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Ten Laws of Pricing for Consultants

05.05.2011 by James // 6 Comments

Many of my friends started, or are starting, consulting and freelance businesses. I have helped several of them start their business using my own background in consulting to guide them as they sell their services and time to prospective clients.

Eventually, though we come to setting a price for their time and services, and the question comes up, “How do I know what to charge?”

How much is your time worth?
How much is your time worth?

What Should You Charge?

Whether you are a photographer, a computer consultant, a web designer or a social media strategist, there will come a time in your business where you will have to name a price for your services. It’s a nervous moment. Name a price too high, and your prospect will walk to one of you many competitors. Yet, name a price too low, and you may resent the work or worse, not be able to put enough time into the project to do a great job.

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Categories // Words Tags // advice, Book, business, consultant, consulting, freelance, Gerald Weinberg, money, price, pricing, time, wisdom

Photographing Dinosaurs

03.03.2009 by James // Leave a Comment

Q: How do you light a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
A: Anyway he wants you to

T-Rex

I have been impressed with the way the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) has taken to social media with their blog and twitter access and reached out to photographers. Some time ago, Erin at HMNS and I had a phone call and HMNS is doing something that I am so excited and jazzed about. On Sunday, March 8, 2009, HMNS will open its doors to those of us in the Houston Strobist group for four hours of after-hours lighting and fun.
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Categories // Houston Strobists Tags // Dinosaurs, group, HMNS, Houston, Houston Museum of Natural Science, light, lighting, Museum, Photographing, Photography, Strobist, time, Tyranosaurus Rex

Nature Is My Home

02.22.2009 by James // 1 Comment

Aside from either work or home, where do you like to go to get away from it all?

Often, when I am not working with technology, or at home with my kids, I can be found in Nature somewhere. When I decided to bring all of my interests and efforts together into this single communications channel, I knew my explorations and studies in Nature would be a part of it. This post is another in my small introductory series to introduce you to myself, my site and my interests and to start the discussion of what needs this place and I can help meet.

Indian Paintbrushes

Although born in Houston and raised in New Orleans, I grew up spending quite a bit of time in the piny woods, swamps and marshes of Louisiana and Mississippi from my time as a Boy Scout. Nowadays, it may be because of the Brazos Bend photowalks taught by Dr. Lazlo Perlaky, or my own volunteer work at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, or just setting time aside for the Texas State Parks and even occasional wanderings into Oklahoma and Kansas as I explore the Great Plains. I am also working towards certification as a Texas Master Naturalist.
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Categories // Nature Tags // city, color, Great Plains, home, Houston, James Crossman, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nature, New Orleans, Oklahoma, Scouts, Texas, time, Wichita Mountains

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