HN user
"That and the fact that we are not making enough money to justify the hours we put in"
raise your rates, you're not charging enough. two simple ways to tell if you are not charging enough:
1. everybody is willing to pay your rates - nobody ever says, "no"
2. you are not making any money
win7 on a mid level (i5) laptop connected to three monitors - 19" - 22" - 19" attached to a "walking desk" (standing desk with a walking treadmill)
i charge my clients for updates once the project has gone live (once you go live, proposal was complete). i charge per hour and bill work in 15 minute increments. anything that takes longer than X (for most clients that's 2-4 hours), i give them a quote. anything less than X, i just do and then send an invoice every 2 to 4 weeks.