{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Brand Design Masters - Personal Branding, Creative Entrepreneurship, Small Business Marketing & Career Success for Designers and Content Creators","title":"Philip VanDusen - How to Deal with Difficult Clients","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1bad3a9f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":526,"description":"Working in any creative profession can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience, but it can also come with difficulties. One of the biggest challenges is dealing with demanding clients.\n \nWhile all clients want their projects to come out perfectly, some are more challenging than others. They may have high expectations or be more demanding with their requests for amendments and changes, leading to unnecessary stress for the artist or creative professional.\n \nIn this podcast, I offer six ways to deal with troublesome clients and methods to keep good clients from becoming nightmares.\n \nHere are some problems a creative professional face when dealing with a client:\n \n·       Price Sensitivity\n·       Design by Committee\n·       Scope Creep\n·       Controlling Clients\n \nHere are six ways to make sure all your clients are a dream:\n \n1.    Involve your clients in what you are doing.\n2.    Have a clear creative brief.\n3.    Create a mood board and analogs.\n4.    Have clear decision-making criteria.\n5.    Decide based on strategy, not aesthetics.\n6.    Always overdelivering.\n \n#clients #graphicdesign #grapicdesigncareer #personalbranding #personaldevelopment #entrepreneurship\n____________________________\n \nThanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode of the podcast, use the following links for more of my work and some valuable resources to get you started on your branding initiatives. Until the next episode!\n \n \nWEBSITE:\nhttp://www.philipvandusen.com  \n \nTHE BRAND•MUSE NEWSLETTER:  \nhttp://www.philipvandusen.com/muse  \n \nTHE BRAND DESIGN MASTERS FACEBOOK GROUP:  \nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/branddesignmasters/ \n \nYOUTUBE CHANNEL:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/c/PhilipVanDusen  \n \nTWITTER:\nhttps://twitter.com/philipvandusen  \n \nPINTEREST:\nhttps://www.pinterest.com/philipvandusen  \n \nFACEBOOK:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/verhaalbranddesign \n \nBRAND STRATEGY 101 COURSE:\nhttps://philipvandusen.com/bs101\n \nAffiliate Partners:\n \nBring Your Own Laptop - Adobe Training with Daniel...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/y0HscpPZ-YMirV8OIyHBE0TIMNWr48z3ohMEERh_Qz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzY0NDIvMTcwNzcz/MzkwNC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}