From the course: Consulting Foundations: Client Management and Relationships
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Entertaining clients
From the course: Consulting Foundations: Client Management and Relationships
Entertaining clients
- Entertaining clients can be a really fun part of consulting. You get to meet new people, you strengthen your relationships with your existing clients, you get to go do interesting things, and it's a business expense. It's a win! Dinner is the most common form of client entertainment, and you need to be ready to do it right. You should have a handful of favorite restaurants where you take clients. Pick two or three places where you know the food is good, the menu has variety, and the service is professional. And the good news is, the more you frequent these places, the better service you'll get. Wherever you go, make a reservation, and you should pick up the bill. And dinner's easy, it's a crowd pleaser, but you should also be thinking outside the dinner box. Choose something with wide appeal, or something that you know this particular client will enjoy. Taking your client to something like a Cirque show or a baseball game or an art show, that can prompt some more interesting…
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