Diplomacy and Designer Clients...

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone has had any good experience with diplomatically
speaking with a client who is *not* a designer by trade but who gives you
all sorts of specifications without asking for your input and who disregards
your experience and knowledge.

Care to share your success story? Anyone?

Isabelle
http://www.is.visisoul.com

Isabelle wrote:

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone has had any good experience with
diplomatically speaking with a client who is *not* a designer by
trade but who gives you all sorts of specifications without asking
for your input and who disregards your experience and knowledge.

Care to share your success story? Anyone?

<quote> let me explain one thing: I never explain anything. </quote> Mary
Poppins.

--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

Isabelle wrote:

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone has had any good experience with
diplomatically speaking with a client who is *not* a designer by
trade but who gives you all sorts of specifications without asking
for your input and who disregards your experience and knowledge.

Care to share your success story? Anyone?

Isabelle
http://www.is.visisoul.com

Examine what your client does, and casually explain that you cannot do their
job because it requires too much specialist knowledge. Just like design.

If that doesn't work, welcome the input, and keep increasing the price every
time a change comes in....

Regards,

Pete.
--

Peter Connolly | Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer
http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
Derby
UK

"Peter Connolly" <noemailrequired (AT) nospamrequired (DOT) com> wrote

Examine what your client does, and casually explain that you cannot do
their
job because it requires too much specialist knowledge. Just like design.

If that doesn't work, welcome the input, and keep increasing the price
every
time a change comes in....

Classic. I'm filing this away for a rainy day - thankies!! Sometimes
the questions I ask seem so "simple" because the answers I get are so
"clear" but then I realize that I'm writing to a group of people that are
really great and know their stuff. Well, that's what I tell myself! haha

Duende wrote:

While sitting in a puddle William Tasso scribbled in the mud:

Isabelle wrote:
Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone has had any good experience with
diplomatically speaking with a client who is *not* a designer by
trade but who gives you all sorts of specifications without asking
for your input and who disregards your experience and knowledge.

Care to share your success story? Anyone?

quote> let me explain one thing: I never explain anything. </quote
Mary Poppins.


William Tasso & Mary Poppins. Interesting combo.

It's often been said that collaboration is the key to success.

--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com