Building and running a successful business requires a steady flow of revenue and new customers. This is especially true in the beginning stages of building a business. Without a solid client base, you ...

Independent financial advisors bill themselves as offering a more personal touch to managing a client's money. By acting as a fiduciary and taking a "holistic" view of long-term goals like paying for ...

For small-business leaders, every client feels like a win. After all, securing new customers is the lifeblood of a growing business. But not all clients are created equal. Some can drain your time, ...

The best way to prevent problems with difficult clients is to define your immutable laws. Think of your team and top clients as precious gems to be protected. Sooner or later, it happens to all of us.

No freelancer is immune from bad clients. Sometimes the patron saint of small business owners is caught napping, and a bad client slips through the net. You know the type. They suck every moment of ...

As my partner and I have been growing our business over the past 11 years, there have been times, especially in the beginning, where we would take on clients that turned into time-sucking vortexes of ...

"What are you, stupid? I just explained that to you." No, that's not a line from a novel about a bad boyfriend, but a real comment from a former client. He was replying to me when I respectfully ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. As a freelancer or a small business owner, clients are key ...

Goals are the backbone of good financial planning, which is why we so often talk about helping clients make the most of them. Identifying SMART goals (that is, goals that are specific, measurable, ...