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revenue target<\/h1>\r\n <p class=\"lede\">Your Number tells you the profit your life needs. But profit is not revenue. This turns that profit into the sales you must actually generate, and into one weekly number to watch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"card\">\r\n <div class=\"n\">Start here<\/div>\r\n <h2>The profit your life needs<\/h2>\r\n <p class=\"note\">This is Your Number from the audit: the monthly profit before tax that funds the life you designed.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Your Number<span class=\"h\">monthly profit before tax<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><span class=\"pre\">\u00a3<\/span><input id=\"profit\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"100\" value=\"5000\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n <a class=\"auditBtn\" href=\"quality-of-life-audit.html\">Do the quality of life audit<\/a>\r\n <div class=\"from\" id=\"fromNote\"><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"togglab\">How do you want to work out your costs<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"toggle\" id=\"method\">\r\n <button data-m=\"build\" class=\"on\">Build it up (overheads and cost of sale)<\/button>\r\n <button data-m=\"margin\">Quick (profit margin)<\/button>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"card\">\r\n <div id=\"buildInputs\">\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Monthly overheads<span class=\"h\">fixed costs: rent, software, insurance, marketing<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><span class=\"pre\">\u00a3<\/span><input id=\"overheads\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"100\" value=\"2000\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"field\"><label>Cost of sale<span class=\"h\">what each sale costs you to deliver, as a share of the price<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><input id=\"cos\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" max=\"95\" step=\"1\" value=\"30\"><span class=\"suf\">%<\/span><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div id=\"marginInputs\" style=\"display:none\">\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Your profit margin<span class=\"h\">profit as a share of revenue. A rough sense is fine<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><input id=\"margin\" type=\"number\" min=\"1\" max=\"99\" step=\"1\" value=\"50\"><span class=\"suf\">%<\/span><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"headline\">\r\n <div class=\"cap\">Revenue you must generate<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"big\" id=\"revBig\">\u00a30<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"u\">a month, to be left with your profit<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"pulse\">\r\n <div class=\"cap\">Your weekly pulse<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"big\" id=\"weekBig\">\u00a30<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"u\">a week. This is the one number to check.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"where\">\r\n <div class=\"wheretitle\" id=\"whereTitle\">Where your revenue goes<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"moneybar\" id=\"moneybar\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"buckets\" id=\"buckets\"><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <button class=\"workedToggle\" id=\"workedToggle\">See how this is worked out<\/button>\r\n <div class=\"worked\" id=\"worked\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"diagnostic\">\r\n <h3>Why this one number is so powerful<\/h3>\r\n <p>Once you check your revenue against this target each week, it tells you exactly where to look:<\/p>\r\n <p><span class=\"tag\">Revenue on target, but profit is down?<\/span> That is a cost problem. Sales are fine, something is eating the margin.<\/p>\r\n <p><span class=\"tag\">Revenue below target?<\/span> That is a sales problem. Focus there first.<\/p>\r\n <p>No more vague worry. One number, and you always know which lever to pull.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"toDash\">\r\n <div class=\"t\"><b>Send this to your dashboard.<\/b> Your weekly revenue target becomes the pulse your weekly check measures against.<\/div>\r\n <button id=\"sendDash\">Add to dashboard<\/button>\r\n <span class=\"done\" id=\"dashDone\" style=\"display:none\"><\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <p class=\"next\">Next: the <a href=\"pricing-for-profit.html\">pricing tool<\/a> turns this revenue into what to sell, and at what price.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"strivex\">\r\n <div class=\"k\">Build it backwards \u00b7 striveX<\/div>\r\n <h3>Turn the target into a plan<\/h3>\r\n <p>When you want this built into a full forecast, tracked and reviewed with you month to month, that is the work we do at striveX.<\/p>\r\n <a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/strivex.co.uk\/become-a-client-accounting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a client<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <p class=\"foot\">A planning guide, not personal advice. 