Ditching Hourly

Email automation guru Jason Resnick joined me on Ditching Hourly to geek out about serving subscribers more effectively with less effort. We ended up chatting for 90+ minutes, and Jason gave a master class on leveraging basic email automation techniques to create outsized results for your audience and your business. If you have a mailing list, this is a must-listen episode. If you don’t, it’s time...

Geogram President Peter Mobley reached out to ask if he could come on Ditching Hourly to interview me, and of course, I said yes. I'm not sure that's what happened but it was a unique conversation :-) Peter's links:  Geogram hello@geogram.com ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as...

Vocal coach and acapella group leader Adrian Goldner joined me on Ditching Hourly to brainstorm ways to package and price his expertise in more profitable ways. Unfortunately, I forgot to click the record button so I'll have to recap our conversation on my own. Whomp whomp :-( Anyway... Here's Adrian's background: - He's a vocal coach, certified in something called the CVT method - He runs an acap...

Michael’s Links I Regret My $46k Website Redesign Tiny Pilot Michael’s Twitter ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkward sales call or spend hours writing another custom proposal? Boo...

Joel Clermont joined me on Ditching Hourly to detail his multi-year transition from "hourly billing" agency owner to "value pricing" soloist. Joel's Links MasteringLaravel.io ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you n...

EPISODE SUMMARY Overdelivering—giving your clients and buyers more than they expected or contracted for—is a seemingly thoughtful and helpful practice that is anything but. EPISODE NOTES Our tendency (especially in proposal situations) to acquiesce to client requests—and how to re-direct that for the good of all. The power and status dynamics surrounding consultants serving clients and what happen...

This episode is an anonymized question that I answered in one of my Ditcherville LIVE Q&A sessions inside of my group coaching community.  ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkwar...

This episode is an anonymized question that I answered in one of my Ditcherville LIVE Q&A sessions inside of my group coaching community.  ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkwar...

This episode is an anonymized question that I answered in one of my Ditcherville LIVE Q&A sessions inside of my group coaching community.  ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkwar...

Founder of 7-Second Websites, Kevin Freidberg joined me on Ditching Hourly to describe how he has adapted The Why Conversation to better suit his personality and land nearly 100% of his prospects.  Kevin's Website Kevin's LinkedIn ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to p...

Web3 Consultant Luke Willis joined me on Ditching Hourly to brainstorm ways to position and package his crypto/blockchain/web3 expertise. Luke's Links https://lukewillis.com/ https://thekoinpress.com/ https://twitter.com/lukemwillis ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to...

UX content writer, Merav Levkowitz joined me on Ditching Hourly to brainstorm ways she could get away from billing hourly for ongoing maintenance and execution work. Links Merav's Website ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your serv...

Author, founder, and rebel scum, Alex Hillman returned to Ditching Hourly, this time to talk about paid project discovery engagements. Alex's Links Alex's Twitter Alex's email: alex@tiny.mba The Tiny MBA by Alex Hillman ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in yo...

Let’s say you wanted to start a daily mailing list… How would you come up with enough stuff to write about? My Solar System Content Model is the answer. Related articles Solar System Content Model Finding Your Sun ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your spa...

The core strategy behind my "punk" marketing approach. ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkward sales call or spend hours writing another custom proposal? Book a one-on-one coaching...

Other than hourly billing, this is the mindset shift that has had the biggest impact on my business.  ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time? Positioning yourself as the go-to person in your space? Productizing your services so you never have to have another awkward sales call or spend hours writing anoth...

This time on Ditching Hourly I answer a question from Kenneth Taylor about how to build a solo authority business that essentially has no competition. Related links:  Positioning Definition XY Position Statement More articles on positioning The Business of Authority ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead of billing for your time?...

“JavaScript-in-FileMaker” expert Jeremy Brown joined me on Ditching Hourly to brainstorm which business models might make the most sense for his highly specialized area of expertise. Links We Mentioned:   integratingmagic.io jsinfm.com jonathanstark.com/fm/filemaker-to-php-translation-table ---- Do you have questions about how to improve your business? Things like: Value pricing your work instead...

The “Expertise Expert” himself, David C. Baker, joined me on Ditching Hourly to talk about the five things that happen right after you specialize. Summary Here is an AI summary of the key points from the episode: The episode is a discussion between Jonathan Stark and David C. Baker about positioning and specialization for consultants and professional services firms. They discuss the importance of...