{"id":97411,"date":"2022-05-11t17:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-11t21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=97411"},"modified":"2023-05-04t10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04t14:24:27","slug":"when-clients-dont-want-a-service-they-truly-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2022\/05\/11\/when-clients-dont-want-a-service-they-truly-need\/","title":{"rendered":"when clients say ‘no’"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>four ways to deal with their decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n by ed mendlowitz<\/i> i found out many years ago that i cannot spend my clients\u2019 money.<\/p>\n i used to feel that if they did not want to \u201cbuy\u201d a service i felt they must have, it meant i did not clearly convey the value to them. i do not feel this way anymore because the value is relative and draws on many issues the client might have and that i am not privy to.<\/p>\n more:<\/b> when good things happen<\/a> | when an employee\u2019s growth has gaps<\/a> | my first trainee<\/a> | the growing pains of a small firm<\/a> | giving clients the best you\u2019ve got<\/a> | why map programs are essential<\/a> | how to become a specialist<\/a> | secrets in specialties<\/a> | making sure the son got proper credit<\/a> | yes, shirt logos can matter<\/a> | 10 more reasons cpas quit public accounting<\/a> in my earlier days i used to do the work anyway, feeling a responsibility to the client. it took me quite a while to realize that the responsibility is the clients\u2019 and if they did not want to spend their money for it, i should not spend part of my life doing it on a pro bono basis. there were also times i felt the work was so essential to the client that i did it expecting their recognition of the importance and willingness to pay me afterward. stupid! my bad! i have two exceptions. clients who are on fixed fees with vaguely defined bounds can get those services as part of the overall relationship. (however, this is not good. the services should be clearly set forth and any extras should be subject to change orders, \u00e0 la ron baker.) doing something in that order once every three or four years is not so terrible and can serve as a relationship builder. i have done many such \u201cextras\u201d and more than occasionally found out they either weren\u2019t appreciated or valued, or the client felt we were trying to do things to raise the future ongoing fee. when i realized this, on a client-by-client basis, it was very upsetting, especially when i knew we had performed a valuable service and firm resources had been committed. i am much more careful now in defining the scope of my regular services.<\/p>\n a second exception just occurred that gave me the idea to write this. we have a long-term client who is not doing well at all, either healthwise or in business, who was also substantially past due in payments to us. she needed some special services and one of my partners told me he would be doing them, knowing it was unlikely we would be paid. he said she was a long-term client, paid us well over the years, and now that she had serious problems he said he felt we should help her. that is a mensch.<\/p>\n we all have these issues. these are some ways to deal with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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