Ever wonder why your business bank account isn’t as full as it ought to be even though you feel like you’re charging SO MUCH? That’s because what you charge isn’t actually what you make. To figure that out, you need to understand your internal hourly rate. In this...
Business Resources for BIPOC Freelancers
When and How to Raise Freelance Rates
In one of my workshops, a participant asked, “How often do you raise freelance rates? Do you do it annually? Or just as needed, bearing in mind that we don't get paid vacation pay or health insurance?” (Smart student, by the way, A-plus!) When to Raise Freelance Rates...
“Your Price Is Too High”: 16+ Ways to Respond
We’ve all had the sinking feeling upon hearing the words, “I’m sorry, but your price is too high and that's out of our budget...” It stings especially hard if you’ve already plowed several hours (or even days) into meeting with the client, researching solutions,...
How “Hope You Get Rich” Helped DEI Consultant Jasmine Gonzalez Find Her Pricing Foundation
Jasmine Gonzalez is a multitalented DEI practitioner, writer, consultant, coach, and founder of Jasmine Gonzalez Consulting and the Level Up Book Club. Her mission is to build up and support leaders from underrepresented backgrounds by helping them connect to the...
How “Hope You Get Rich” Ended Coach Alan Heymann’s Awkward Price Conversations
Alan Heymann is an executive and leadership coach with over two decades of experience in public, government and nonprofit communications. He has a particular gift for working with introverts and coaching clients through various transitions, be it from individual...
What Dung Beetles Can Teach Us About Running a Business
We recently went to a local event called Bugfest, which hopefully tells you everything you need to know about how nerdy of a family we are and how nerdy of a university town we live in. (cw: poop, poop consumption) One of the last tables we visited was about the...
Chief Executive Auntie September 2021 Monthly Report
Cash Flow Revenue Goal: $2,500Total Revenue: $2,688.5 Total Expenses: $1041.01 (including $241.67 revenue shared with my strategic partner in our group program)Net Profit: $1647.49Owner Compensation: $1,826.14 (including my quarterly profit disbursal) Time Breakdown...
Chief Executive Auntie August 2021 Monthly Report
Cash Flow Revenue Goal: $2,500 Total Revenue: $1,940 Total Expenses: $387.63 Net Profit: $1,552.37 Owner Compensation: $1,607.31 Time Breakdown Work Time Hours Worked: 38.75 Weekly Average Work Hours: 9.69 Billable Hours: 7 hours (WHOOPSIES) Course...
Why So Many Online Courses Suck
So I've been slowly terrorizing myself with the LuLaRoe documentary this week. And it occurs to me that the online course meta-industry (the teaching of how to create and sell online courses) feels...a bit like multilevel marketing sometimes. The online course...
The Pros and Cons of Putting Your Product on Other People’s Platforms
Today, I want to talk about putting your product or service offer on someone else’s platform. I was recently offered the opportunity to include my pricing workbook (which is part of my Hope You Get Rich course) into a bundle of other courses that was going to be...
10 Surprising Benefits of Interactive PDF Courses and Workbooks
Video courses and cohort-based courses are all the rage right now, but there is an overlooked option with a lot of surprising benefits: the interactive PDF course or workbook. Sure, PDFs get a bad rap because Karen can’t ever seem to rotate them properly, but...
Chief Executive Auntie July 2021 Monthly Report
July 2021 Monthly Report Cash Flow Revenue Goal: $2,000Total Revenue: $3,145 Total Expenses: $667.28 Net Income: $2,477,72Owner Compensation: $1,286.39 Time Breakdown Work Time Hours Worked: 33 (53% decrease from June, HAHAHAHA)Weekly Average Work Hours:...