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When clients don’t deliver
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Does this sound familiar? You spend ages putting a price together for a client who promises you content only for it to never arrive So you:
All while thinking, “I really wish I’d charged more for this.” It’s THE most frustrating thing ever. But here’s the bit most people miss… The longer you keep creating content without the assets they agreed to provide, the less incentive your client has to actually send them. Why would they? You’re already making it work. So it’s time for a new plan. Instead of quietly resenting them, just send this 👇 I just wanted to check in about the content assets we discussed for your upcoming posts.
At the moment, I’m a little limited in what I can schedule without those coming through, so I wanted to make sure this hasn’t slipped down the list or become a bit of a blocker on your side.
If pulling everything together feels like a faff or time is tight (which is very common), we’ve got a couple of easy options:
• You’re welcome to send over whatever you have, even if it feels imperfect, and I’ll work with that
• I can give you a quote to create new content assets for you to take it off your hands • Or I can recommend photographers / videographers to help you get what we need Let me know what feels easiest for you, and we’ll take it from there.
This does two important things: It gently reminds the client that providing assets is their responsibility. And it makes the choice very clear: send them… or pay to outsource them. ~ The Two Lauras P.S. If you’ve never encountered this then keep hold of that client tightly.
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