Not sure if you’re charging enough? Here’s how to make quotes easier and charge the right price
A client came to me recently, complaining that she was always doubtful of whether she was charging too much or too little for her work.
In her words:
“I often wouldn’t know until I was well into a project if we were going to come out the other side in the positive.”
Sound familiar??
Yeah. Same.
Not great for long-term business sustainability.
Here’s what we worked on to fix this:
We focused hard on something called ‘Job Costing’.
This is an accounting method that forces the business owner to account for all costs — direct and indirect — plus a target profit margin when providing project quotes.
Because here’s the truth: if you’re feeling unsure if you’re charging enough, or you think quotes are hard, you’re not alone.
Learning how to charge the right price is a game-changer — and job costing is how you get there.
What My Client Did (and How You Can Too)
My client did the hard work:
• Watched our Job Costing video
• Got out her phone calculator
• Filled out a copy of our Job Costing template
She brought this draft template to a consulting call with Elanne and me, and we talked through some fine-tuning.
But I’ll be honest — she had done A LOT of the heavy lifting on her own.
Now?
She’s confidently giving out project quotes and knows she won’t be in the red at the end of the project.
My guess?
This whole transformation took 3 hours of her time. Tops.
Her Words Say It Best
Here’s what she had to say after going through the Job Costing module:
“[Job costing] makes [project] quoting easier because there is a clear formula I can plug my years of project understanding into, and have a system spit back a number to me on what the actual hard costs of that are going to be.”
And for those of you who struggle with overgiving in client relationships (same lol):
“It also makes setting boundaries and having hard conversations easier when there is data and numbers to back it up, whether that is with a client or a team member. As much as it’s great to be generous and use our intuition in business, we also have to make sure that it’s a smart financial move and makes good business sense.”
Your business is going to be in the red if your projects are costing you $72k and you're getting paid $70k
This is the power of joining The Formula.
If you're thinking, "I need this type of clarity over MY profit margins because I know I’m spending too much money and should be profiting more and I’m not sure where my money is going..." you're not wrong lollll
Inside The Formula..
You'll get:
Tools like job costing systems that help you with profit in your company, and helping you scale with intention where you can see a clear pathway to hitting your big goals.
Clarity around exactly how to quote without anxiety and always with profit in mind for the good of the biz AND YOU.. because we want you to be able to pay yourself at least $10k a month minimum and book a bougie 2 week vacay without your team falling apart and a lot more
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