Comments on: Cheap Clients and Expensive Projects http://www.donloper.com/managing-an-agency/cheap-clients-and-expensive-projects.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mark Ishii http://www.donloper.com/managing-an-agency/cheap-clients-and-expensive-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-557 Mark Ishii Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:09:25 +0000 http://72.47.194.140/uncategorized/cheap-clients-and-expensive-projects#comment-557 I just got home late again (11:55pm) and saw this blog on my computer screen. My wife must have been reading it. I am sure she will talk to me about it in the morning. I believe that the scariest phrase a designer will ever hear come from the mouth of their client is, "I don't know what I like, but I know it when I see it." It is for this reason that I have put together a clear itinerary describing the steps that will take place in order to complete their project. The itinerary requests that the client bring to me designs that they have seen and liked. Regardless, I still get clients that are really looking for a trap shoot. These types of clients usually boast about rejecting designs from some of the most respected agencies in the area as if they are too good for them. I just got home late again (11:55pm) and saw this blog on my computer screen. My wife must have been reading it. I am sure she will talk to me about it in the morning.

I believe that the scariest phrase a designer will ever hear come from the mouth of their client is, “I don’t know what I like, but I know it when I see it.” It is for this reason that I have put together a clear itinerary describing the steps that will take place in order to complete their project. The itinerary requests that the client bring to me designs that they have seen and liked. Regardless, I still get clients that are really looking for a trap shoot. These types of clients usually boast about rejecting designs from some of the most respected agencies in the area as if they are too good for them.

]]> By: Blake http://www.donloper.com/managing-an-agency/cheap-clients-and-expensive-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-556 Blake Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:55:22 +0000 http://72.47.194.140/uncategorized/cheap-clients-and-expensive-projects#comment-556 Wow. I couldn't have said it any better. Our company deals mostly with large database projects that last anywhere from 6-months to year. So when we get a "skimp" client, it lasts and lasts. Even when the scope is well defined, they still "expect" things to be included. I'm not sure if it's corporate versus personal money though. I think it might have more to do with the buyer's own character than anything else, but personal money could have an effect. I've just worked with multi-million dollar companies that skimp and sub million dollar companies that are willing to invest in a good value product, and appreciate it. Wow. I couldn’t have said it any better. Our company deals mostly with large database projects that last anywhere from 6-months to year. So when we get a “skimp” client, it lasts and lasts. Even when the scope is well defined, they still “expect” things to be included.

I’m not sure if it’s corporate versus personal money though. I think it might have more to do with the buyer’s own character than anything else, but personal money could have an effect. I’ve just worked with multi-million dollar companies that skimp and sub million dollar companies that are willing to invest in a good value product, and appreciate it.

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