Hope all clients get a chance to read this. It's not a rant, it's a great list of common sense business practices that all clients should be aware of when working on a creative project.
http://www.othermedia.com/articles/how-to-be-a-better-client,20,TA.html
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Dirt and Rust
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Nice one. Thank you!
Now, how do you make your client read this?
Include the information in your sales presentation and contract. Preferrably not in a Powerpoint presentation. :) We designers tend to be a bit quiet about the business side of things and then wonder why clients don't understand our processes.
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Powerpoint is not a design application
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Dirt and Rust
NB, I love it when you stick to that anti-PowerPoint theme. Cranks up your cred something fierce ;-)
Thanks for passing this along. I used to have a similar info piece that I gave to clients about printers -- there's one in my town that I simply will NOT deal with, but sometimes, clients know them and want me to work with them. I have to explain why I insist on choosing the right printer for their job, without trashing the home-town printer. Your post reminds me to dig that up again...
Mara
Thanks!
I'm reading a book called "Perfect Pitch" by Jon Steel that is further confirming my distaste for Powerpoint and what it represents; the dumbing down of public speaking and, really, communication. :)
http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Pitch-Selling-Winning-Business/dp/0471789763/ref=sr_1_1/105-7292112-4722820?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187102401&sr=8-1
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. . . even though it still applies, were I am we are a long ways away from teaching clients about the web. . . we are still trying to get them to do it properly for print! lol
"Try not, Do! or do not, there is no try."
-Yoda
The same techniques apply, I think.
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Greetings all,
Thought you should all be aware of this seminal publication.
http://www.id29.com/how/
Cheers!
Michael