Christmas is over for another year – if you’re like many people, you’ve probably eaten too much, drunk too much and spent too much! It’s a time of year when we tend to indulge ourselves and deal with the consequences later on. Perhaps you’ve not yet returned to work, so you’re still in the party […]
Do You Still Believe in Santa? A Seasonal Tale of Good Cheer
Of course you don’t! You gave that belief up many years ago didn’t you? And yet, you still hold beliefs today which you learned as a child and which are simply not true. For example, perhaps your parents or teachers said that you were no good at Maths, that you would never amount to anything […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers: Part 6 of 6 – Comfortable Asking for Fees (Continued)
In the last article, I wrote about how our beliefs around money impact on our ability to feel comfortable asking for or discussing fees. Now you recognise that you’ve some negative beliefs around money, you’re doing your money affirmations and you’re still not feeling comfortable asking for payment. Let me share one very simple technique […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers : Part 5 of 6 – Comfortable Asking for Fees
In my previous 2 articles, I discussed the communicating your value to prospective clients part of my formula (UV + CV + CA = CW) for charging what you’re worth. So now let’s take a look at the last part of the equation CA – or comfortable asking for fees. This one is a biggie […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers : Part 4 of 6 – Communicating Your Value (Continued)
In my previous article, we started looking at communicating your value to prospective clients and that in order to do this, you need to reflect both the value of your service and their pain back to them. So in this article, we’ll continue looking at ways to communicate your value. Once you’ve found out what […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers : Part 3 of 6 – Communicating Your Value
In my previous two articles, I looked at the understanding your value part of my formula (UV + CV + CA = CW) for charging what you’re worth. So now let’s take a look at communicating the value to your prospective clients; the CV part of the equation. I have a sneaky feeling that this […]
All the Best Coaches Have Experienced Hard Times Part II Warts and All
About 3 weeks ago, on 6 September 2014,I decided to dip my toes in the water by putting a post on Linked In of a more personal nature (All the Best Coaches have Experienced Hard Times) and, to my utter surprise and delight, was immediately rewarded with 477 views in just 24 hours. There were […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers: Part 2 of 6 – Understanding Your Value (continued)
In the previous article, I wrote about the importance of understanding your value to enable you to charge what you’re worth and focussed on your expertise. In this article, I’ll discuss the two other key aspects of understanding your value which are the client’s need and your general self-worth. Because you don’t really understand your […]
How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It for Accountants and Lawyers: Part 1 of 6 – Understanding Your Value
Ask yourself the following question: Would I like to earn an additional £10k, £20k, or £30k in the next 12 months without having to necessarily get more clients? If the answer is yes, then read on. With a sinking feeling, David checked his billings for the past month compared with his colleagues and wondered if […]
All the Best Coaches have Experienced Hard Times – My Personal Story
In July 1999, I declared out loud in the middle of an open-plan office where I worked, that I would be out of the Company by the end of the year. I hated my job with a passion! There was no hesitation, no doubt. But how I would do this, I did not […]