
Client Horror Stories
Client Horror Stories
4.6from 5 ratings
- 111
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 2K
- YouTube views
About Client Horror Stories
Tales from those on the front lines of dealing with clients. Tales of difficult clients, complex situations, relationship management - and how massive client management problems were solved, and what they learned. Largely those running agencies, but all across different professional services.
- Publisher
- Client Horror Stories
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 111 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
That time when your client thinks he's already famous… (with Dr. Rhonda M. Lawson)

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
That time when a one-star review becomes your best marketing opportunity… (with Matt Estrin)

15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
That time when you get fired five times in nine months… (with Richard Wilmore)
Inside a recent episode

That time when your client thinks he's already famous… (with Dr. Rhonda M. Lawson)
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm tired. I don't want to go. And then they turn back over and they go to sleep. But if they had paid $500 for those tickets, they're going to go. My way of making this same point is that you want people to pay you a lot, not because you really want or need more money. Maybe you don't, but it's basically a sign of how much they value you. By definition, you're going to value more the person you pay $1,000 an hour than the person you pay 1,000 pennies an hour. Exactly. Absolutely. And those were the lessons I had to learn very early in my career. And I don't think I got better about it until I got a business coach. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Client Horror Stories
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- Dr Rhonda M Lawson
- Matt Estrin
- Richard Wilmore
- Jodi Koch Peterman
- Paul Sweeney
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,351
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100
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- Quality
- 47
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 68
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