Service providers (freelancers, coaches, consultants, physical services, etc.) often have trouble setting up Black Friday promotions because their services may not lend themselves particularly well to traditional discounting.

This can be because of margin (you literally can’t cut your rate by a compelling amount), or because there might be branding implications (you charge $250 an hour, and cutting it to $150 feels like it will cheapen your branding).

Or, it can simply be because you haven’t seen enough examples of how to do it.

So in this post, I’ll walk you through a few examples of different kinds of Black Friday promotions that work well specifically for service providers of any stripe.

Read them through, and see which one(s!) might be a good fit for your Black Friday promotion – or any promotion you run throughout the year.

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Black Friday is on its way, and a lot of money is going to change hands over the week or so surrounding it. If you’re planning to do your own Black Friday offer, you may already be busy getting All The Things ready and organized.

But let’s be honest – not everyone’s a Virgo.

Plenty of people are still scratching their heads trying to figure out what they’re going to do for Black Friday, and there’s still time to do something profitable if you get moving on the sooner side.

If you’re one of those head-scratchers right now, then I’ve got some advice for you. Here’s how to quickly decide on a Black Friday promotion that can provide a welcome cash boost before the holidays.

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