Getting paid
How service businesses get paid faster: invoicing habits that work, deposits and milestone billing, and chasing a late invoice without losing the client.
Articles in Getting paid
- Getting paidDeposits and milestone billing: stop funding your clients' projectsIf you only invoice at the end, you are the bank for every project you run. Deposits and milestone billing let the money arrive as the work does, without making the client nervous.6 min read
- Getting paidHow to get paid faster: eleven invoicing habits that shorten the waitMost late payments are not refusals. They are friction, an invoice that arrived late, was hard to pay or was easy to forget. Remove the friction and the money arrives sooner.6 min read
- Getting paidHow to chase a late invoice without losing the clientChasing money feels awkward because it feels personal. Make it a process instead, with the same steps and the same words every time, and it stops being either.5 min read