by Jason Long | May 14, 2019 | How To, Management, Pricing, Scoping
People forget things. It’s just a fact of life. Companies aren’t immune to this, either. At their core, all companies, including digital agencies, are all people-centric operations. A high-tech focus doesn’t make them infallible. In fact, this can be...
by Jason Long | Mar 6, 2019 | How To, Management, Pricing, Scoping
How do you bill your clients? Your rate and rate structure determine how you do a sale and how much money you make. Make sure you understand the different ways you can set up your rates and rate structures to maximize profit as well as the value you can provide to...
by Jason Long | Jan 29, 2019 | Contracts, Development, Management, Pricing, Proposals, Scoping
Are Inaccurate Estimates Killing Your Business? This is something that happened yesterday and today that I want to share with you. We were working on creating estimates for a fair sized project, perhaps a 3 or 4 month engagement. While we were getting estimates, we...
by Jason Long | Mar 14, 2018 | blog, Clients, Management, Marketing, News, Pricing, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Web Design
Whether you’re running a web design agency, a development outsourcing company or a digital marketing business, a profitable digital agency is the only kind worth having. So often digital agencies experience an influx of new projects followed by a lull in sales. These...
by Jason Long | Nov 9, 2017 | Beta News & Notes, Clients, Management, New Features, News, Pricing, Random Things, Running a Business
When sending your scope to a client in Brainleaf, you can now add custom milestones to your contract, as well as retainage, payment terms and late fees to your contracts. Milestones help you monitor time-dependent deliverables, and control payments associated with...
by Jason Long | May 21, 2017 | Contracts, Development, Management, News, Pricing, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Top Blog Posts, Web Design
Writing a Scope of Work (SOW) for a website This document discusses the general items you need in a SOW for a website, but because projects can vary so much, you may need to include more items in your SOW. Today, we’re going to look at how to produce a Scope of Work...