One of my former clients took a while to pay my services.
It was an agony, honestly. The client did not update me every time the deadline payment past.
I am the type of person who ensures that my payments are due. On the other hand, I believe that if someone owes me, it is his or her responsibility to update me on the payments. I really do not like following up. In the first place, I was not the one who has a due.
So what do you do when this happens? A recent webinar with a Filipino lawyer gave these tip: PROTECT YOURSELF.
How?
On my end, I did the following to follow-up the pay for my services:
In the tips that I gave, the underlying lesson is that you should have the contact details of your client. If worst had come, I would have called the client.
I saw in a Facebook post previously that says “Freelancer does not mean my services are free.” (I could find the post now, but this blog post say about it too). Well, I don’t mean to hurt anyone, but that’s the reason I call myself as a virtual assistant or a virtual professional.
Ann Kristine A. Peñaredondo is a Facebook Marketing Strategist who has managed and grew Facebook Pages of top shopping malls, lingerie, and dairy brands, as well as authors and experts in business, food, health, and education. Ann's podcast show, Pin To Top, is listed in Growth Mentor and Feedspot as one of the top podcasts for Facebook and marketing for 2020. Ann is also one of the Manila Workshop’s resident speakers and facilitators. She’s been featured in Jomar Hilario’s Online Show and book Virtual Careers, Wazzup Pilipinas, Astig.PH, Prime Influencers, Marketing in Asia, Thrive Global, and The Manila Times. Email her at chiefofideas@annkristine.com
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