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Side Hustle School

#2065 - Q&A: "They asked for a refund after three hours of coaching..."

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

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


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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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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