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pricing, fees & billing rates

five areas to ground new metrics other than time

you need to measure your progress and success, but not by the hour.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

it may sound ridiculous, but the only people who are married to timesheets are professional services firms staffed by people who spend their professional lifetimes building their knowledge. every other company in the world has figured out how to sell and price products or services without relying on timesheets.

more: five reasons to ditch timesheets for good | productize services for consistent client value | four ways automation pushes the paradigm shift | how value pricing impacts your employees | why pricing is so disruptive | accounting disruptors are heading your way … with deep pockets | advisory work must be priced by value, not hours
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why do professional services firms believe you should sell knowledge in increments of time? ron baker, an accounting visionary and author of “firm of the future,” once asked, “when you’re a knowledge worker, should you be selling your time?” i don’t think so.

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pricing, fees & billing rates

five reasons to ditch timesheets for good

you get what you measure.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

when you measure time on timesheets, you are measuring a scarce commodity. there are only so many billable hours in a week.

more: productize services for consistent client value | digitize clients for standardization | six steps to creating a standardized practice | four ways automation pushes the paradigm shift | are you the key signal caller for your clients? | value pricing requires defining your clients | how value pricing impacts your employees | 6 steps to start value pricing | what are you selling? | three critical factors drive the value pricing trend
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by measuring billable hours, you’re living in a world of scarcity. this is bound to affect your firm, both internally and externally.

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pricing, fees & billing rates

productize services for consistent client value

high-end alignment creates more satisfying client experiences.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

now that you have hopefully standardized your services, it’s time to look at productization. productization is the packaging of intangible services to make them feel tangible. you put everything you will do for a persona into an offering that resonates with them because it’s customized for them. it’s then clearly priced so the buyer knows what they get for their investment.

more: digitize clients for standardization | six steps to creating a standardized practice | value pricing requires defining your clients | stop selling time | three critical factors drive the value pricing trend | stop looking for talent that does not exist
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this is just as useful for your clients as it is for your staff. clients appreciate it because they know exactly what they’ll get and what to expect. staff appreciate it because, unlike in traditional firms where there are at least four different ways to get to the same deliverable, this model has one pathway for each deliverable and service product, making it both efficient and traceable.

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pricing, fees & billing rates

four considerations when standardizing client tech stacks

how to make sense of their various channels.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

clients use the client technology stack to run their day-to-day businesses. the stack they use depends on their niche or vertical. for example, law firms use clio, while e-commerce businesses rely on webgility, among others.

more: digitize clients for standardization | six steps to creating a standardized practice | value pricing requires defining your clients | stop selling time | three critical factors drive the value pricing trend | stop looking for talent that does not exist | advisory work must be priced by value, not hours
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the next tech layer is data aggregation. all the data feeds will land here, and you can determine what to do with and how to organize this information based on kpis or other metrics around which you’re building their business success.

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pricing, fees & billing rates

digitize clients for standardization

don’t lose your shirt over process.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

why is mcdonald’s easy to price and why is their product so consistent no matter where in the world you are? you know that if you get a big mac in chicago or one in new york, it will taste and cost the same. this is because of standardization, and you shouldn’t underestimate the role digitized data plays in maintaining this consistency.

more: six steps to creating a standardized practice | four ways automation pushes the paradigm shift | are you the key signal caller for your clients? | value pricing requires defining your clients | how value pricing impacts your employees | 6 steps to start value pricing | what are you selling? | three critical factors drive the value pricing trend | accounting disruptors are heading your way … with deep pockets | the convergence of trends makes pricing changes imperative
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your firm can standardize and price just like mcdonald’s does, if you have the right tech infrastructure, in addition to standards related to both clients and workflow.
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