
07/16/2025
Small business -the struggle is real š¢
The common issue I hear from clients and for myself? (Aside from employee challenges)
Non-payment of invoices for completed workā¦..or work in progress and the customer changes their mind.
In one week I had $7000 of āwork in progressā cancelled, with me already paying my staff to post and complete year ends, putting other work/projects on hold, I discounted the bill to āhelp them outā to 10% UNDER cost as it was. (Some were 40%)
To help people become filing compliant š³
Iāve learned many lessons this past week personally, and moving forward? If you canāt afford the depost on 7 years non-filing corporately?
Find someone else.
Can you afford to lose $7000 in a week?
Then I have my clients? Construction, rentals, delivery, home renoās, electrical, plumbing ā¦..
And again! People complaining, not paying bills āI didnāt get itā I hear it over and over doing collections for clients.
Did you hire someone to fix/create something? Then EXPECT a bill for the work š if you dont know how to find it in your email, CALL
HOW does a business stay afloat?
Soon enough, yes, these companies will close their doors, people will lose jobs, unemployment will go upā¦.then what?!
People complain about out of province companies coming here?
Itās only going to get worse.
So here my staff and I sit late again, making out collection reports for Expert Bailiff, hoping to keep companies going another month for thier families and employees
Frustrated and amazed
Every week I talk clients off the āedgeā of giving up on their dream (love them all ā£ļø)
This week? My husband and staff are talking me off the edgeā¦..
This is the reason small businesses fail
Customers may not see the impact of what you do to small business in town, I sure do
Itās heart breaking
You may not think your $500-$1000 invoice ānon-paymentā makes a difference?
If you only knew š¢
I know the ātypes of peopleā that donāt pay their bills for work requestedā¦probably wonāt see thisā¦.but those that do see this post, and you wonder why people close their doors and become owner/operators and you can never find a service providerā¦..this is the number one cause š