Re: FN-FORUM: Charging for on-site training

date posted 1st October 2004 22:34

On 1 Oct 2004 08:41:44 -0000, Emma Davis [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Morning all
>
> Just looking for general opinion on what people charge for providing
> training to employees of a company to use a CMS and online booking system
> that they want developed. Do you charge your normal hourly fee + expenses?
> Or less or more?

Normal hourly rate plus expenses plus preparation time. You're going
in there prepared and that takes time. Some people bill according to
the number of people they're training, though I'ver never done that.
>
> I ask as most of my customers a small businesses and any information I
> usually provide in document form and if they need a bit of help I do it for
> free (I know I shouldn't but hey).

This is your own CMS, right? You need to consider in all this that the
price you're asking for the software covers the development only.
You're throwing in documentation for free (some people charge for
this)

> Anyway this is a big company who will need lots of people training on-site
> and I have to include the costs in the initial 'quote'.
>
> Any ideas most welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Emma
>
> P.S. It is my birthday today and I still have to work as too busy to not
> :-(( Though plan to get verrrry drunk tonight, but nothing new there
> :-)))))))

Happy Birthday!

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