Mar 8, 2019 | Business Model |
One of the biggest challenges in selling professional services is that what you are offering is intangible. Your product can’t be seen, touched, or tasted. Until your prospective clients experience what you do, they have no way of knowing if it will turn out,...
Nov 16, 2018 | Getting Clients |
Self-employed professionals pay a lot of attention to the mechanics of marketing. They take classes, read books, and hire experts to learn how to do the best job possible. When I first work with a client, I often discover that his or her knowledge of marketing...
Feb 17, 2018 | Getting Clients |
I often wonder how the practice began of pretending to be someone else in order to market your business. You know what I’m talking about — it’s the marketing face, the selling voice, that you often put on in order to attend a networking event or make...
Dec 17, 2017 | Getting Clients |
Do you know why clients should hire you? Congratulations! That’s an excellent beginning. But it’s not enough for you to know why clients should hire you — they need to know it, too. It’s hard enough to find clients without also having to...
Sep 7, 2017 | Getting Clients |
“Call us today and change your life,” proclaimed the hot pink flyer on the bulletin board. It was signed “Sunrise Hypnotherapy” with a phone number and a blind email address. No practitioner’s name appeared anywhere on the flyer. Posted...
Mar 23, 2017 | Getting Clients |
Selling professional services can often be a challenge because of their intangibility. When a client hires you to deliver a service such as accounting or web design, they can’t see the outcome in advance. They have to trust that your work will produce a result...