Practical notes on billing, client experience, and running a service business — from the team building Timebun.
A billable hours chart for 6-minute and 15-minute increments, every minute from 1 to 60 in decimal hours, and how the rounding rule changes a bill.
A consulting invoice template to copy, what each line is for, and one month billed three ways: hourly, on a retainer and from a prepaid block of hours.
BillingThree ways a firm can bill clients for its time: hourly, a monthly retainer, or a prepaid block of hours. When each fits and what clients need to see.
Client experienceClients on retainer ask how many hours are left because they budget them. Answer with six facts in a monthly statement, and a page they can check in between.
PricingHow to build bookkeeping packages for small business clients on monthly hours: hours included, the rate, unused hours, overage, cleanup and what clients see.
PricingTurn your hourly consulting rate into a monthly retainer: hours included, rate, tiers, unused hours, overage and prepaid blocks, with a fractional CFO example.
Company UpdatesThe story behind Timebun: why Gabriel and I built a time tracking and billing tool specifically for agencies, studios, and firms that sell their time.