How would your business and life change if you could get paid faster for the work that you do? Would it make a difference if people signed up for your event or program and paid in full within a few hours after receiving the invite?
If you run a small business or boutique agency it can be challenging sometimes to get the money from your clients into your bank account. Sometimes it’s getting people to sign up for your latest program and sometimes it’s getting paid upon completion of a service.
Your time is better spent helping clients achieve their goals not chasing their money. Sending countless follow up emails, calls or texts is frustrating and exhausting and let’s be honest, nobody enjoys doing that.
We know that we live in a world of busyness, short attention spans and doing too many things so what can we do to set ourselves up better for success? Give them something that requires fewer brain calories to digest that inspires action.
Visual presentation of information is the key to getting attention! People are 30% more likely to send payment faster when visuals are used and certainly you can have fun with that. If you’re promoting an event, using colour, bold graphics and clever messaging in will catch your readers eye. If you’re collecting payment, see if your invoicing system allows for visual customization to command attention. If you send reminders by email, consider an infographic or bold graphic that catches the eye and prompts action in addition to making it easy to send payment.
I invite you to give it a try and see if you notice a shift in how quickly you get paid. I’d love to hear the results!