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I'm glad it helped!Originally Posted by denetteb 
Jason, I like how you worded your post #5 on this thread. I read many times about your pricing suggestion....labor and profit but it never really sinked in. Just never really GOT it. This post, how you should get paid twice, once for your work as a decorator and once as a business owner really clicked finally. That profit part pays for your time marketing and advertising and researching and web changes, etc, etc,etc. I don't sell cakes anyway, but good to know I finally understand the profit portion of the equation.
Jason, I like how you worded your post #5 on this thread. I read many times about your pricing suggestion....labor and profit but it never really sinked in. Just never really GOT it. This post, how you should get paid twice, once for your work as a decorator and once as a business owner really clicked finally. That profit part pays for your time marketing and advertising and researching and web changes, etc, etc,etc. I don't sell cakes anyway, but good to know I finally understand the profit portion of the equation.
To clarify, overhead costs like advertising and web site development are not typically paid for out of profit, since they are expenses that must be paid to other companies and can be allocated out to the cost of your products before markup.
