People LOVE your work...until they have to pay for it.

Come on in the room...no truer words have been spoken. This week. But why is that? No one stands outside of Nike or Apple HQ looking for a hookup. No one's ordering a Bentley with coupons. You don't even ask about the rebate on the Goodrich tires so why do you assume that your entrepreneur friend, can give you a discount? Should give you a discount? Okay, I lied. I do look for that Goodrich rebate but otherwise, I pay the asking price...IF I WANT TO! If I have the money and I want the product, I pay for it.

Your friend is in business for him or herself. That means if no money is made, they don't eat, they can't pay bills. So, why are you trying to take money out of his or her household by asking for a discount? It's one thing if the service or product doesn't match the price, and if this is truly the case, then talk to your friend about it. He or she may take your advice or curse you out or meet you somewhere in the middle. But hey, at least you were honest and upfront and he or she won't have to wonder why you haven't spent coins with them lately.

But if the product and/or service is on point and it's something you need, then, by all means, support your friend. At the very least, you can share their status and/or product and get others to support them if it's not something you use or need. I know that some of the markets are saturated but even then, there's someone selling something locally that you can use or need. 

LET THEM OFFER YOU A DISCOUNT.

Don't ask for one. If you are given a price for a product or service, then that's the price. It's not a negotiating point. Just like you have a budget when you're shopping, they have one when they're selling. They need x amount of dollars to pay their bills this month. And your negotiations are insulting.

Now, on the flip side, if you are offering a product and/or service and customer service is not your thing, or you'd rather just put out the product and not really have to deal with people, please, please, please, invest in a representative that can assist you. Someone that you can trust, that's good with people and won't run clients and potential clients off. I might also suggest that if you're into porn aka spreading viruses on Facebook by liking half nekkid pix, posts, pages or anything that has NOTHING to do with what you're selling, that your personal and business pages are separate. Sometimes, a decision is made on whether or not to shop with you, talk to you or hire you, by looking at your page. And, get a professional email name. Tossyoursalad69@hotmail.com and Twerkdatazz4Udaddy@gmail.com are not conducive to doing business and are more properly fit for your Christian Mingle profiles.

Well...never mind. Negotiate your interest rate, your house price, your debt, your contract, your salary, your spouse requirements. But your friend's prices and loyalty are not for sale. 

Bottom line: support your friends. quit asking for discounts. separate your social media accounts. quit asking for discounts. get a professional email name. quit asking for discounts. don't focus so much on who isn't supporting you, that you neglect the people that are. 

don't focus so much on who isn't supporting you, that you neglect the people that are. 
don't focus so much on who isn't supporting you, that you neglect the people that are. 
don't focus so much on who isn't supporting you, that you neglect the people that are. 
don't focus so much on who isn't supporting you, that you neglect the people that are. 

Bottom, Bottom line: 

and...

QUIT ASKING FOR DISCOUNTS!