Why Getting More Clients May Not Be The Answer
So before you try to adapt you to suit your client … think about whether you should perhaps adapt your client to suit your service. Because chances are, you already offer EXACTLY what someone needs … you’re just offering it to the wrong people.
The Secret to Success in Business: Stop Being so Busy
Hands up if you’ve ever replied to someone querying how “work is going” with something along the lines of “Good thanks … busy!” Thought so. Because for some reason our society has gradually associated “busy” with “good”.
Cracking the Pricing Strategy Challenge: How to Price for your Service-Based Business
The main reason pricing strategy is usually a problem … when they first come to me … is because they are stuck in that age-old belief that they have to charge based on their TIME. Whereas, in reality, they need to be charging based on their VALUE.
Why Taking the Risk Will Always be Worth it
Maybe it’s worth taking the risk. It’s time to stop sitting at the roundabout, wishing you had the courage to go round it, and instead to just GO …
What You Think is a Fact Might Actually Just be a Belief
So maybe we need to revert to our more childlike attitude … perhaps we need to go and touch that hot plate, every now and then, to see if that “truth” is indeed true … or at least, to find out if it is true for US.
Why Charging Hourly Rates Makes Your Clients Focus on Time NOT Quality
They’re paying me for the all the times before … all those times I spent practising and perfecting it, so that I COULD produce the perfect dish in just 45 minutes. Yet, if I was charging by the hour, my rate would need to be CONSIDERABLY higher at my 100th time, to reflect the TRUE value they are getting from the short 45 minutes I spend making it.
Why We Shouldn’t Undervalue Our Services Based on Opinion
Everyone has their own perception of value and will be prepared to pay what THEY perceive as a reasonable price in exchange for the value they’re getting. Faced with a lost phone and a lost tooth at the exact same time, he chose to replace the phone over the tooth.
Did You Say “yes” Too Soon?
Maybe we just need to ensure WE have all the facts, so that we can be sure we’ll be giving our clients the best possible service. The exact service, and solution, that they NEED. And maybe, by being clear on the problem, or the wishes, of our client … of DIAGNOSING before we PRESCRIBE … maybe we’ll also help the client to see the VALUE to them, of our solution to their problem?
How a Mindset Change Can Give You MORE Time
Things can change in terms of what’s necessary to spend time on. There is almost always a way to do something that doesn’t require you to be quite so “busy”. Sometimes you may need a bit of “invention” to happen before that’s an option, or maybe it’s a case of looking closer at exactly what we are doing?
Why Time is our Biggest Constraint in Business and a Plan to “Fix” That
It takes a certain amount of time to DO a certain job. And there will never be more than 24 hours in a day in which to do it. So when looking at our businesses, at our efficiency and our profitability, maybe putting more of a spotlight on TIME will help us find our main constraint.