I'm in Indianapolis, IN and charge $55.00 per hour for web/database work. A big pitfall is not charging for phone time. I grant all clients a 10 min break. On the first call of the day. after that I bill in 15 min blocks at the full rate. Put it in the contract or you will get inundated with calls.
Ask for a single point of contact or your gonna get 2 people with 2 viewpoints and one will be claiming you didn't build what they asked for. ABSOLUTELY ask for 1/2 up front, yes projects do get cut short. IF you put testing pages on your own server bill for the power and Internet fees. Those things are not free and the client knows it. On 11/13/06, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eh.. Access *is* a relational DB? Albeit a "desktop" one. > > > > > > > > .. > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Leder > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Sun Nov 12 23:38:20 2006 > Subject: RE: Question regarding my first consulting job > > > >> Rate? I am thinking of charging $60 / hour for development > Depends where you are. $60 is too low in my estimation, if you're in the > US. > > >> Should I ask for 20% ahead of time, or just wait till completion for > payment? > Get minimum 50% up front before you move a mouse. This keeps people from > pulling the plug without you getting paid for work already completed. > > >> Should I setup a visual structure first > Yes, mapping the business process first is always a good idea - clarifies > everyone's thinking and eliminates a bunch of rewrites. > > >> convert his access DB to SQL? > Absolutely, get it out of Access and into a relational db. > > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
