Successful designer and businessman Chris Do, owner of Blind, speaks to attendees of WordCamp Los Angeles about the differences between being an artist and a designer, empathy being the key factor. He stresses the importance of listening, communicating and understanding that the client is not your enemy.
In addition to the client relationship, Chris stresses the importance of aligning your life goals with client needs in order to reduce professional selfishness and improve communication, efficiency, and value.
Why do clients have such bad taste? How can I convince the client my idea is better? Well, this may come as a shock, but the client is not your enemy. Learn how to manage the client relationship to make more money, have fewer revision cycles and be happier.
A game of 21 questions with the audience reveals how to ask better questions.
A discussion about the finer points of the art & science of SALES – beware of going past the sale – Jordan’s Belfort’s “The Straight Line”.
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Credits:
Executive Producer– Chris Do
Hosts– Chris Do & Jose Caballer
Director– Andrew Truong
Cameraman– Aaron Szekely
Producer– Aaron Szekely
Editor– Aaron Szekely
Musical Director– Adam Sanborne
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