Raising prices


"Do it little by little. Incrementally. Otherwise they'll run for the hills."

That's great advice on pricing. NOT.

Doing this actually brings you to have slow, incremental increases. It'll make it easy for your customers to push back for a discount (which will get you closer to the original low price). And it's all still focused around you. And customers care for themselves.

So, shift the focus on to them.

Find out what they want, and how you can help them. And price accordingly to what they want and who they are.

"Price the client, not the job."

Rod Aparicio

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