 Hey, what's up welcome back to the podcast All right, let's get straight in. I got this message from a coach. He said hey, Ben My clients only want to pay online if they pay me on Venmo. I Don't really want to use Venmo, but that's what they want to do. What you know, what should I do here? And And I'm gonna be kind of careful with with with how I say this but first it if your clients are telling you how they want to pay What method that they're gonna pay, you know how they're gonna do it I Feel like your business is very out of control. All right, this is this is like me telling you let's say I have a son his name's Johnny and Johnny and I roll up to your session and We get there and and you're like, hey, it's this price and I'm like cool I'm gonna send you the money on Western Union and you're like, okay then I Could just send you money in a year from now. I could send you money never Or if I said hey, let me pay you on Venmo like sure I could get my phone out right there and pay you But what happens the next time I see you you're gonna have to remind me to pay on Venmo again What what happens if I don't show up to the session what happens if I'm just in my car and Johnny I dropped Johnny off. He changed it to you. He jumped back in my car and we drive off and you don't talk to me Now I owe you money and I forgot because I'm the parent Right. So first thing we need to do is we need to set straight Who who is the business owner here? Who is a customer and here's why I hate Venmo, right like on Venmo Your clients have to go to their phone every single time to pay you and sure that might take 30 seconds But guess what if they don't see you that day you don't get paid What if what what if they don't have? sufficient funds in there in their Venmo account and How are you gonna run recurring billing with clients on Venmo? You can't because you're reliant on them getting their phone out Sending you the money every single time and you will never run a sustainable business ever and I promise you I have taught to hundreds of coaches Every year I talked to hundreds of coaches people who run their business that way never get past a certain point and Coaches who decide to sack up and Like put some skin in the game and get better software Always end up doing better because they're not reliant on those one-time transactions right and Here's the thing like You can't have your clients dictate the terms of your business If I have if I'm talking to a parent today, and they're like hey, you know We want to do this, but can we pay you cash or can we pay you check my first answer is no Here's how here's how we operate you're gonna go to the the enrollment link that I send you if you're unable to do that You guys cannot be a customer So you need to start willing to like you know tell people no and Tell people here's how I do it. This is how we operate. We're not gonna do it this way and here's why and When you operate that way not only do you work with clients who are way more committed But you'll end up making way more money Because when you work with clients who are committed, you don't deal with all the money stress You're not dealing with the back and forth. Oh, this person owes me this much And you don't want to run your business getting random payments on Venmo And I promise you long term. It's not sustainable It's not sustainable. This is why if I was in your shoes if you're running in that problem right now Go spend $49 a month and get Samkart. Like if you don't know what that is go to my website buildmysportsbiz.com Click on recommended resources. I have a video there. I show you exactly how it works I even get on a call with you on a zoom call with you and I help you set up your account so easy That will save you hundreds of hours of time. That will save you a Lot of stress at night when you're sleeping And that will make you more money. So that's it for today's video. Stop using Venmo. Stop Stop letting your clients tell you how to live your life. All right, that's it. See you later