When the Practitioner Realized the Rate They’d Been Charging Was a Story, Not a Price
This is a composite practitioner story based on common patterns in pricing development. Details are illustrative.
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This is a composite practitioner story based on common patterns in pricing development. Details are illustrative.
The word “marketing” suggests outward direction — reaching new people, creating new awareness, drawing new potential clients into the orbit. That directional assumption shapes…
This is a composite practitioner story based on common patterns in pricing development. Details are illustrative.
Most of the conversation about magnetic marketing presence focuses on attraction — creating the pull that brings new potential clients into the practitioner’s orbit.…
A premium rate is not the same as a high rate. This distinction matters for practitioners who aspire to premium pricing, because building toward…
Practitioners who work on their magnetic presence often find themselves accumulating insights without the showing up changing proportionally. They understand more about what creates…
Practitioners who feel uncomfortable discussing their rates often describe the discomfort as not wanting to “sell.” And frequently, the actual structure of the conversation…
Practitioners who describe their work accurately but find that the description doesn’t create the recognition they’re looking for often encounter a specific gap: what…
Scope creep, in practitioner pricing, refers to the pattern of delivering more than the agreed scope of work without adjusting the rate to reflect…
Many practitioners are confident people. They speak well, hold their own in professional settings, and bring genuine authority to their work. And yet, something…
When practitioners work against their patterns around magnetic showing up — pushing past the resistance, overriding the hesitation, forcing through what feels like avoidance…
Pricing from value is among the most commonly given pieces of pricing advice. It’s also among the least precisely defined. The phrase is usually…