Learn tips and strategies for using your iThemes Toolkit membership to build and grow your business, including ways to package services and retainer projects for products like BackupBuddy, iThemes Security and iThemes Sync.
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5. BackupBuddy - Monetized
$75 - $150 / month
Providing a Backup Service (Piece of Mind Package)
Remove need for additional Dev Servers
Migration System
7. iThemes Security - Monetized
$75 - $150 / month
Providing a Security Service (Piece of Mind Package)
Health Checks for the System
Better Control of Users and System Usage
9. iThemes Exchange - Monetized
$2500+
If anything is going to go wrong with a site, its
going to be an ecommerce site. (Murphys Law)
The moment a client says ecommerce - you
need to be thinking 2x-3x current bid price.
11. iThemes Sync - Monetized
$35 - $75 / month
Monitoring Service (Piece of Mind Package)
Free up your dev time for better efficiency
Organize and prioritize
14. Mobile - Monetized
$250 - $500
Sometimes the site you build for a client just
wont work right with the responsive design.
So, you whip out Mobile to create a mini-site
that is served on specific devices.
18. Other items to monetize
Frolic - Social Network objects
ThumbsUp - Community Voting
Builder & LoopBuddy
Training Ideas
Stash
Unbranded Tutorials
19. Twelve Clients a Year
One Time (upcharges) : $350 - $3500 per client
X12 clients
$4,200 - $42,000 MORE
***
Residual (monthly) : $75 - $350 per client
x 12 clients = $900 - $4,200 / month
x 12 months = $10,800 - $50,400 MORE
20. What was that first number
$350
????
Taking the low number ideas
$15,000 EXTRA a year
21. Recap
If for every client (1 client a month) you charge
$350 more per bid contract and $75/month in
ongoing fees/maintenance/piece-of-mind
packages.
You will increase your bottom line by $15,000
So is $350 worth it?
22. Business as a Freelancer
1. Price your pricing for what YOU need to
survive in business not in response to
what you see on Fiverr
2. Dont undersell yourself. Keep your prices
up and instead incentivize the package to
close the deal.
23. Business as a Freelancer
3. Work with the tools that you know. It takes
time, money, and energy when you need to
learn a new tool. So maximize the long-tail
of that investment.
4. Raising your bottom line and making your
workflow more efficient will enable the
growth of your business.