Badassery Magazine Issue 6 | Page 28

HOW TO SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE TO YOUR CLIENTS by Laura Pennington G etting in the swing of business whether it’s constantly marketing or giving deliverables to current clients can cause you to lose track of client care. Client care is one of the most important aspects of running a business online today, especially since many people work entirely digitally and may never even speak to a client outside of a brief phone or Skype conversation. Forging that personal connection becomes all the more important. Thankfully, they are several simple steps you can take to show your clients that they are appreciated and I have outlined some of the most powerful ones below. When I was first building my freelance writing business, I really underestimated the power of recurring business. I later learned that it was the key to hitting six figures and beyond. It’s better to have 27 5-8 really great clients with recurring work than 20 clients you have to find, get to know, and deliver work for anew every single month. If you want to impress clients and get them to hire you over and over, show some gratitude. This includes gestures that can pay off over and over again. More than 50% of my clients have been working with me 12 months or longer and I credit that to consistent quality work turned in on time and my best efforts to keep them around! Keep in Contact with Them and Infuse Thank Yous into Your Regular Business Delivery Simply by keeping in contact with your clients on a regular basis, you keep your name top of mind for them and show them that you care. One of the ways that I have done this as a freelance writer is