What should I say to survival clients after I conduct the Financial Road Map® and they do not fit my Ideal Client Profile, but I intend to keep them for survival revenue as I build my Ideal Client Community?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

Just tell them the truth. Offer to be hired to serve them, but don’t invite them to join the Ideal Client Community. At one of your Progress Meetings in the future, probably when you are less than a year from being done, you can invite them to join your Ideal Client Community by adjusting their behavior to meet the personality criteria of your Ideal Client Community or by paying the minimum fee.

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