Tested raising prices 20% on repeat clients only
Ran a quiet test last month: quoted new work to existing clients at 20% above my usual day rate, no announcement, no new packaging. Half said yes without…
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Ran a quiet test last month: quoted new work to existing clients at 20% above my usual day rate, no announcement, no new packaging. Half said yes without…
For two months I had a waitlist for 1:1 and kept discounting it whenever someone hesitated. Decided to test the other direction: one $240/month small-group…
Running a small experiment against my own bad habit. My theory is that my problem was never the offer, it was that I kept pitching it to people who had no…
I've been running a free design newsletter for two years. Last month I added a paid tier (£8/month) with two extra posts: a deep dive and a template. I…
I'm testing whether shortening my payment terms from 14 to 9 days for new enquiries will increase the number of deposits I collect. I've been drowning in 'I'll…
I counted what I actually open on a client day: calendar, invoicing, email, then four others I keep paying for out of habit. So for 30 days I'm running…
I had 14 conversations with past clients about a second offer and got zero replies worth acting on. So I stopped asking and put a R$290 two-hour workshop on a…
Before I change anything about the format, I want to know if the drop-off is at the open or at the read. I'm splitting next month's four sends: two with the…
I counted the tools I use before a first session with a new student: Calendly, a Google Form, WhatsApp, a PDF invoice, and a spreadsheet. Five. I have replaced…
I removed myself from our business development calls for a month and handed the first-contact script to my associate for our membership offer. My goal was to…
My content has been getting likes but not conversions, so I decided to test something different. I asked five past clients for one referral each. Got three…
Everyone says publish proof. I wanted to know whether the proof has to be mine or whether the publisher's reputation carries it. So I split my list: half got…