The payment deadline trick that saved my last retainer
I used to just send invoices and hope for the best, but after getting ghosted on $2,800 from a web dev project, I tried adding a 5 day late fee notice right in the invoice footer. Last month, a client who usually goes silent for weeks paid within 48 hours of me referencing that notice in a follow-up. It wasn't the threat that worked, it was the specific date I put in bold, like 'invoice due July 10, late fee kicks in July 15'. Anyone else find that a hard deadline with a number attached beats any friendly reminder?