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Side Hustle School

#2713 - Q&A: “My clients aren’t paying my invoices on time…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we help a freelance writer tackle a challenging client situation. Learn how to set clear boundaries, ensure timely payments, and protect yourself from problematic clients. 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: [email protected] 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.substack.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. 😎 🙏🏼 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:24.7

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0:29.2

While you're listening to this podcast, I'm causing mischief.

0:34.0

Like creeping past sleepy granddad

0:38.0

to sneak a pot of Petty Faloo from the fridge.

0:41.0

Because Petty Faloo fuels the mischief.

0:44.4

Boom!

0:45.4

Mom says that Peti fallu is made with calcium and vitamin D

0:52.1

the healthy bones.

0:54.0

She knows best, most of the time.

0:57.0

Fueling mischief with petty flu. So what do you do when your clients don't pay your invoices on time. We've got lots of freelancers out there. We have people

1:16.3

who are charging for services and in some cases, perhaps the best and easiest cases, people just

1:22.2

pay for the service up front, but then in lots of other cases

1:25.9

There's an invoicing process where you do the work you send out an invoice they pay within three days 10 days days, whatever the case may be or they don't.

1:35.9

And so we're going to talk about that latter scenario here.

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