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Working with Clients

Whether you work for an agency or an internal web team, working well with clients is integral to the success of your web projects.

Here is a collection of articles to help you do it better.

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There are loads of different types of clients out there and chances are at some point you'll get to meet all of them. So let's take a look through some typical clients and see if you recognise a few of your own in there!

Why clients hire bad web designers — and what good web designers can do about it.

A design must meet the business needs of the company, and must be supported by disparate members of the management team, in order to be actually implemented.

Stakeholder analysis is the technique used to identify the key people who have to be won over.

Having trouble getting clients to see things your way? Maybe it's time you spoke their language. When it comes to commercial web design, it's all about the business case.

There is no more crucial step in a client's project than the initial creative discovery meeting.

Sometimes web design clients don't understand that building a successful web site doesn't fall solely on the shoulders of the developer.

Getting design approval and then a project completed for a large corporate client is usually about trying to keep the dumbest people in the room from shooting themselves in the foot.

The discovery meeting is likely the most important moment in the life of a project. There is another vital aspect to this initial meeting: the specific questions asked.

Many web designers have a terrific opportunity to shift from being web designers to being marketing consulting for their clients.

Here's how one consultant lets his clients ...

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