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Hello, my name is Joy Phelan and I'm a freelance bookkeeper in Denver, Colorado. I've been in business for 5 years. I had a client offer me full-time work and...
Burton, While I fully understand why you want to offer a risk free guarantee (and fully recognize that is what many "marketing gurus" will tell what you what...
Welcome aboard, Joy! Since you're trying to rebuild the client base after taking a detour into the job world, why not try this: Get back with those pre-job...
Hey folks: Quick note. Looking for someone online or in person to work the program and/or offer mutual support re self employment. Any takers? Feel free to...
Hi Burton, As soon as I recover, I might write a book. First I'd like to read a book on how to recover my neck. I went jumping over the weekend. I was coming...
Winning Clients with a guarantee Be careful. You might win yourself some really bad clients. When I read what you wrote, I thought "geez, this guy is...
Tom, Here's something that just happened to me that I don't know how I would have handled it without charging by the hour. The job ended successfully and the...
Here's another downside to offering guarantees: Refund abusers. They are a huge problem to many retailers. And they're the reason why so many large U.S....
I am a Realtor and get paid by the job. Some jobs are easier than others, some completely consuming, stressful, difficult. There has been a lot of negative...
Matthew said: "I know that the desired RESULT is for her to have a computer at her home so she can conduct her business as a Realtor without having to drive 45...
==================================== Jane Hendry wrote: To summarise: I think charging by value works well where: - there's an element of consulting/diagnosis ...
... book on how to recover my neck. ... and when I opened my chute I turned a bit out of balance. That was enough to get a pretty nasty pull on my neck. My...
==================================== Jane Hendry wrote: I think charging by value works well where: [snip] - you're competing in a vacuum because of having...
Matt, If she's an ongoing client, then I think this is a good option. Although, I think I would put clients on a quarterly retainer, and would design a level...
... Jane, You hit the nail on the head here. The last 2 items are extremely important, because when your potential client has a relationship with you PRIOR to...
In my experience (having worked with some Realtors) it's not so much the unknown but stupid clients that complicate matters. Most Realtors are smart enough to...
Joy, first of all, welcome to the group and congratulations on your decision to return to a more independent status. There are so many ways to respond to your...
=========================== Most Realtors are smart enough to solve complex problems if clients just leave them alone for a moment, trust them and let them...
========================== I would stop dealing with one-off calls. ========================== There is a market there. Someone will do it. (Best Buy's Geek...
========================== I would stop dealing with one-off calls. ========================== What kind of person/business should accept one-off calls? Is it...
==================================== Jane Hendry wrote: I think charging by value works well where: [snip] - you're competing in a vacuum because of having...
===================== Personally, I would focus on business with long-term value, if at all possible. The thing is, it costs the same amount of time, money and...
=========================== Does that make sense? =========================== Yes. The phrase "Competing in a Vacuum" didn't make sense to me, but I believe I...
========================== Hourly billing also works when you don't have the skill or expertise to promise a specific result, and so you want to make sure that...
... a book on how to recover my neck. ... feet and when I opened my chute I turned a bit out of balance. That was enough to get a pretty nasty pull on my neck....
James, My thought is that if I work collaboratively with a good Realtor, just as a patient works with the doctor to identify the problem and design a course of...
James, ... Someone new presents both some risks and opportunities. (The obvious exceptions to that are friends and family.) This is interesting. The courts are...
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