I’ve been working with clients for a very long time…

If there’s a mistake you can make, I’ve made it. If there’s a way to blow up a client relationship, I’ve done it. If there’s a foolproof method for completely shortchanging your own value so you get paid like a slave, I’ve used it.

It took me years to discover the cause of my suffering. I read books, I took courses, I consulted with gurus. I acquired all of the skills and abilities one would think would lead you to success in business when you’re working with clients.

Eventually, the Universe made the truth obvious enough that even I got the message. Here’s what it said:

“The Problem Isn’t the Clients, the Problem is You“

Virtually every ounce of pain you can experience in a business working with clients is a creation of your own making. Too few clients, crappy clients, annoying clients, unrealistic expectations, too little money, too little respect…they all lead back to the person you see in the mirror every morning.

If you have enough awareness to accept this level of responsibility, then you already hold a major piece of the solution.

Unfortunately, the situation is even worse than most business owners realize.

As bad as it might feel to lose a client, to have a marketing system that’s not attracting enough leads, to end up going “above and beyond” for a client only to have them fire you, or to have them disappear without paying a fee or even lead you on for weeks or months that they’ll “be ready to get started soon,” all of those external issues pale in comparison to having your success limited by barriers you can’t even see.

If you’re working with clients, there’s a good chance you’re surrounded by an invisible prison of your own making.

This “prison” leads you to make decisions that sound rational but are really the result of programs hidden deep in your psyche.

• This is why you aren’t charging double (or more) for your services.
• This is why you don’t train your clients to respect the boundaries you have in your business.
• This is why you have those same annoying problems happen over and over again in your client work.

You were trained to believe you suck and to project that through every area of your business. Even if your conscious mind doesn’t agree, the programs that live inside are telling another story.

Working With Clients is One of the Most Complicated Forms of Business

Between all of the external skills you need to attract, nurture, sell and work with clients and all of the internal obstacles that keep you playing small, achieving success in a business working with clients is filled with never-ending challenges.

I have worked with experts running businesses of all sizes, business veterans are not immune from these issues. Self-worth problems can drive away a $200,000 sale just as easily as a $2,000 sale. And that’s just ONE of the many areas of focus you need to master the art of working with clients.

To the extent you ignore all of these issues, you will never realize the full potential you have for creating value in the world and being richly rewarded for doing it.

To be blunt: you’ll always feel like you should be achieving more…and you’ll be right.

“Making Clients Pay” is a Weekly Business Growth Tool For Improving Your Mindset, Marketing, Selling, Positioning and Overall Understanding of the Value You Deliver

If you’re going to work with clients, make sure you prepare yourself so that you can maximize the value you can deliver to them as well as the reward you receive for that exchange.

This means putting yourself on the path of constant improvement when it comes to lead generation, client attraction, the art of positioning, building trust and authority in the marketplace, working through self-worth issues and other programs that keep you small, your mindset and understanding how to properly value what you do and communicate that to your prospects,

It’s a tall order. And something that’s easy to forget when you get busy actually doing the work that the clients bring. If you ignore your own development in this area long enough, you’ll wake up one day wondering why you’re charging less than ever and still having a challenge getting the amount of clients you want.

This is the reason I created Making Clients Pay. Because I live this life and I know that the most profitable investment you can make in your own business is mastering the art of working with clients, not just focusing on the quality of what you do for them.

Each Sunday night, a new issue of Making Clients Pay will land in your inbox to help you with some area of the art of working with clients. It won’t win awards for length because the only goal is IMPACT. A few minutes invested reading a simple email message that can completely transform your coming week.

This is not a complicated offer. It’s for business owners who work with clients who want to achieve more in their business.

• It’s for you if you’re tired of making the same stupid mistakes with client relationships.
• It’s for you if you know you should be way ahead of where you’re at.
• It’s for you if you’re tired of not getting paid what you’re worth.
• It’s for you if you need regular reminders that YOU are brilliant.
• It’s for you if you actually want to get better.

I struggled for years in this business because I didn’t understand all of the skills I needed to lead a client over months and years. I had the wrong mindset, I was needy, I wanted to be liked and I didn’t keep my focus set on moving the client towards his goal above all else.

If you work with clients, know that your experience can be constant struggle or it can be an adventure for which you are paid very, very well. The difference comes down to YOU, the thoughts you think, the choices you make and the actions you take.

Making Clients Pay is designed to be your constant companion on what could be the most profitable and rewarding journey of your life. Working with clients is one of the most valuable services any business could provide. This tool will help you make sure you’re well paid for the value you provide.

Subscriptions are $19 per month, an investment in your future success that is practical for any even half serious business owner. If you’re looking for maximum transformation from minimum effort, this is the way.

(Weekly cutoff to receive the latest issue is 6:00 P.M. Eastern U.S.)

P.S. One of the “secrets” of working with clients is to build a position of power in the marketplace that sets you apart from anyone else. This achievement alone can completely transform the fees you command, the respect you receive and the trust your clients have in your advice and counsel.

Most business owners are not aware that achieving such a position is not luck but something you can engineer on purpose. To help, each new subscriber to Making Clients Pay will receive a copy of my report explaining how this works. It’s called, The Building Blocks of PREEMINENCE: How to Engineer a Position of Power in the Marketplace. This is available immediately once your subscription is confirmed.