Why You Need Financial Freedom & How To Have It

The purpose of business is not “just money” – it’s essential, but money is not the purpose of a business. A business can give you financial freedom, with

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Pricing Business Services – The Ultimate Guide | The 3Fs

It’s the age-old question every self-employed person has asked: “What price should I charge?” Pricing services is difficult. So difficult, that it’s by far one of the most

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How To Gain Competitive Advantage When Your Competitors Are Better Known Than You

Knowing and understanding your competition and your competitive environment is not only a vital part of ensuring you have a solid business strategy … it is also the

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Why You Should Review Your Packaged Solutions

Have you ever considered that the way you think about your own services could be impacting the very services you offer? Do you ever stop to think about

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The Secret to Success in Business: Stop Being so Busy

Hands up if you’ve ever replied to someone querying your success in business with “how’s work is going” by saying something along the lines of “Good thanks …

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Cracking the Pricing Strategy Challenge: How to Price for your Service-Based Business

If you’re self-employed, whether newly launched or a few years in, I’m going to wager a bet and say one of the most critical decisions you can make

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Why Charging Hourly Rates Makes Your Clients Focus on Time NOT Quality

I’m not usually one for using cookbooks, I tend to just improvise when in the kitchen. The other day, though, I decided to cook something from a popular

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Why We Shouldn’t Undervalue Our Services Based on Opinion

It’s funny, the different values that people associate to different things … I met someone recently who had chipped their front tooth. It wasn’t causing them any pain,

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Why You CAN Justify Charging Higher Rates

Have you ever bought something … anything … when there was a cheaper alternative available? Of course you have – we all have. And why? Probably all kinds

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You Might Not Need to Change WHAT You Do, But WHO You Do it For

I bought a printer a few years ago. Just a cheap, nothing fancy, print-the-odd-boarding-pass-at-home printer. It cost me about £30. I specifically chose a cheap one, as I

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