#2065 - Q&A: "They asked for a refund after three hours of coaching..."
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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After completing two long sessions with a client, a new coach received a request for a refund. Should she revise her policy of “money back with no questions asked”?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | After completing two long sessions with a client, a new coach receives a request for a refund. |
| 0:14.2 | She's done all this work, now her client wants a refund, should she revise her policy |
| 0:18.6 | of money back with no questions asked. |
| 0:21.4 | Money back guarantee, you can get your money back at any point, even after a bunch of work |
| 0:24.9 | has been done. |
| 0:25.9 | Is this a good policy? Should she make a change? And by the way, welcome to Side Hustlers School. |
| 0:30.8 | My name is Chris Gellabo. I love hearing what our listeners are working through, especially |
| 0:34.9 | those new side hustlers, new small business owners, people who are trying to build a new |
| 0:39.8 | income stream, whatever it is. And of course, this is a frustrating experience. The one that |
| 0:45.0 | our listeners going through, not listening to this podcast, that should not be frustrating. |
| 0:49.2 | But what she's encountering, this is the kind of thing you sometimes deal with, especially |
| 0:52.4 | in a new business, when you're trying to figure out who your ideal customer is, what's |
| 0:56.2 | the best way to market to them? How do you best provide your service and so on? |
| 1:00.2 | So let's see what we can do to help. They ask for a refund after three hours of coaching, |
| 1:04.6 | detailed question, and my answer coming right up. |
| 1:07.2 | Want to tell you today about our new sponsor, Lands End Business. Lands End Business |
| 1:12.8 | offers fully customized clothes, accessories, and promotional products featuring your logo |
| 1:17.0 | and colors elevated by decades of experience. The Lands End sent me a box of some samples, |
| 1:23.8 | including a high quality blanket. I thought it was pretty cool. Got the nice Lands End Business |
| 1:28.5 | logo on it. They also sent me a mug with Jordan Harbinger's name on it. So Jordan, he's |
| 1:34.4 | a pretty cool guy. He's got a podcast I enjoy. And now I've got a mug with his name on it. |
| 1:38.6 | So that's cool. And you know, what can I say? Since 1993, thousands of businesses have |
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