The Ick Factor: Why Practice Owners Avoid Fee Conversations — And What It's Costing Them – A Special Snack Episode, EP 252

About this episode

Tracy Cherpeski and Miranda Dorta discuss the discomfort practice owners feel around fee conversations and its impact on their business.

In this SNACK episode, Tracy Cherpeski sits down with Miranda Dorta to cut through that discomfort and get practical about setting your fees. They explore why so many practice owners undercharge, what that pattern has to do with burnout, and what it actually takes to build a fee structure that reflects your value and keeps the lights on.

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Cherpeski

Guest: Miranda Dorta

Topics covered

• fee conversations
• practice ownership
• undercharging
• burnout
• fee structure
• value

Keywords

• fee conversations
• practice owners
• undercharging
• burnout
• fee structure

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