When you negotiate with clients, the fee schedule may break down by job classification. When you wear the Engineer hat, you’re billed at $110 an hour. Switch to a Project Manager hat and your rate is $125 an hour. Back at the office you put on a Draftsman hat. Now your bill rate is $80 [...]
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BillQuick Super Hero Training Now Open!
April 11, 2011
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Announcing! BillQuick Super Hero training is now open for registration. Come learn from the experts, the inside guys who know all the tips and tricks. Come ask questions and drill down into the nitty-gritty. Come share ideas and situations with your peers. You know you’re a super-hero. Come to BillQuick on Tour and earn your [...]
Read moreShazam! Tracking Marketing Costs
April 10, 2011
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Shazam! See, getting new jobs does not happen by magic. It is just a lot of static electricity mixed with wishful thinking. Previous posts offered marketing fundamentals as well as advice and insights from experts. Now, let’s look at tracking marketing activities. Whether you call it marketing, selling or business development, you should track the [...]
Read moreInquiring Minds — Minimum/Day Rate
April 5, 2011
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Settings up bill rates the way you want or the way a contract defines is not a ‘nice to have’ capability — it is essential. And what may seem complex and a chore to ensure accurate job cost information can be simple in BillQuick. Minimum Rates or Day Rates is a recent BillQuick User Forum [...]
Read moreThe Expense of “Not Knowing”
February 1, 2011
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Contractor certification of cost is growing in intensity. Federal and state governments have stepped up reviews of overhead cost. BQE Software is proud to have T. Wayne Owens, CPA share his insights and recommendations. Wayne is a national expert who has been at the heart of this issue for years. ———————————————— The first week of [...]
Read moreIdeal Bill Rate
January 10, 2011
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The first weeks of every new year carries a variety of decisions and tasks. Once of the most important decisions is the bill rates to charge for your professional services. Many companies struggle through this decisions, sometimes over-thinking it and other times just punting. If you are struggling with a decision or simply want to [...]
Read more7 Year-End Reports for 2011 Success
December 7, 2010
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Throughout 2010, professional services firms have reported steady increase in projects being put out to bid and projects won. To be sure, economic recovery is uneven with some regions improving faster than others. What is clear is that BillQuick customers, our own internal analysis and general economic indicators show recovery is happening. Some of the [...]
Read moreOnly A Few Seats
November 1, 2010
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10 Days and Counting. . . 9. . .8. . .7 . . .6. . .5. . . And seats are counting down too. . . 5. . .4. . .3. . .2. . .1 BillQuick on Tour – Las Vegas is Thursday, November 11. It’s All Day. It’s Learning and Talking with BillQuick Experts. [...]
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