Comments on: Know Your Worth - The Call Girl Edition

By: James Boelter

James Boelter — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:24:24 +0000

That’s perhaps a little “hard edged”, but I have to say I can’t disagree with it. This also helps explain the “why men love bitches” factor that keeps popping up in the Self Help book sections. I do some advanced therapeutic bodywork (shiatsu, neuromuscular therapy) for private clients, and I have to admit that underpricing yourself is the biggest marketing mistake you can make. You want to make your services affordable to less affluent people who really need what you can do, but if you come too cheap, no one calls. Raise your rates to the going market rates (currently $75 to $80 an hour) and watch the calls come flooding in.

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By: T

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:31:13 +0000

Bobby - So true. Quality people don’t trust it if it’s too cheap, and the people who care first and foremost about the cheapness often aren’t quality.

Smash - Right on point, I got nothing to add.

VK - Hell yeah, a lot of “friend zone” woes would be solved if more guys were like you.

BandB - I think we’ve all been guilty of it. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

Uchenna - I’m going to be doing Pimp Week 2 in late April or May. I didn’t want to overdo it all at once and make people think this is a “How to Pimp” blog.

By: Uchenna

Uchenna — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:34:55 +0000

…and i wanted MORE pimp/ho talk! (that week was much too short…)

By: Bangs and a Bun

Bangs and a Bun — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:54 +0000

Not selling yourself short is a lesson I’ve been learning the hard way for the past few years in various areas of my life. I’ve got a handle on it now, thankfully, but every time I read a post like this, it gives me that extra bit of added gusto!

By: Smash

Smash — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:42:49 +0000

Yeah, I know.
But you’re right. Though I know what it’s like to be on the other side of the negotiating table that doesn’t mean I give in when I’m the customer.
Knowing what your worth works both ways. As a consumer I have my own sense of worth. My money, my time, my expectations are precious.
Because I know operations I will be the most patient guy in the room but still have a def sense of what I want, how long I’m willing to wait for it and for how much.

Clear consumer objectives and expectations makes it easier for the provider.

Honesty breeds trust.
Trust breeds loyalty.

By: virgle Kent

virgle Kent — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:26:32 +0000

Damn son, every part of this post was true story. As I’m getting older I’m feeling comfortable demanding exactly what I want and not pretending I want something else. It’s either she’s in or she’s out.

By: Smash

Smash — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:20:16 +0000

Know your worth and don’t compromise.

I’ve seen this principle in action on a daily basis while I worked as an autocenter manager for sears. I would always tell my associates to be wary, be firm but at the same time provide top notch service for those who are or were willing to pay our premium. The alternative is to costly.

a quick example:
Mr. Chisler comes in to service his car. After having given him a fair market quote he cries his way down to a %5 reduction on the cost of the parts.

We perform the service but there is an unforeseen delay…perhaps an hour.
Now Mr. Chisler is crying bloody murder.
We should have told him the risk. We should have called him earlier. We shouldn’t have replaced the part without his permission. Or we SHOULDN’T have waited because his time was more precious.
Any way you slice it our failures lead to him wanting more of a discount. So of course in the interest of “customer service” we give him %10 off the price of labor.
At least we saved the sale and saved the customer, right?
WRONG!
All we did was pony off our time, product and labor for less than fair value.
We still left the customer dissatisfied and as disloyal as he was when he walked in.
And worse case scenario? He tells some of his buddies how he got over on us by making enough of a fuss. We’ve potentially multiplied our problem.

I’ve been on every side of this one. Customer. Employee. Manager.

Discount Customers blow.

By: Bobby Rio

Bobby Rio — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:24:40 +0000

I defintately agree that what you demand is what you’ll wind up getting.

People people percieve value by cost and effort to achieve.. we’ve been trained that way..

we’ll automatically assume something is better if its harder to get or cost more money

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