Sometimes a new client just isn’t worth having
It’s a clear case of bad Karma. Life is too short for this kind of thing, so it’s good to know bad prospects are incredibly rare.
- An SEO agency prospect asks me for a quote
- I give them the detailed information they ask for
- they request an inadvisably high, downright dodgy keyword density, which I question
- we exchange several more emails
- they agree my quote
- I write a free copywriting sample
- they love it
- the brief arrives, within which they try to beat me down on price after they’ve agreed it
- I refuse politely
- they send an incredibly lengthy email justifying themselves
- I stand my ground and recommend they find someone cheaper!
Good grief. And all in the space of a working day, taking up more than two hours of my time.
Thank goodness most people are wonderful, honourable and consistent. I do my level best to pull out all the stops for my clients, with whom I love working. But really, that was taking the piss. Pardon my French.
