Set Your Hourly Rate

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Identify a billable hourly rate that reflects a variety of identifiable factors to help you reach your income goals.

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By the end of this playbook

<p>Settling on an hourly rate can seem like an insurmountable challenge. It involves understanding a combination of your income goals, billable hours, taxes, plus experience, expertise, and niche (if you have one). Use all those pieces, plus more to set an hourly rate that you are confident will appeal to your clients, allow for work-life balance, and meet your goals.</p>

Steps

Understand the Pollen approach to pricing

Get clear on your expenses

Build your income goals

Adjust for US taxes

Build in work-life balance

Calculate your billable hours

Bring it all together

Adjust to make client-ready prices

Use your hourly rate

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<p>Pollen playbooks are developed by our network of industry experts who have been in your shoes before. We work with curriculum designers to craft effective, efficient, and impactful playbooks that move your business forward. Our experts have worked with clients like Google, Adobe, MasterClass, JP Morgan and more. </p>

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