When Should You ‘Fire’ Bad Clients? | Ep. #1605

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Marketing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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When You Should “Fire” Bad Clients In episode #1605, we talk about “firing” bad clients. There are many reasons to let clients go, and Neil and Eric share what has caused them to make these decisions in their businesses. Tune in to hear it all! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: When You Should “Fire” Bad Clients. [00:45] Why bad clients are not just those who are not profitable. [00:52] Neil’s biggest red flag with clients: If they are rude to his team. [01:35] Why scope creep is another indicator of a bad client. [02:06] Unethical practices that Neil has fired clients over. [02:36] Misaligned expectations and why this a reason to let clients go. [03:17] If you decide to change agency direction, you should fire some clients. [04:09] That’s it for today! [04:09] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information or call us on 310-349-3785! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Moz Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your
0:14.3	instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:50.5	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel. And today
0:56.0	we're going to talk about when you should quote-unquote fire bad clients and
1:00.0	so Neil I think just to make it, when we talk about bad clients,
1:03.2	we're not only just talking about agency type clients,
1:05.3	I think we're talking about customers as well.
1:07.1	So Neil, how do you think about this?
1:09.0	You know, most people think about bad clients as ones that aren't profitable.
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