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micajobe
November 15, 2013
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7 Surefire Ways to Win Over Clients
Obscenely simple deck from Micah Slavens from his talk about working well with clients.
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November 15, 2013
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Transcript
CLIENTS 7 SURE FIRE SECRETS - - TO WIN OVER
Why do we need ‘em? ?
Obvious, eh? $
Clients Customers Users Investors = PEOPLE
Ways we deal with people? ?
sales delivery retention growth
sales
delivery
retention
growth
?
$%*!@&!
1Learn to listen if you want to be heard #
2Leave your personal agenda at home #
3Balance confidence with humility #
4Find common ground #
5Communicate frequently, clearly & honestly #
6 Deliver real value #
7Choose the right clients in the first place. #
Now… go be awesome.