Having an onboarding system shows your client that you are a professional and establishes boundaries and clear communication. During this time, you will set the tone for the entire working relationship.
Onboarding is the process of welcoming new clients into your business, addressing their questions and concerns, and ensuring they understand the services that are available to them that you both have agreed upon. This is your chance to shine as a freelancer and step into the driver’s seat with your client.
You’ll learn how to put your client at ease with the onboarding system, how to facilitate a kick-off call, and deliverables to wrap up the onboarding process.
Here are some things we covered in this episode:
- How to easily onboard clients
- What is onboarding?
- Why is onboarding so important?
- How to screen out clients that may not be the right fit
- Onboarding sets the tone for the entire working relationship
- How to set boundaries during the onboarding process
- Why I am a huge advocate of the psychology of clients
- How to step into the driver seat with your clients
- Why you should create a welcome packet
- What to include in your welcome packet
- How to host a kick-off call
- Examples of what to include during the kick-off call
- Communication to share and obtain during the kick-off call
- Why the kick-off call is more important than a questionnaire
- How to wrap up the onboarding process
- Grab your free onboarding checklist
Laura’s Takeaway: “There will be a much greater sense of relief on their side and knowing that you have a system you are there to guide them through this and they made the awesome choice to work with you. And now this project is going to be a success because so many freelancers don’t do any form of onboarding that it is almost a pleasant surprise for your clients.”
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