Common Contract Pitfalls PLUS
Contract Fine Print for Small Businesses

A silent phone is the worst thing that can happen to a small business, right?

WRONG.

Small business owners know better than anyone that there’s something far worse than having no clients at all – it’s having clients that won’t pay you for your hard work!

We’ve all been there. We’ve bent over backwards to make sure we delivered quality service to a client on time and on budget. We’ve invested hours of our time, and rightfully expected to be compensated for that time.

And then the client won’t pay! If we knew that beforehand, we could have spent that time building our business, connecting with loved ones or even mastering “Guitar Hero.”

The end result would be the same – ZERO deposits in the bank.


When I first started my law firm, I was in the same boat. I “tsk-tsked" and "oh dear’ed” over clients’ tales of woe. I spent evenings and weekends (that I’ll never get back) working on their cases. And what did I get in return? Some clients skipped payments. Others skipped town! Some, after a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g period of dodging my phone calls (more of my time wasted!) could offer nothing more than extremely lame excuses as to why they were deadbeats.


You see, lawyers get stung, too!

When you lose on each and every deal you make, it will erode your business plan, your cash flow and your profit margin.

STOP ROBBING YOURSELF!

Things can be different! You CAN prosper!

We entrepreneurs are lucky. While other people clock in every day at “have-to” jobs, small business owners are able to invest time and energy in work they sincerely enjoy. But there are aspects of running a business that are less-than-delightful. Like contracts. Oral agreements. Liability. Legalese.

Although I’m trained to speak legalese, I learned the hard way about the need to implement it when I first started my practice. Especially the lesson about how I needed to have fine print in my own agreements with clients in order to protect me. Like the old tale of the shoemaker’s children going barefoot, I was the lawyer without boilerplate!

The process of slogging through the fine print of a contract can be as tedious as running through a lake full of molasses. It’s painfully slow, definitely not fun, and there’s a good chance you’ll end up in a sticky situation. In fact, legal boilerplate can be so dangerous for small businesses, it can pull you under!

CAUTIONARY TALE AHEAD!

I’ll never forget Barbara, a Massachusetts-based business consultant who came to me because she wanted to sue a major corporation that owed her money. A lot of money. Close to $10,000. Sure, ten grand is chump change to a multinational behemoth, but it sure was a significant amount to Barbara.

She had a written an agreement, but neglected to read the fine print. That tiny type revealed that all lawsuits must be filed in Nevada – clear across the country. Barbara had to travel, at her own expense, through two time zones just to plead her case. This would never have happened if she had known how to identify potential red flags from the outset.

FINE PRINT CAN WORK IN YOUR FAVOR!

When fine print is tailored to benefit your business, it can actually help you “shut the door” on prolonged and expensive disputes. That’s why it’s important to develop your own.

This special ebook bundle is stuffed full of insights – from a small business lawyer’s perspective. You’d be crazy to miss out on this information.

WHAT WOULD YOU PAY TO WRING EVERY POSSIBLE PENNY FROM YOUR CONTRACTS?

Let me outline how smart it is for you to order this invaluable contract ebook bundle is:

Common Contract Pitfalls - How to Spot & Avoid the Red Flags:

It’s all about managing the expectations of your customers and suppliers—right from the start. And I’ll show you how to do that, step-by-step, in the e-book “Common Contract Pitfalls: How to Spot & Avoid the Red Flags”

Here’s just a sampling of contract secrets you’ll get:

• Secret #1: How to set the stage to get paid immediately and without delay

• Secret #2: How take effective action against delinquents

• Secret #3: How to screen out “The Undesirables”

• Secret #4: How to negotiate pricing or other expectations

• Secret #5: Identify exactly which factors affect the expectations you set

• Secret #6: How to lay out precisely what you expect from your clients and what they can and CANNOT expect from you

• Secret #7: “The Grease the Wheels Clauses” – these are the terms that help resolve disputes more cost-effectively

Contract Fine Print - The Devil is in the Details:

This ebook alone will demystify legal mumbo-jumbo and help you minimize your business risks!

Here is just a sampling of what you'll learn:

• When you can have someone else take over your obligations

• How to limit your potential liability for the goods or services you provide

• When you can and cannot rely on oral changes to your agreements

• Whom you should notify (and how) in the event of a problem or change in your contract

• How to identify the “fine print” provisions that can help or harm you

• How to reduce your costs in lawsuits and other disputes

An hour-long, face-to-face meeting with me would easily cost you over $300.

But because I’m so passionate about getting this information out to entrepreneurs, I’m offering the “Common Contract Pitfalls: How to Spot & Avoid the Red Flags” & “Contract Fine Print: The Devil is in the Details” e-book for just $27. The information is accessible and free of confusing legal mumbo-jumbo. And you can’t beat the sticker price - $27 is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the money you’ll lose by not knowing which contract snafus to address and avoid. Just because you don’t know, doesn’t mean it won’t cost you.

YES - I'd like to learn how to save time, money and aggravation by increasing my returns from my small business contracts…

P.S.: There’s one crucial aspect of your contracts that you must make sure you clarify – or you could lose your rights! Turn to Page 21 to find out what it is.