Small Business Survival Skills: Getting Paid Without Chasing

​You did the work. It was good. The invoice went out three weeks ago.

​And now you're doing the part nobody warns you about: refreshing your bank, drafting the "just following up!" email, deciding how many days you'll wait before it gets awkward.

​Chasing money you've already earned is one of the worst feelings in small business. It makes you feel like a beggar for your own work. And it eats the time and the nerve you need for the next job.

​Most owners treat it as the cost of doing business. It isn't. Late payment is something you set up without meaning to, in how you quote, when you invoice, and what you ask for before the work ever starts.

​This session is about getting paid like a business that expects to be paid, without turning into a collections agency. We'll cover:

• ​the terms, deposits, and timing that stop late payment before it starts

• ​how to ask for money in a way that reads as normal, not desperate

• ​what to do with the client who's always "about to pay," and when to let them go

​Bring your current payment terms and one invoice you're tired of chasing. You'll leave with a simple way to get paid on time, and the confidence to hold the line without losing good clients.

​Getting paid was never supposed to be a fight. Build the business that doesn't have one.