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Strategies for working effectively with clients

Strategies for working effectively with clients

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Strategies for working effectively with clients

- Hi, everyone. In this episode of the film making forum conversations course, we're gonna talk all about working with clients. Now, this includes the important art of listening, good communication, setting clear expectations, and ensuring happy clients to result in future referrals. I hope you enjoy. - [Voiceover] The most important thing to do is to listen to what the client needs. They know their business, they know their objectives, they know the strategy, they know what they need, so I never come to the table assuming I have a better knowledge of their business and what they're trying to achieve. So, it's a lot of listening. I don't bring me and my agenda, I bring me and my listening skills. So, I climb inside their head, I listen to what they're telling me and then I try and reflect it back in a short form that I think is hitting all the points they want. I think that's the most important thing. - Listening skills' very important. First question I ask a client, what is the goal…

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