Tags: consulting, pricing, scaling, soloist
You’re a successful fractional leader. Fully booked. Turning away work. Thinking about subcontracting?
It seems logical: if you can’t take more work, bring in help.
Stop. Try this first:
Double your price to the next serious lead that arrives. You’re turning them down anyway, right? See if it sticks. No? Nothing lost. Next lead? Same doubled price.
One possible outcome? Half as much work - for the same revenue. Is that bad?
Or maybe the same amount of work, at double the revenue.
Your clients trust you. They hired YOU. They value YOUR expertise, YOUR judgment, YOUR work.
That’s why they pay your rates now. That’s why they’ll pay higher rates.
They’re not buying hours - they’re buying outcomes from someone they trust.
To quote Kai Davis:
“If you’re waiting for permission to raise your rates, I give you permission.”
Want more ways to scale revenue without adding people?
The best time to experiment with pricing? When you’re too busy to take new work.
Still thinking about subcontracting? Before you accidentally build an agency, read this.
Not sure how to raise your rates? Want help packaging and pricing your offers? Book a Strategy Session and lets fix that.
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