Comments on: The Client-Vendor Relationship: It’s funny how things never change http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html Marketing and Communications for the Customer-Centric Organization Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Seager http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html/comment-page-1#comment-2006 Steve Seager Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:53:56 +0000 http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/?p=971#comment-2006 Ouch! :) You can't blame them for trying. Recession is recession. As a startup I am doing quite a few barter deals. That seems like a good solution for me. However, many potential clients tell me "we are 'sitting tight' for a year or so before we invest in new marketing or online public relations." That's the logic I don't get. Sleep your way out of recession? Good luck! <abbr><em>Steve Seager’s last blog post..<a href="http://steveseager.typepad.com/steve_seager/2009/05/5-reasons-why-public-relations-and-social-media-are-most-excellent-bedfellows.html" rel="nofollow">Most excellent bedfellows? Public relations and social media</a></abbr></em> Ouch! :)

You can’t blame them for trying. Recession is recession.

As a startup I am doing quite a few barter deals. That seems like a good solution for me.

However, many potential clients tell me “we are ‘sitting tight’ for a year or so before we invest in new marketing or online public relations.” That’s the logic I don’t get. Sleep your way out of recession? Good luck!

Steve Seager’s last blog post..Most excellent bedfellows? Public relations and social media

]]> By: Jamie Favreau http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1995 Jamie Favreau Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:19:17 +0000 http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/?p=971#comment-1995 Nice. This would drive me nuts. I work with the public as an usher when I am looking for full time work and I would go nuts if that happened to me. I am a patient person. <abbr><em>Jamie Favreau’s last blog post..<a href="http://jamiefavreau.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/blogger-relations-and-how-it-works-for-your-job-search/" rel="nofollow">Blogger relations and how it works for your job search</a></abbr></em> Nice. This would drive me nuts. I work with the public as an usher when I am looking for full time work and I would go nuts if that happened to me. I am a patient person.

Jamie Favreau’s last blog post..Blogger relations and how it works for your job search

]]> By: Stan Phelps http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1994 Stan Phelps Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:17:26 +0000 http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/?p=971#comment-1994 Thanks for sharing Beth. If I didn't work on the biz dev side of the equation for a vendor I'd think this was hilarious. But it's more funny peculiar, than it is funny ha-ha. Too many clients with champagne taste and beer money. Too many clients who have no regard for your time and effort. Too many clients that expect you to take on the chin with the lure of future projects. Too many clients who expect you to subsidize out of pocket hard costs before being paid. <abbr><em>Stan Phelps’s last blog post..<a href="http://9inchmarketing.com/2009/05/31/word-of-mouse-from-7-people-to-350-million-in-24-hours/" rel="nofollow">Word of Mouse: From 7 people to 350 million in 24 hours</a></abbr></em> Thanks for sharing Beth.
If I didn’t work on the biz dev side of the equation for a vendor I’d think this was hilarious. But it’s more funny peculiar, than it is funny ha-ha.
Too many clients with champagne taste and beer money. Too many clients who have no regard for your time and effort. Too many clients that expect you to take on the chin with the lure of future projects. Too many clients who expect you to subsidize out of pocket hard costs before being paid.

Stan Phelps’s last blog post..Word of Mouse: From 7 people to 350 million in 24 hours

]]> By: Anthony Power http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1976 Anthony Power Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:32:15 +0000 http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/?p=971#comment-1976 Apparently, there are 12 types of these clients: http://www.freelanceswitch.com/clients/12-breeds-of-client-and-how-to-work-with-them/ via @FreelanceSw <abbr><em>Anthony Power’s last blog post..<a href="http://apowerpoint.blogspot.com/2009/05/marketing-of-education.html" rel="nofollow">Marketing of Education</a></abbr></em> Apparently, there are 12 types of these clients:

http://www.freelanceswitch.com/clients/12-breeds-of-client-and-how-to-work-with-them/

via @FreelanceSw

Anthony Power’s last blog post..Marketing of Education

]]> By: Tom Martin http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/2009/06/the-client-vendor-relationship.html/comment-page-1#comment-1975 Tom Martin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:02:10 +0000 http://www.theharteofmarketing.com/?p=971#comment-1975 Beth I don't get it. ;-) LMAO someone sent me this last week.... it is soon to be a classic. Shame that such a universal theme actually exists in our world so much that a person could make a video that so perfectly captures it. @TomMartin <abbr><em>Tom Martin’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PositiveDisruptionByTomMartin/~3/xZ-OkUYEmrc/tom_martin_social_media_case_studies.html" rel="nofollow">Even God Needed Case Studies</a></abbr></em> Beth

I don’t get it. ;-) LMAO someone sent me this last week…. it is soon to be a classic. Shame that such a universal theme actually exists in our world so much that a person could make a video that so perfectly captures it.
@TomMartin

Tom Martin’s last blog post..Even God Needed Case Studies

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