tanks! -----Original Message----- From: Yves Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:48 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: A Contractor or Two
I am so very late on this thread.... Very interesting.... Mark, great post on the blog.... I plan to re-read it. Thx, Yves On 12/30/05, Mark A Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This process is of great interest to me. We work at it from month to month > as our business grows and we do project estimates based on hourly ranges. I > wrote a blog about it recently and it has some excellent comments attached > about some other similar methods. I often refer potential customers to this > blog so they can see (in the spirit of openess) how our numbers are derived. > > http://mkruger.cfwebtools.com/index.cfm?mode=alias&alias=project%20estimates > > The larger companies don't like the "range" so I use my methodology and > simply offer the maximum as a flat amount - which they use as a basis for a > P.O. Since we are usually doing projects under 100,000 this is fine with > them. Needless to say I like the larger companies (ha). > > That being said, I have several long standing customers who have been with > me for a very long time. Yes, they can be frustrating to deal with, but I > remember when they were our bread and butter. I try to work with them and > help to feel like things have not changed too much. > > -Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227989 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
