insidecrm.com — Clients are the lifeblood of any business. On the other hand, some clients are so bad that your business, not to mention your personal sanity, is better off without them. So what do you do when you have a client that pushes you to the brink? You fire them! Here's how to give 10 of the worst offenders the pink slip without burning bridges.
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doinkz2Sep 18, 2007
1) tell him directly2) give him advice3) ask him find a suitable job4) tell him we cant affort to hired him5) find him a better job6) dont care about him7) give him his salary8) show his weakness9) make him do mistake10) Fired hiM!
rickcarsonSep 18, 2007
Those two hour support calls will now be billed at my standard hourly rate, in minimum increments of 1 hour. Awesome. :D
phlostenSep 19, 2007
The friends and business thing is a rule I have lived by for years. The line I use is:"There is no such thing as friends in busines. Never, ever!"You are not there is make friends, you are there to make a living.Do good work and you will have good clients.
thesmuSep 20, 2007
i got a funny sick feeling in the bottom of my tummy when i read number 2:"The client who can't make deadlines: This client wants you to set his project at top priority because he?s on a tight schedule and needs to get something produced right away. You agree, assuming that you?ll have all of the information you need to get it done quickly. Unfortunately, your client drops off the face of the earth, ignoring your requests for approvals and other correspondence...."i'm struggling with that at the moment and it's looking like it might turn into number 8. "The next-100-days client: This client doesn't pay until he's good and ready..."
hedolunaNov 8, 2007
these points are gold to me
sclarkNov 19, 2007
bad clients are like slinkys, not much good comes from them, but they sure are fun to push down stairs.