How to Avoid Difficult Clients & Attract Ideal Ones

Are you attracting the wrong types of clients that don’t align to your values?  In this conversation, Adam discusses the challenges of client relationships, sharing personal experiences and insights on the types of clients to avoid. He categorises clients into nine problematic archetypes and contrasts them with characteristics of ideal clients, providing a framework for attracting the right clientele to foster business growth. Struggling to create a business strategy for scale? We’ve created a new AI tool that helps you create a 90 day game plan in less than 10 mins. Interested in being part of the beta test group? Email me hello@adamstrong.net  Takeaways Understanding client archetypes can help in decision-making Why manipulators can undermine your authority and integrity. How to pre-qualify clients and customers that align to you Know-it-alls resist feedback and are often uncoachable. How to avoid problematic clients and attract the right ones for you Timestamps 00:00 Navigating Client Relationships: A Personal Journey 19:03 Identifying Problematic Client Archetypes 25:48 The Ideal Client: Characteristics to Seek 26:47 Conclusion and Future Opportunities 🙏 How To Support The Business Strategist 🎙️ Subscribe, listen and leave a review on 👉 Apple, Spotify Help us to make a bigger impact by buying me a cup of tea 👉 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thebusinessstrategist Tag us and share the show with your network ABOUT THE HOST LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamistrong Have you got a plan for scale in 2024? If not, take the business growth quiz here: https://howtogrowabusiness.scoreapp.com Apply to our waitlist for our next cohort to the game changers inner circle business mastermind go to https://bit.ly/business-mastermind-waitlist for more info Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices