A hair-raising tale of client terrorism

I’ve told this hair-raising client horror story about Stefania before. But, it’s one of those tales that never gets old, never stops being relevant, and is “evergreen” in its usefulness to those who do any kind of freelancing or service type business who don’t want to fall victim to fraud from vile people wanting to take advantage of you. Here’s what happened: This was many years ago BB (before Ben) when she was still rather new to copywriting. And, her business was mainly funded through referrals. And what happened was, a client came to her who was a friend of a friend, and so she thought she could trust said client. And following are a few of the mistakes that resulted from needing the money at the time, and not being in a financial position to qualify leads: * The client insisted on only doing business by phone, nothing in writing (emails, etc) * The client paid Stefania $6,000 in fees — via her Stripe account * The client continually lied about the project and kept moving the goal posts with due dates and expectations, etc * The client then used the “you didn’t get the copy to me on time” excuse to do a chargeback * The client got away with it all “Scot-Free.” The result: This client terrorist put Stefania $3k in the red. Literally $3k overdrawn. And, to make matters worse, she had bills due, her landlord was banging on her door for the rent (who wanted nothing more than to get her out so he could charge up to $1k more per month to someone else than what she was paying), and she didn’t even have money to eat or pay for life’s necessities. Plus, she had nobody to ask for help — and would have (quite literally) been on the street in a matter of days. Not fun at all. And, it’s like something out of a freelancer’s nightmares. Especially if you are low on cash, and really do need the money. The solution? One solution is found inside Troy Broussard’s “Automation Magic” program. He talks a lot about using automation to make the freelance game go smoothly. And, I daresay following his advice can potentially help eliminate much of the chicanery and hijinx freelancers who are in a cash crunch tend to have to put up with, especially when it comes to prospecting and getting paid, or helping to avoid chargebacks if you collect your fees using PayPal, Stripe, etc. The course sells at big $100.00 discount off the listed retail price until tonight. (Sunday 4/7 at midnight EDT) Here is the link: [https∶//www.EmailPlayers.com/automate]( Ben Settle P.S. Troy’s also including 2 LIVE Q&A calls for those partaking of my affiliate link by the deadline... along with a detailed automation walk through that DEMONSTRATES all of the cool automation he has been using in a series of challenges he’s been promoting to his list recently so you can do the same if you so desire. The deadline is tonight Sunday 4/7 at midnight EDT. Simply use my affiliate link by then and it’s all yours. Here’s the link: [https∶//www.EmailPlayers.com/automate]( This email was sent by Ben Settle as owner of Settle, LLC. Copyright © 2024 Settle, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this email may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from Settle, LLC. Click here to [unsubscribe]( Settle, LLC PO Box 1056 Gold Beach Oregon 97444 USA