This email could save your business.
The answer to the question…
“Should you reduce your rates?” is…
Yes. No and maybe.
There is no way I could give you that advice without knowing your business…the service you’ve been providing and the response you’ve been getting from your members.
But there is one thing I can be sure of.
If you DO decide to reduce your rates…
DO NOT reduce everyone by a certain percentage in the same month.
Here’s what I mean.
If someone is paying $400/month and you want to give them a 25% reduction this brings them down $100.
If you do this with everyone your total revenue for that month gets chopped by 25% over night.
This will have a big impact on cash flow, something you don’t want right now.
Here’s a better way.
Give them the 25% reduction…
But spread that 25% out over several payments (i.e. 5 months).
So, in the example above you’ll be giving them a $100 reduction.
Take that $100 and divide by 5 months and now you only reduce by $20/month.
Cash flow is the name of the game for small businesses right now and this strategic decision makes it happen.
While a reduction may or may not be necessary, preserving your cash is essential.
The decision is a tough one and depends on many factors.
Please do not take this as you should reduce your rates.
In fact, I always prefer to heap the value in every possible way before I touched the price and I would honestly go toward this first.
But in this very weird situation the longer this goes the tougher it gets.
Good Luck!
Vince Gabriele
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