KNM2016
New Member
Hey everyone!
Just looking for some advice/pick me up really.
I left to have my little one last December, at that point I considered myself to have a pretty solid and loyal client base (most clients had been coming to me for 2-5 years). When it came to me leaving they all asked me not to stay off too long because they would miss me and didn't want to go anywhere else. They all brought me presents and messaged me when my baby was born. This gave me so much confidence that when I returned I would come back to my loyal customers.
However 10 weeks later I decided to go back to work slowly. I text all my clients, immediately clients started texting back. However that's when I realised certain 'loyal' clients were ignoring my texts. However some clients did message saying they could attend the days I was doing, which is fine, obviously. Fast forward to around 2 months later. I upped my hours again thinking this will boost my client base abit more and I will get some more of my 'loyal' clients back, which it didn't.
So I'm sitting here writing this today with a complete confidence knock. I have always put 110% into my work, charged the least I could so I was giving my clients the best for the best prices. Unfortunately now because babies are expensive and there is so many outgoings with a baby and also being self-employed I don't have the time to build up my clients again. Which really only gives me the option of going mobile but also getting a job too.
I love my job more than anything in the world. And it upsets me more than anything that I missed out on time with my baby because I came back so early, for most of my clients not to return. I will never get that time back with them
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and what you had to do if you did
Any advice or kind words would be helpful right now. Sorry for the long post!
Thanks x
Just looking for some advice/pick me up really.
I left to have my little one last December, at that point I considered myself to have a pretty solid and loyal client base (most clients had been coming to me for 2-5 years). When it came to me leaving they all asked me not to stay off too long because they would miss me and didn't want to go anywhere else. They all brought me presents and messaged me when my baby was born. This gave me so much confidence that when I returned I would come back to my loyal customers.
However 10 weeks later I decided to go back to work slowly. I text all my clients, immediately clients started texting back. However that's when I realised certain 'loyal' clients were ignoring my texts. However some clients did message saying they could attend the days I was doing, which is fine, obviously. Fast forward to around 2 months later. I upped my hours again thinking this will boost my client base abit more and I will get some more of my 'loyal' clients back, which it didn't.
So I'm sitting here writing this today with a complete confidence knock. I have always put 110% into my work, charged the least I could so I was giving my clients the best for the best prices. Unfortunately now because babies are expensive and there is so many outgoings with a baby and also being self-employed I don't have the time to build up my clients again. Which really only gives me the option of going mobile but also getting a job too.
I love my job more than anything in the world. And it upsets me more than anything that I missed out on time with my baby because I came back so early, for most of my clients not to return. I will never get that time back with them
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and what you had to do if you did
Any advice or kind words would be helpful right now. Sorry for the long post!
Thanks x