October 14, 2016
We may like to think that animal training and child-rearing have nothing to do with establishing and maintaining business relationships with peers . . . but in some ways they’re not so different. Puppies and babies and clients are like new love: happiest when given a healthy set of boundaries and consistent expectations. Here are the top 5 tips for making sure that your clients are giving you the respect (and the payments) that you deserve to receive! 1. Start training your clients early on. Set the standard from the beginning, especially when it comes to your expectations for payment. It helps to have these set out in a written agreement with them so that there are no surprises. While “old clients can be taught new tricks,” what’s learned earliest is often learned quickest and easiest. Moreover, the more long-standing the clients, the more likely that their bad habits will need to be “un-learned”. 2. Make sure your requests are clear. I have heard complaints from entrepreneurs that some clients can be “stubborn” and “refuse to…
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