
How should I raise prices on a monthly-based service with my existing clients?
Mar 23, 2019
How do I get past a gatekeeper to the real decision maker?
Mar 22, 2019
When is the best time of year to try to land new clients?
Mar 21, 2019
How should I make the shift from employee to consultant?
Mar 20, 2019
How should I split the profits if I hire someone to do the implementation work for me?
Mar 19, 2019
How do I start to attract big brands to my agency?
Mar 18, 2019
How can you value price a big project without a comprehensive scope document?
Mar 17, 2019
How long should a money-back guarantee be good for?
Mar 16, 2019
What if my client pivots their business in the middle of a value priced project?
Mar 15, 2019
Do I have to move to a tech hub to grow my business?
Mar 14, 2019
Can a newb become a consultant right away?
Mar 13, 2019
Should you work for free in exchange for referrals?
Mar 08, 2019
XY Positioning Statement
Mar 01, 2019
Making Seconds Count with guest Alice Lee-Yoon
Feb 20, 2019
Productized Services with guest Jason Resnick
Jan 12, 2019
Setting Expectations with guest Ben Manley
Nov 28, 2018
Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You with guest John Warrillow
Oct 25, 2018
The Language of Business with guest Norman Lieberman
Sep 19, 2018
The Shape of Engagement with guest Scott Gould
Aug 27, 2018
Breaking The Time Barrier with guest Mike McDerment
Aug 03, 2018
Building Signature Systems with guest Maggie Patterson
Jul 25, 2018
Fishing Where The Fish Are with guest David A. Fields
Jul 12, 2018
All Late Projects Are The Same with guest Tom DeMarco
Jun 21, 2018
You Can’t Buy An Hour
May 25, 2018
Lessons Learned Building My First Online Software Course with guest Chris Buecheler
Apr 24, 2018
Can Value Pricing Work for Firms? with guest Adam Aronson
Mar 30, 2018
Bells & Whistles
Mar 17, 2018
The Business of Expertise with special guest David C. Baker
Feb 07, 2018
Value-Based Design with guest Nick Disabato
Feb 02, 2018
Price Sickness with guest Janet Kafadar
Jan 23, 2018
Productized Consulting with guest Jane Portman
Jan 23, 2018
Pricing Creativity with special guest Blair Enns
Dec 19, 2017
Monetizing Technical Expertise By Selling Sponsorships with guest Corey Quinn
Dec 11, 2017
Donations As A Revenue Stream with guest Brian Dunning
Nov 17, 2017
Monetizing Technical Expertise By Selling Sponsorships with guest Kurt Elster
Nov 15, 2017
Conquering Anxieties with guest Sherry Walling
Nov 11, 2017
Making Change
Oct 30, 2017
Stated Goals Vs Actual Goals
Oct 27, 2017
Why I Would Happily Pay Ten Bucks For A Dollar
Oct 26, 2017
Lessons Learned with guest Jason Swett
Oct 23, 2017
What do you do?
Oct 19, 2017
Lead with the symptom, not the disease
Oct 18, 2017
Client don’t pay you to code
Oct 17, 2017
What if the client has no budget?
Oct 17, 2017
The Helicopter Option
Oct 17, 2017
Pulling The Trigger On Value Pricing with guest Joel Miller
Sep 08, 2017
The Irony of the Generalist
Aug 25, 2017
The Subjective Value Of Money
Jul 28, 2017
Can Agile Projects Be Value Priced? with guest Jason Mundok
Jul 24, 2017
Be The Expert
Jul 21, 2017
The Goldilocks Problem with guest Josh Robbs
Jul 14, 2017
Why You Should Be Offering Guarantees
Jun 29, 2017
The Ethics of Hourly Billing with special guest Ron Baker
May 22, 2017
Value Pricing Cuts Both Ways
May 19, 2017
Converting Hourly Clients To Value Pricing
Apr 13, 2017
How To Grow Your Business Without Hiring
Apr 06, 2017
Value Pricing in the Enterprise with guest Jeff Scornavacca
Mar 08, 2017
Is Value Pricing Immoral?
Feb 24, 2017
Can Any Type Of Project Be Value Priced?
Feb 17, 2017
Ten Ways To Attract Your Ideal Buyer
Jan 24, 2017
Escape Hourly Billing with Productized Services with guest Kurt Elster
Jan 19, 2017
High-Touch, Low-Touch, and Leverage
Jan 17, 2017
Building a Product Ladder
Dec 22, 2016
Productized Services
Dec 13, 2016
The 8 Steps to Value Pricing with special guest Ron Baker
Dec 08, 2016
100% Up-Front
Nov 29, 2016
How To Write Proposals That Close
Nov 16, 2016
The Why Conversation
Nov 09, 2016
Making the Leap to Value Pricing with guest James Jeffers
Nov 07, 2016
The Hourly Trap
Oct 31, 2016
Cost vs Price vs Value
Oct 27, 2016
The Red Balloon
Oct 24, 2016
Burying the Billable Hour with guest Ed Kless
Oct 17, 2016
Three Ways to Transition to Value Pricing
Oct 17, 2016
Intro to Value Pricing
Oct 17, 2016
The Hourly Income Barrier
Oct 17, 2016
Hello World
Oct 17, 2016