WHAT WAS BUSINESS LIKE BEFORE JOINING THE PROGRAMME?
- Very oversubscribed, I was always getting more and more enquiries off new clients, and squeezing more and more dogs in. Although I wasn’t
earning any more money over the years of doing this, I thought I needed to just keep doing more dogs to earn more. I was starting to resent
grooming many of my clients, and overall starting to resent my business.
WHAT MADE YOU REACH OUT TO BILL?
- A series of unfortunate financial things happend, including buying two second hand cars in a row that turned out to be useless and I ended up wasting so much money on them. I was also trying to get pregnant and had burned through my savings trying to keep a car on the road so had nothing left for maternity pay or a cash buffer. I felt really depressed about my financial situation for a few days. I had been in Bill’s big Facebook
group for a while so knew about it but hadn’t really paid much attention. But I knew that only I could sort out my finances, so I started listening to Bill’s podcast one day and it was a real lightbulb moment. Within a few days I knew what I needed to do. I needed to sort out my mindset around money and my business, and joining Bill’s programme was the way for me to do this.
WHY DID YOU JOIN THE PROGRAMME?
- From listening to Bill’s podcast I knew that he was a business coach who took a wholesome all round approach to the task at hand. For example this was the first time I had encountered a money coach and the basic principles of investing, as well of course as getting your dog grooming business much more profitable. I found all of this ‘new’ stuff fascinating. Also reading the testimonials from his clients about what they were achieving made me want to do the same.
HOW HAS THE PROGRAMME HELPED YOU FINANCIALLY?
- Within one year of being on the programme, I’ve had a complete change of mindset around money, my business finances, what to charge clients, how to work out what I want to charge clients, and my net profit has increased by 9K up from last year, even though I’ve reduced the amount of days I work.
HOW HAS THE PROGRAMME HELPED YOU MENTALLY?
- I no longer resent my clients or my business. I feel in control of it and I am driving it forward and feel very positive about the future.
HOW HAS THE PROGRAMME HELPED YOU ORGANISATIONALLY?
- I have completely revamped my finances both for my business and personal finances. I’ve got new bank accounts, different pots to allocate money into every month.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE PROGRAMME AND WHY?
- 100% yes! Far too many groomers are under charging for their valuable time & skills and not earning a decent living from all their hard work, too scared to put their prices up. It doesn’t need to be like that.
WHAT DOES THE NEXT 12 MONTHS LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR BUSINESS?
- Well I’ll be on maternity in a few weeks, but I’m feeling so positive about it that I’m already looking forward to re-opening and testing out
higher prices. I have also gained a lot of confidence with the Emmi pet teeth cleaning and that is only just starting to pick up, so I will be focusing on that as an add on for extra income.
