Remember, there are no additional hidden costs in one hour of our time - no insurance benefits - no sick leave, vacations, payroll taxes, and no human resources department to track and add their costs to that hour! It is ONE FOCUSED HOUR WE ARE SPENDING ON YOUR WORK, without outside interferences.

Start and stop times will be documented and sent to you with your billing. A copy of each assignment's time log will be kept in our office for reference purposes.

After reviewing the specifications of each assignment, we may suggest that you have an assignment priced in the "By Assignment" category. This may be more cost-effective for you. Pricing By Assignment will not jeopardize the time or quality of the finished job.

Many times, you do not know how long it will take to complete an assignment. For instance, you may need a spreadsheet with 5,000 entries, formulas, graphics, etc. It may contain some complex formulas and link to other spreadsheets, or it may contain several workbook sheets in different files (i.e., budget). Paying the hourly fee would be disastrous! Just the time allotted for setup and testing of a spreadsheet of that magnitude, could take as long as actually entering the data. Even a small spreadsheet can require more setup time than actual data entry! 

If you are a writer, or student, you may have a manuscript or thesis that needs to be typed. In most cases, you will have your own style sheet prepared. In order to produce the final output, using the hourly rate could consume a great amount of time, and even though you may consider 4 typed pages per hour a pretty good "deal," a large amount of  time will be consumed learning your particular style sheet (unless it is formatted on a disk, ready to enter text into.) Your manuscript, or thesis, probably will require editing, possibly graphics, etc., and that could require extra time.

Mail merges may appear simple - one letter and massive copies printed, with envelopes. However, it is much less expensive to purchase this service "by the job" than by the hour. If you want a complete mail merge with envelope stuffing and mailing, you would be wasting money paying a professional to stuff your envelopes at our hourly rate! 

This pricing structure is best for the traveling executive, small business owner, or entrepreneur. You specify what types of service you require each month, i.e., letters, emails, telephone calls, expense tracking, memos, answering phone, faxing, billing, accounting services, etc. You tailor hours during the day you would like our service available, which days of the week, and types of services you need. We will mutually review the Monthly Retainer after the first month's work has been completed, or at any other time you direct. Monthly retainer agreements for preset hours are available at a discounted rate.