Professional practices, was "pay you later"

[John Formsma]

Agreed with your points below.
How do you send an email invoice?  Do you do a PDF with the Mac?  Using
Quickbooks to do the invoice?

What about people who don't have an email?  I have a few older customers who
don't have a computer.

I think email is a good way to go, considering our modern era.  My practice
now is to leave an invoice.  Most people expect to pay me before I leave.  I
allow churches to mail payment.  And folks who aren't at home while I'm
there.

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JF

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM, David Andersen <
david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote:

> My friends----
> Would you like to be treated like a doctor, or a lawyer, or a skilled
> artisan?
>
> Or would you like to be treated like a day worker, or a cable installer,
> or a shade-tree mechanic?
>
> In the first group, the work, and the atmosphere surrounding the work, is
> the focus; actual money exchange happens later.
>
> In the second group, the focus is on getting the check.
>
> If you want to make more money and have more respect, act like a business
> with cash flow. If somebody wants to give you a check, OK.
> I hardly ever handle money now, and most of my clients (still) are private
> entities. I send an email invoice within 24 hours of the work; I haven't
> been stiffed once since I started this protocol 6 years ago. Well, once, by
> a white-collar criminal in Malibu...300 bucks.
>
> A hard and fast rule: those who* seem* like they couldn't care less about
> getting paid make a lot more money and are trusted quicker and deeper.
> People just like it better way back in the deep, old part of their brains.
> Don't fight the wiring.
>
> David Andersen
> (flame suit on)
>
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