How to ask for payments from your clients, without feeling awkward
Do you think you may sound rude, talking about your payment with your clients?
Often you will see when you start working with some client initially you will receive the payments on time however as time passes the payment date defers or they start getting delayed. I have faced that issue in past and its not pleasant.
The majority of us feel very awkward asking for our own money or I must say our hard-earned money
WHY?
When I ask people, the most common answer given is, we don’t want to sound ‘rude’. Many professionals avoid openly discussing payment out of fear of being perceived as rude or embarrassing themselves by asking about something they believe a client finds goes without saying. Well if that’s how the client felt there was no reason for you to talk to them, right?
Unfortunately, this leads to professionals acting overly polite and vague in their payment requests, rarely asking for payment directly — even when it’s weeks and months overdue. I work as a Virtual assistant and I prefer the second option. Asking for payments directly yet professionally.
If you feel uneasy 😬 about asking for payments from your clients please ask yourself the below…
