How to Eliminate Scope Creep or Giving Away Services to Your Clients Without Getting Paid What You Deserve

So often, coaches, consultants, and professional service providers give away their services without giving it much thought. Giving away too much of your time or not charging for your services as you should, does not establish you as an expert and professional. In today’s episode, I discuss how to set boundaries in your coaching and consulting business so that your clients don’t take advantage of you and you get to make more money for your excellence. “Clients will not realize the value that you have until you establish the boundaries.”

About the Host:

Ann Carden is a highly sought-after Expert Business Growth Consultant, Marketing Strategist, three-time published Author, and a #1 Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

With more than forty-one years of business experience and coaching and consulting hundreds of coaches, entrepreneur’s and owners in more than forty different industries to more success, Ann knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business.

After spending thirteen years in corporate business management, Ann started her journey as an entrepreneur building businesses for herself for twenty-nine years. Her first business started out of financial hardship and Ann was able to propel that business into the international market (before the internet.)

After selling that business, she went on to start and build five more businesses to succeed. She has sold those businesses and today has a passion for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs build their success.

She has been featured on the affiliates of ABC, NBC, CW, and FOX, among many other media outlets. Her articles have been published on Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine, and she has been a featured guest on multiple podcast shows such as; “Business Innovators Radio” podcast which can be heard at: BusinessInnovatorsRadio.com/Ann-Carden.

She was also chosen as one of the top coaches in the world by Six-Figure Coach Magazine.

Through the years Ann has educated thousands of professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and online platforms as a Speaker.

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(0:00) Introduction and benefits of "Expert In You" podcast (1:28) Setting and maintaining professional boundaries in your business (5:10) Balancing coaching and done-for-you services: A mastermind group discussion (7:50) The pitfalls of free advice and the value of your professional experience (13:03) Strategic approach in building new income streams (15:33) Success story: Importance of clear offerings and value of reclaiming time (16:55) Warning: Giving away expertise for free and maintaining professionalism (17:26) Wrapping up and future content plans (18:24) Invitation to free training at expert in u.us (18:40) Final well-wishes and sign-off