Clients demanding to be on your website
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- duhsign0
can't possibly be any worse than that craigcare logo?
- doesnotexist0
tell them you'll put it to your board of directors and they'll make the final decision as to what's shown in the portfolio.
- doesnotexist0
do a re-brand case study and show that.
ha
- MSTRPLN0
Do they have "erotica" in their name?
- nb0
Charge them. Call it advertising.
- Miesfan0
Say yes.
They are in a folder named "Work that sucks". In It, explains the difference between what was presented and what was elected.
- moldero0
I have plenty of client work where im ashamed to even say i had any involvement in at all and its the clients or parent agencies fault. fuck em. sometimes I wonder why clients even look for designers, writers or directors in the first place. I had a meeting with this local country band here in Mexico last week, it was pretty hillarious. "we want to be different from all the other bands, thats why were coming to you for a video, but we want to play near stacks of hay and in the corn fields, and we like to be directly involved with our director in all aspects of the video from concept to post, and we only want to pay around $5k even though we own a chain of jewelry stores" - potential client
acting like the meeting never took place - me- Good to know I'm not the only one.Josev
- Just like those two guys who ran a music store I did website for. Never had money even if one was loaded.raf
- His family was rich, but "he didn't want this to influence the partnership". So he'd drive in a Range Rover,raf
- talk about his $2K bicycle and at the end of the conversation ask for patience, cause they had no money.raf
- It was years ago, they still owe me something like $200. The store folded for all I know.raf
- chalk0
"Dear TheClient,
I am sorry, but we simply cannot put you on our website for free. Our other clients that are currently shown have paid us $500 a month to be shown on our website as free advertising.
If you are interested in joining this promotional partnership, please us know though.
Cheers,
The Agency"
- noob123450
Ignore their request.
- cannonball19780
Put the name on there without the work.
- autoflavour0
its personal preference .. if you dont think their work is worthy or fitting to the rest of your site, then fuck em.
if they are really persistent, tell them all the other clients are paying an extra fee to have their site "featured" on yours.. and send them a quote..
- Projectile0
or... respect the fact that they are one of your best clients, do your best to humour them... but by putting it on a page that basically has no navigation to it. If they figure that out say "yeah gonna update the nav soon" if they still persist, it really means a lot to them so just include it. THEN start talking about them paying you for a re-brand
- adumbratesly0
ffs... why are there so many comments proposing deceitful practices and outright lying and generalized nonsensical suggestions... you guys can do better than that... proposed: end of thread: GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS, YOU ARE GETTING PAID, SHOW SOME FUCKING RESPECT, POST ONE STUPID ICON/LOGO AND MOVE THE FUCK ALONG.