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revenue target<\/h1>\r\n <p class=\"lede\">Your Number tells you the profit your life needs. But profit is not revenue. This turns that profit into the sales you must actually generate, and into one weekly number to watch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"card\">\r\n <div class=\"n\">Start here<\/div>\r\n <h2>The profit your life needs<\/h2>\r\n <p class=\"note\">This is Your Number from the audit: the monthly profit before tax that funds the life you designed.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Your Number<span class=\"h\">monthly profit before tax<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><span class=\"pre\">\u00a3<\/span><input id=\"profit\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"100\" value=\"5000\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n <a class=\"auditBtn\" href=\"quality-of-life-audit.html\">Do the quality of life audit<\/a>\r\n <div class=\"from\" id=\"fromNote\"><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"togglab\">How do you want to work out your costs<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"toggle\" id=\"method\">\r\n <button data-m=\"build\" class=\"on\">Build it up (overheads and cost of sale)<\/button>\r\n <button data-m=\"margin\">Quick (profit margin)<\/button>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"card\">\r\n <div id=\"buildInputs\">\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Monthly overheads<span class=\"h\">fixed costs: rent, software, insurance, marketing<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><span class=\"pre\">\u00a3<\/span><input id=\"overheads\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"100\" value=\"2000\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"field\"><label>Cost of sale<span class=\"h\">what each sale costs you to deliver, as a share of the price<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><input id=\"cos\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" max=\"95\" step=\"1\" value=\"30\"><span class=\"suf\">%<\/span><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div id=\"marginInputs\" style=\"display:none\">\r\n <div class=\"field first\"><label>Your profit margin<span class=\"h\">profit as a share of revenue. A rough sense is fine<\/span><\/label><div class=\"in\"><input id=\"margin\" type=\"number\" min=\"1\" max=\"99\" step=\"1\" value=\"50\"><span class=\"suf\">%<\/span><\/div><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"headline\">\r\n <div class=\"cap\">Revenue you must generate<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"big\" id=\"revBig\">\u00a30<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"u\">a month, to be left with your profit<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"pulse\">\r\n <div class=\"cap\">Your weekly pulse<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"big\" id=\"weekBig\">\u00a30<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"u\">a week. This is the one number to check.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"where\">\r\n <div class=\"wheretitle\" id=\"whereTitle\">Where your revenue goes<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"moneybar\" id=\"moneybar\"><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"buckets\" id=\"buckets\"><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <button class=\"workedToggle\" id=\"workedToggle\">See how this is worked out<\/button>\r\n <div class=\"worked\" id=\"worked\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"diagnostic\">\r\n <h3>Why this one number is so powerful<\/h3>\r\n <p>Once you check your revenue against this target each week, it tells you exactly where to look:<\/p>\r\n <p><span class=\"tag\">Revenue on target, but profit is down?<\/span> That is a cost problem. Sales are fine, something is eating the margin.<\/p>\r\n <p><span class=\"tag\">Revenue below target?<\/span> That is a sales problem. Focus there first.<\/p>\r\n <p>No more vague worry. One number, and you always know which lever to pull.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"toDash\">\r\n <div class=\"t\"><b>Send this to your dashboard.<\/b> Your weekly revenue target becomes the pulse your weekly check measures against.<\/div>\r\n <button id=\"sendDash\">Add to dashboard<\/button>\r\n <span class=\"done\" id=\"dashDone\" style=\"display:none\"><\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <p class=\"next\">Next: the <a href=\"pricing-for-profit.html\">pricing tool<\/a> turns this revenue into what to sell, and at what price.<\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"strivex\">\r\n <div class=\"k\">Build it backwards \u00b7 striveX<\/div>\r\n <h3>Turn the target into a plan<\/h3>\r\n <p>When you want this built into a full forecast, tracked and reviewed with you month to month, that is the work we do at striveX.<\/p>\r\n <a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/strivex.co.uk\/become-a-client-accounting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a client<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <p class=\"foot\">A planning guide, not personal advice. 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