When To Drop A Design Client - RD300

<p class="p1">When first starting in graphic or web design, firing a client may seem like a foreign concept. After all, isn’t the whole point of building a business to increase your number of clients, not reduce it? But money is money, and as long as clients pay, they’re worth having. Right?</p> <p class="p1">If you’re strapped for cash and don’t have a choice, then I say, sure, get every client you can. But as your client list grows and things become more stable, you’ll inevitably notice that some clients are easier to work with than others. Or maybe it’s not the client. It might be that you enjoy working on specific client projects more than other client projects.</p> <p class="p1">Like many of us, it’s also possible that you may find yourself dealing with clients who frustrate you for one reason or another. These are the clients that make you sigh or groan every time they contact you. Dealing with them is more complicated than with your other clients.</p> <p class="p1">You can put up with these clients for a while. But if something isn’t done to resolve whatever issues you have with them, the solution may be to let them go.</p> <p class="p1">Not every reason to let a client go is a negative one. As you’ll see from the situations described below, there are times when you may want to let a client go because it’s the right time to do so.</p> <p class="p1">You’ll grow over time, as a designer and as a business person. This growth may lead you to pivot your business and perhaps narrow down on a niche, making some existing clients no longer a good fit for you.</p> <p class="p1">Whatever the reason, you will be faced with walking away from a client at some point, hopefully, in a way that minimizes the impact on your business.</p> <h2 class="p1">Here are 11 signs that it’s time to let a client go.</h2> <h3 class="p1">The client has unreasonable demands or is abusive.</h3> <p class="p1">If you ever feel like a client is mistreating you or is outright abusive, it’s time to let them go.</p> <p class="p1">Some clients exp