Products + Services
Everything I offer to help you make more and work less without hiring.
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Not sure where to start? Join my daily list or email me at jstark@jonathanstark.com.
Fix a live pricing or proposal problem
Do you have a live proposal that needs attention now? Start here.
Best place to start: Hotfix
Fast, private help with one live proposal, pricing decision, or negotiation. One 90-minute Zoom call, clear recommendations, and written action notes. $1,000 one-time fee.
Do it yourself
Learn Your Lines is a handbook of what to say when clients put you on the spot about rates, ballparks, discounts, deadlines, guarantees, and more. Buy Now »
Automatic Proposals is a workshop on writing project proposals that are clearer, easier to create, and more likely to close. Learn More »
Free help
Need continuing access?
Backchannel gives you six months of one-on-one mentoring—async, in Slack. Bring business questions, decisions, drafts, and sticky situations whenever you get stuck. $5,500 for six months. Get Access »
Stop billing by the hour
If you’re billing by the hour, start here.
Best place to start: Hourly Billing Is Nuts
Essays on the insanity of trading time for money, plus a practical path toward value-based pricing.
Go deeper: The Pricing Seminar
A 12-week guided workshop to help you stop billing by the hour and start pricing based on value.
Free help
- Value Pricing Bootcamp — A free six-day email course on how to stop selling time and start selling results.
- Best Of: Pricing Professional Services — 10 of my most popular emails on how to stop trading time for money.
- Value Pricing Calculator
- Ditching Hourly Podcast
Get direct help
If you want private help applying these ideas to your business, see Backchannel or Refactor.
Attract better clients
If nobody can really tell the difference between you and someone on Upwork, start here.
Best place to start: Pigeonhole Yourself
A positioning handbook with 21 real-world examples for making your marketing clearer and more specific.
Free help
- Best Of: Positioning for Consultants — 10 of my most popular emails on how to stop competing on price.
Strengthen your website
Get direct help
Refactor gives you four months of private coaching to build better systems, close bigger deals, and increase income. $25,000 for four months. Application required.
Build authority by publishing
Positioning without publishing means nobody ever hears about you in the first place.
Publish every day: Email365
A 5-day interactive online workshop to help you build authority by publishing every day.
Start a podcast: 5-Day Podcast Challenge
A short workshop that shows you what to do to start your show in as few as five days.
See what daily publishing looks like
- Doing Daily — A behind-the-scenes look at how to start, run, and grow a daily mailing list.
- Join Jonathan’s Daily List
- Browse the Daily List Archive
Package your expertise and systematize the business
If you want to make more and work less without hiring, start here.
Create a productized service
How To Build Your First Productized Service is a short guide to creating, describing, pricing, and selling your first productized service.
Systematize the business
The 10-Day Systems Challenge is an interactive workshop to help you systematize your business, reduce labor, and get more done.
The Freelancer’s Roadmap
The Freelancer’s Roadmap covers the tools, tactics, and systems for transforming from commodity freelancer to in-demand consultant.
Get help with the whole business
If you want help across pricing, positioning, publishing, proposals, products, and productivity, start here.
Free help
- The Business of Authority — How to make a living while you’re making a difference.
Fall 2026 Soloist Growth Workshop Series
Six 90-minute workshops covering pricing, positioning, publishing, sales conversations, proposals, and productized offers. Recordings and materials are available for Aug 12, Sep 8, and Sep 29. The Oct 20, Nov 10, and Dec 1 sessions are live on Zoom. $450 each or $2,250 for the full series.
Ditcherville
Get answers, make decisions, and take action with live Q&A, Slack, and a searchable archive of coaching material. $99/month, $695/year, or $995 lifetime.
Backchannel
Get six months of private, async mentoring in Slack. Bring business questions, decisions, drafts, and sticky situations whenever you get stuck. One payment, no auto-renewal, no calls. $5,500.
Refactor
Get four months of private coaching to build better systems, close bigger deals, and increase income. $25,000 for four months. Application required.
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Private help: Hotfix · Backchannel · Refactor
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Questions?
If you have questions about which option might be the best fit, email me at jstark@jonathanstark.com.