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Fall Clean-up Leaf Removal Tips plus help bidding Woodbury MN

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When bidding on fall cleanup jobs, especially as a new contractor, it's recommended to start with an hourly rate to accurately assess the time and effort involved. For example, a job might take 3 hours at $50 per hour, plus a $40 dump fee, totaling $190. Once enough data is gathered from several jobs, contractors can transition to offering lump sum bids. Customers generally prefer lump sum bids as they provide a clear, upfront cost, which can lead to a higher close ratio for sales. The goal is to understand exactly how long different types of cleanup projects take to ensure profitability with lump sum pricing.

Goal: Learn to accurately bid fall cleanup jobs for profitability.

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bidding this job in particular took us three hours shop to shop time from start to finish and we charged this customer $50 an hour plus $40 to drop the lead so the total bill this customer experienced was a hundred and ninety dollars that's how you're gonna formulate your bids whether you use $50 an hour 60 65 whatever rate you can possibly afford the first few leaf cleanups you're gonna do on an hourly basis and then you're going to watch your times you're going to make sure that you understand exactly how long it should take you to do a project like this and that way you can start to switch from an hourly basis to a lump-sum basis customers are a lot more comfortable and ready to sign on the dotted line when they have a lump sum when it comes to doing leaf cleanup so you'll be able to look down the road at a job just like this and go hey the last time I did this job it costs one hundred ninety five dollars this one is very similar it should cost one hundred ninety five dollars now these are the very basics of bidding if you need more help we have advanced formulas and programs available at dirt monkey

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