Bonus Sample Revenue Plan

Bonus Sample Revenue Plan

A revenue plan is a first step toward your marketing plan. This series of numbered tasks gives you some enlightening exercises to do. It’s part of my Revenue Clarity series and is part of Accountant’s Accelerator 2013. I have listed super-simplistic examples to guide you.

OK, so I know it’s not in Excel, but you can paste it. At this point in my career, I am more comfortable in Word than Excel!

Have fun and dream big!

Step 1

List your expected revenuefor 2012. Or use 2011 if you want to do a full year. Or do both if you’re an overachiever!

If you are just starting your business, go to step 5.

Example:

Revenues

Bookkeeping 40,000

Tax 30,000

QB training30,000

100,000

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Step 2

Compute the percent of total so you can see what you “revenue mix” was or is.

Example:

Revenues% of Total

Bookkeeping 40,000 40%

Tax 30,000 30%

QB training30,00030%

100,000100%

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Step 3

List your number of clients by service line for 2012 or for the year(s) you are doing.

Example:

Revenues% of Total# Clients

Bookkeeping 40,000 40% 4

Tax 30,000 30%100

QB training30,00030% 15

100,000100%119

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Step 4

Now, compute the average revenue per client. It should start to get interesting if you haven’t ever done this.

Example:

Revenues% of Total# ClientsAverage per client

Bookkeeping 40,000 40% 4$10,000

Tax 30,000 30%100 300

QB training30,00030% 15 2,000

100,000100%119

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Step 5

The fun begins. Look at your mix. What do you want it to be for 2013? Start by changing the Mix column – the % of total. What do you love working on?

If you are just starting out in your business, don’t worry. Think about the services you want to offer. Develop your plan from there.

Hey, we know a lot of you in the tax business want to get out of it, so we had fun with our example.

% of Total

Bookkeeping 67%

Tax 0%

QB training 33%

100%

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Step 6

Now put back the revenue column starting with the total you want to make for 2013. The use the percentages to fill in the column amounts.

Revenues% of Total

Bookkeeping 100,000 67%

Tax 0 0%

QB training 50,00033%

100,000100%

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Step 7

Now put back the average column.

If your business is new, you’re going to need some help with this step until you get some history or get your pricing figured out. Come to our pricing session Friday morning to get some ideas.

Need help with average hourly rates or average fixed fees? Click on Intuit’s average rates survey summarized by Michelle:

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Revenues% of TotalAverage Revenue per client

Bookkeeping 100,000 67% 10,000

Tax 0 0% 0

QB training 50,00033% 2,000

100,000100%

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Step 8

Now compute the number of clients you will need to serve in 2013 to make your numbers. Remember this is total number of clients including the ones you already have that you won’t need to market for.

Revenues% of TotalAverage Revenue per client# clients

Bookkeeping 100,000 67% 10,00010

Tax 0 0% 0

QB training 50,00033% 2,00025

100,000100% 35

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Step 9

Like your numbers? You’re done! Don’t like your numbers? Wash, rinse, repeat (go back to step 5 and make changes from there).

You can change a finite number of things: your mix, your price, your # clients, and your revenue per client. I think that’s about it! Oh, you can add a whole new service line, too.

Revenues% of TotalAverage Revenue per client# clients

Bookkeeping 100,000 67% 10,00010

Tax 0 0% 0

QB training 50,00033% 2,00025

100,000100% 35

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Congratulations!

By knowing the number of clients it takes to get to the numbers you want, you can now create a marketing plan which is next.

I hope you had some fun working ON your business instead of IN your business!

Michelle and I appreciate your support and business.

Sandra L. Leyva, Inc.

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