Notes on getting paid faster — without burning client relationships.
Every few months the same debate cycles back through the freelance internet. One camp insists retainers are the only adult way to run a service business — stead...
If you've ever wondered why the plumber who fixed your kitchen sink last month was paid before the towels dried, while your design invoice is still sitting at "...
You sent the invoice, watched the week roll by, and now on the morning of day seven the inbox is still quiet. Your stomach does that small flip it does whenever...
There is a strange anxiety running underneath most service businesses right now. Every other LinkedIn post announces a new AI tool that supposedly replaces your...
You glance at your accounts and notice the same name sitting in the overdue column — a client who has paid on time for two years without a hiccup. The first tho...
You started your business so you could choose what to work on, and some days it still feels exactly that way. Other days, you sit down at 8:47 a.m. with a clear...
You sent the invoice two and a half weeks ago. Nothing. You wrote a polite first reminder eight days back. Still nothing. Now you're staring at your inbox on a...
You finished a great month. The invoices went out, the work shipped, and the money landed in your checking account. A few weeks later, you check the balance and...
If you run a bookkeeping or accounting practice, the spreadsheet of unpaid client invoices is probably the document you avoid the longest. You closed the books,...
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