Money Issues...Setting fees and prices, sources of revenue, raising funds, getting answers, etc.


Why aren't you making $500,000 or more a year?

I pose that question when I talk to potential clients who say they can't afford to hire me. How would you answer? Do their answers resonate with you?

1. I don't deserve to earn that much.
2. It's not Christian to charge for my services.
3. My family/siblings/parents/spouse would be upset if earned more money.
4. I don't want to have to pay tax on higher earnings.
5. I'm not willing to change how I operate my business.
6. I've paid for and followed all the advice in the branding and Internet marketing books and I lost money.
7. I turned my business into a nonprofit so I can't make a profit.
8. I don't know how.
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Every day I'm asked to invest in someone's company, subsidize someone's career with my own money, time and creativity, or provide services for free or on speculation. That's the quickest way for me to lose all respect for you. Why? Because I teach you how to generate the money you need to pay your own way in life. If you don't believe in your own ability to earn an income, why should I spend time promoting you? If you won't invest in yourself, why should I?

I know this sounds harsh... but I'm not going to sugar coat the truth and you need to have realistic expectations. My recommendation if you "can't afford" to hire me: Raise the funds you need to promote yourself properly - as I did - or buy my new report which will show you what I do.

 
HUMOR: Here's what I say to strangers/unknown individuals who ask me to provide extensive marketing services for nothing but a possible percentage of the income I generate for them.

1. No. No thanks.
2. No. I'm not your Mom.
3. No. I'm not a bank.
4. No. Slavery was abolished a century-and-a-half ago.
5. No. I have no respect for a man (or woman) who hasn't met me, but asks me to loan them money.
6. OK, but I'll need the keys, the address, and directions to your house and the deed signed over to me while you continue to pay the mortgage and taxes. Please have everything you own removed by the first of the month.
7. You want me to support you? We're not even married!
 
NEW: SEND ME YOUR MONEY-EARNING QUESTIONS

I want to know what are your biggest issues about earning money as an authority. I'll be writing a column to provide solutions. Click to reply.

1. Are you earning the level of income you desire?
2. How much income do you think you deserve?
3. How much income do you need to live without debt?
4. What are the obstacles in your path?
5. What do you think you're lacking that would allow you to generate your financial goals?
6. What do you think you need to change in order to earn all that you desire?
7. What's your greatest concern about earning money?
 
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