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🗓️ 4 January 2025
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In today’s episode, we help a photographer decide whether to offer a money-back guarantee for his services. Learn how to build trust with clients while protecting your business from potential downsides.
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0:22.6 | Lemonada. Lemonada. |
0:27.7 | Is it wise to offer a money back guarantee? |
0:35.9 | What's up, friends? |
0:36.5 | What's up, side hustlers? |
0:38.4 | Thanks for tuning in today. In this episode, we're going to help a photographer decide whether to offer a money back guarantee. What's up, friends? What's up side hustlers? Thanks for tuning in today. |
0:43.2 | In this episode, we're going to help a photographer decide whether to offer a money back guarantee for his services. There's a lot you could say about this topic. And the answer might be different if you're |
0:47.6 | providing a service than if you're selling a product. But either way, let's talk about how to build |
0:51.3 | trust with potential clients or customers while protecting your business from potential downsides. It's good to offer a money back guarantee if that |
0:58.7 | increases conversion or it generates trust and allows customers to, in fact, purchase from you. |
1:04.2 | But it can also increase your risk. So we'll talk about both sides of it. We've got a listener in |
1:08.4 | Toronto. He wants to do this guarantee, but of course, as noted, is worried about potential downsides, maybe somebody taking advantage of it. We've got a listener in Toronto. He wants to do this guarantee, but of course, as noted, |
1:11.7 | is worried about potential downsides, maybe somebody taking advantage of it. So let's consider |
1:16.1 | whether offering a guarantee is a smart move or when it might be. And I'll also give you a specific |
1:20.7 | tip that I think is really important as you're building out a new offer. If you're thinking of |
1:24.3 | selling something this year, hopefully this will be helpful to you. Detailed question and my answer in a short action-packed episode. It's coming right up. |
1:43.5 | Hi, this is Marcus from Toronto, Canada. I run a small photography business, and I've been thinking |
1:48.9 | about offering a money-back guarantee on my packages. See, my idea is that it might make people feel more |
1:54.9 | confident about booking, especially since my services aren't cheap. But I'm worried it could backfire if people take advantage of it or if it puts me in a bad financial spot. |
2:06.7 | Is offering a guarantee a smart move, or is it more trouble than it's worth? |
2:11.3 | How can I structure it to protect myself while still building trust with clients? |
2:18.8 | Marcus, thanks for the call. |
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