Comments on: Getting Clients to Embrace Fresh Ideas

By: Fundamentals for a Kick-Ass Creative Company | BestWebMagazine

Fundamentals for a Kick-Ass Creative Company | BestWebMagazine — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:04:56 +0000

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By: When Clients Take Too Much Design Control | BestWebMagazine

When Clients Take Too Much Design Control | BestWebMagazine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:17:20 +0000

[...] we’ve said before, designing for the internet is designing for other people. The actual audience is (usually) not the client themselves. Are you more in touch with the [...]

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By: Zach Dunn

Zach Dunn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:20:30 +0000

@Robert

I recommend you get them all thinking towards the same goal. Creating user personas are a great way to do this.

Personas allow you to roughly summarize the kinds of people interacting with your site. When you have a “specific” person in mind, it’s easy to build the result successfully.

An example persona might be: “Susan is a middle aged mother with an interest in pottery. She doesn’t spend much time on the computer. Her main experience with the internet is buying books and supplies.”

Using the Susan persona, how would you create a site she would be comfortable in? What elements matter most?

Brad Colbow drew a nice comic about personas recently that explains the concept in simpler terms.

By: Robert van Hoesel

Robert van Hoesel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:59:35 +0000

Very usefull article!
Do you also have some tips for bringing a concept to 4 or more people who all think differently?

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:13:13 +0000

@Web Design Kent
I agree with you. Sometimes the client doesn’t want to look at the site and what its objective is.

Good article! Thank you!
.-= Adam´s last post ..Google vs. Twitter =-.

By: wien

wien — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:49:45 +0000

nice articel, very helpful, thanks

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By: Web Design Kent

Web Design Kent — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:41:01 +0000

good article, hardest thing often to explain to clients is their new website isn’t for them, its for their clients… some simply don’t understand this and you end up with sub standard work which gies nowhere near my portfolio!

By: JD Ross

JD Ross — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:46:14 +0000

A lot of this comes down to integrity. Some customers choose you for your expertise, while others might choose you for your skills. What types of projects and clients you want to work for is up to you.

And I like the “last blog” feature, though it’s kind of awkwardly worded. Maybe “latest blog post”?
.-= JD Ross´s last blog ..Do you eat in the supermarket? =-.