3 Rude (But Common) Client Habits, And How to Manage Them

From ghosting to failing to pay, if your clients and publishers are acting up, here's what to do.

Feeling disrespected sucks. A client that shows up 20 minutes late for a call with a lame excuse. Your invoice goes unpaid and leaves you to hound the delinquent party. Getting talked down to, berated, harassed, expected to do more for less, and on and on.

While this behavior is in the minority, it tends to have an oversized impact. Most of the folks I w…