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La principale qualité d'un rédacteur web est l'humilité ‹ 90 degrés — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:50:41 +0000

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Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:00:17 +0000

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By: Michael Morrison

Michael Morrison — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:22:36 +0000

Very interesting and refreshingly honest post. I agree with you and this reminds me of two people I knew who would always favour pride over their paycheck. Working at an agency I let slip that I always tried to ‘teach’ the client as much as possible as (a) it increases trust between us and (b) it means they wouldn’t have to call me with every little problem; saving them money and me time. My boss flipped. He was of the opinion that if we can charge them 2 days work for writing a press release then we definitely should. Also, I worked freelance in-house and another freelancer kicked off when she didn’t get a leaving gift. She’d seen an actual employee get a bottle of wine when she left and then wondered (out loud) why she didn’t! Hello?

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Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00:13 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:28:25 +0000

I’ve learned that clients don’t know what they want until they see what they don’t want.

By: Peter Baruffati

Peter Baruffati — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:54:49 +0000

And the moral of the story might well be, it pays to let go of your ego…..once in a while.
It’s a well structured argument that is underpinned by the fact that, as well as being the right course of action, there is the added bonus that it also serves to massage the ego of your client.
Finding clients that can ‘hit’ the brief can be difficult enough. Finding clients that don’t like having their egos massaged is well nigh impossible.
Ditto copywriters.
Hope this helped Tom!
.-= Peter Baruffati´s last blog ..Desperate times call for desperate measures =-.

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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:44:57 +0000

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