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Profitability diagnostic:
where is your margin going?

In a business that bills hours, margin does not vanish all at once. It leaks through hours nobody logs, overruns spotted only at closing, and invoices that go out late. Six questions to find which leak is costing you most.

How do people record the hours they spend?

How do people record the hours they spend?

Do you know each project’s margin while it is still running?

Do you know each project’s margin while it is still running?

When a project runs over budget, when do you find out?

When a project runs over budget, when do you find out?

How long does a worked hour take to become an invoice?

How long does a worked hour take to become an invoice?

What do you base a new project estimate on?

What do you base a new project estimate on?

How many tools does a project pass through end to end?

How many tools does a project pass through end to end?

Put a number on it

Put a number on it

Three of your own figures and we tell you what it costs a year. We do not store them until you submit the form.

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The figure is a multiplication of what you just typed, with the arithmetic on show. We put no percentage of our own in the middle: if the number looks wrong, change the inputs and you will see why.

What the diagnostic measures

The six leaks we look at

Time logging

Whether what gets logged reflects what gets worked, or is rebuilt from memory.

Margin per project

Whether you can see margin with the project open, or only once it closes.

Overrun alerts

When you find out a project is running past its hours.

Invoicing

How long a worked hour takes to reach a sent invoice.

Estimating

Whether you estimate from real data and compare estimate against actual afterwards.

Tooling

How many places a project passes through and how often data gets copied.

FAQ

Questions about the diagnostic

How long does it take?

Two or three minutes. Six single-choice questions, and the score updates as you answer.

Do I have to leave my email?

Not to see the score, the per-area breakdown and your main problem. The email is for the full plan: what to do in each weak area and in what order.

Where does the score come from?

From your own answers. Each area scores 0 to 3 and the result is the average out of 100. We do not cross your answers with external data or estimate euros you have not given us.

Will you call me?

Only if you ask. The plan arrives by email and you decide from there whether to talk.

Next step

Want a second opinion on the result?

If the diagnostic made the first leak clear, the next conversation is short: half an hour to look at your case with the numbers in front of us.

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Agency profitability diagnostic

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