The Pricing Problem: How To Raise Your Rates Without Losing Your Best Clients
About this episode
Sheena discusses how to raise rates without losing clients, focusing on mindset and a structured approach to communication.
Once you’ve done the math from part two, you run straight into the fear that stops most founders cold: your best clients will leave if you raise your rates. In this episode, Sheena takes that fear apart — carefully and honestly — and replaces it with an actual process for moving your existing clients to new pricing in a way that protects the relationships that matter most. The episode opens with mindset, because clients read how you feel about your price far more than they read the number itself. A rate increase carried with calm confidence lands very differently than one delivered with apology and over-explanation. From there, Sheena walks through her four-part framework: deciding who to raise (and how to think carefully about grandfathering), deciding when (the natural anchors and the mistakes to avoid), how to communicate it clearly and personally for the clients who matter most, and how to handle the range of responses you’ll actually receive. The honest conclusion: a well-handled rate increase rarely costs you your best clients. The clients getting real transformation — the ones who respect how you run your business — very rarely walk over a respectful, well-timed increase…
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