Hot answers tagged business-services
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All of this depends on the wording of your agreement.
Let me make a couple assumptions:
Your agreement did not include a clear process for cancellation
Your agreement was with a company, not you as a person
The amount of the retainer was less than $10,000 (or so)
That you are located in the United States.
That the agreement had an agreed upon ...
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Obviously, when a merchant offers "free shipping," that does not mean that FedEx is carrying the package for free. That just means that the cost of shipping, whatever it is, is already factored into the cost of the product. Or, to put it another way, the merchant takes it out of their profit margin. Or, to put it another way, the price of the product is ...
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We recently had all of our corporate phones on a single account with a standard model Blackberry. The original though behind this decision was that money could be saved though contact negotiations, leveraging our buying power, and ease of support. After reading some Gardner papers and internal discussions, we have converted from a corporate liable ...
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Some revenue models that I have seen:
Sell the license to the DLL for end users
Give away the component and sell consulting and services
Sell or give away the DLL and header files to developers and then they pay royalties for redistribution
OEM/license the software component for others to package
Sell/license the source code
If we knew more about the ...
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If clients comparison shop, they are eventually going to ask, how can you charge so little? You may not have as much over-head as everyone else, but sometimes clients like to pay for those extras: a large team of developers and support staff, strong references, partnerships, certifications, etc. Some may only be able to afford someone on a part-time basis ...
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This is an example why a contractor should always insist on getting paid by milestones. Establish at least 3 or 4 different milestones during the course of the project. This way, if they will have a hard time explaining in court that they were not happy with the entire project after having sent you several payments, also if you have to take a loss because ...
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There are online retailers for commercial software libraries. One possibility is to partner with an online retailer to sell your component. Take a look at Programmer's Paradise. Here is an example component that they resell.
There are also differences between developer licenses (the right to use your component to develop software) and redistribution ...
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Here are some points why a business user may not want to use an Android device:
Android does not encrypt any data internally so if the device is lost any other party can have access to the information inside:
Android Issue 3748: Add support for partition/block device encryption
Android Issue 11211: Android too insecure - Encryption of the SDcard is ...
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Listing prices is common with consumer goods, but much less so for business to business sales, especially with services. The question they are asking is less about how much per hour and more about how much will the overall project cost.
While listing your price may reduce unproductive sales inquiries and get you a few projects from people that just want to ...
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Charge your customers by the lead, not by a monthly fee. They will clearly see the benefit of that- they pay for leads.
This gives you the incentive to make your site generate more leads for them.
How much money to charge depends on numerous variables. Where are you located, how valuable are your leads, what is the real estate market like there? In the ...
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Invite some people to participate in a beta? People will be lured by the opportunity for participation in an exclusive community, and at the same time, they will understand why there's no other content. Then, when the site launches to the public, you will have some content. There's also the obvious benefit of being able to squash any bugs before you go ...
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Freshbooks.com can automate your invoicing and mail invoices
getcashboard.com is also a invoicing system it integrates with:
postalmethods.com which you can use outside of cashboard to send snail mail
sendoutcards.com is an online site to send out notices / cards
Should get you started.
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You can't defer liability -- that's what liability insurance is for. The level to which you go to protect your data depends on sensitivity of your data and sensitivity of your customers to a breach. Cloud and colo service providers should be able to provide you with a level of security that they commit to contractually (at least all the reputable ones will), ...
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As a previous sale representative who worked at UPS I can tell you that the 3 major carriers have 2 pricing structure. 1st is the retail rate that the average consumer will ship a package using FedEx or UPS by simply going into their website. The second option is what most people do not realize. The shipping giants have an office in pretty much ever city and ...
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I am based in Australia and have recently set up online payments. I used a local bank for the merchant account, Chargify to handle subscriptions (it is for a SaaS product), and then I found a payment gateway that both Chargify and my bank are compatible with.
It took a little bit of research to find the 3 components that work together, but nothing that ...
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Yes. It can be a very valuable service. And because of that-- there are a significant number of vendors in the market that provide this service. There is a wide range of quality. And there is a wide range of price.
If you live in a town of 15,000 -- it might not make sense to pay for this service. If you live in and are marketing to businesses in Houston ...
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The short answer is, "yes." You can add anyone you want to an analytics account so that they can access the data. Also, you can set up automated reports to be emailed to them on a regular basis.
However, I think think there is a danger to listing this as a "free gift" because it is already free. If your customers gain access to this feature and realize that ...
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A registered agent is not about privacy, but is a required point of contact for the business to get served with legal notices such as a subpoena. The registered agent is expected to keep normal business hours for these purposes. If you formed the entity in another State besides your residence then obviously you cannot serve as your own registered agent.
The ...
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Your first sentance, "We are looking for a way to validate that the person who creates an account has the ability to speak for the business in question." doesn't match any of the rest of the information in your question. You list five "ideas" and not one of those addresses the question, does this person have the legal authority to represent this particular ...
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The biggest automatic signal for quality is price, so in general it's counter-productive to be like-for-like cheapest in a price band if you want to be seen as a quality leader. This isn't logic at work, just psychology. So there's no point pushing against it, you should work with it.
Here are three ways of leveraging a cost advantage (that is, a ...
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I've seen sites package up content with several tiers, based on the number of distinct pieces of premium content they can access each month.
I think that's quite a nice structure for customers, and gives the provider an easy way both to provide a low cost on-ramp and to up-sell regular users.
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It is very hard to give any indication as to an actual pricing number without knowing what the business gets for that price. You mention that it will generate additional revenue for the business, but again without quantifying that, it is hard to put a value on it.
With the limited information, the only advice I could give you is to look at other ...
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As you'll know, the results from direct mail are measurable, so a good direct mail company has good results from previous campaigns. Ask for facts and figures on what they've achieved -- not just work samples to look at.
A big key to good results is in the copywriting, of course. Design / layout is of course also important. Are you looking for copywriting?
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As Jon pointed out, you can have regular reports emailed to customers. The great thing about this (as opposed to giving direct access) is that you can create simplified reports that are easy for non-technical people to grasp - and you retain control.
Also, you don't need to reveal who's providing the service - Google does insert a "Google Analytics" at the ...
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I have set up a company in NZ that will meet all comsumers online purchase needs without the complexties of banks. Will allow for cross boarder trading. And yes, who says we can't do this. Banks and well known financial institutions plus popular payment gateways have had market dominance for too long.
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You should look into www.ECopywriters.com, or check out O-Desk.com for individuals that you can work with.
I have used E-copywriters for a few projects and they have been great. Pricing, in my experience, is ~$10 for ~250 word article of high quality. They have a great customer service team and can customize special packages for all your SEO needs.
Have ...
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Another good one is Pricing for Profit: How to Command Higher Prices for Your Products and Services.
Also check out the free ebook Jesper linked to, Don't Just Roll The Dice. It's a really quick read, it has good information, and it's free. I think everyone should at least start with that one.
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"Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely. Goes into depth about the many ways in which humans make irrational decisions.
"Don't just roll the dice" by Neil Davidson. Shorter free-of-charge eBook which has more actionable, hands-on pricing information.
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