Re: Is meeting new/potential clients face-to-face an inefficient use of time (and money)?


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Re: Is meeting new/potential clients face-to-face an inefficient use of time (and money)?
by Greg Ball on Oct 13, 2009 at 3:36:54 pm

As a "one man band" working out of a home office, I often discourage a meeting in person unless I
pre-qualify them. Normally I get as much information as possible from them and then tell them I'll send you a preliminary proposal/quote for their project. Once they see the quote I'll meet with them if they are still interested.

I'm not going to meet them if they think a 3 day shoot and 4 day edit is going to be say...$2,000.

Of course you charge them for pre-production meetings. But when it's more informational in nature, I prefer phone calls. You can tell pretty quickly if this potential client is worth meeting with.

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Is meeting new/potential clients face-to-face an inefficient use of time (and money)? by Michael Folorunsho on Oct 13, 2009 at 1:08:33 pm
- Re: Is meeting new/potential clients face-to-face an inefficient use of time (and money)? by Mike Smith on Oct 13, 2009 at 1:10:49 pm
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