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What are the unique problems creative services have in winning and retaining clients and how can we create a better experience for our users that creates value and builds trust and loyalty?Presentation for IxDA-DC salon event, June 28, 2011.
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“I’d rather eat hours or go over budget than do a mediocre job.” “Clients don’t want to pay for research and strategy, even though it will save them money in the long run.” “We usually end up building what the client wants instead of what they need.” “We only work with clients who really get what we’re about.”
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Characteristics of creative services • Intangible, simultaneous, heterogeneous,
perishable
• Low barrier to entry, commoditization
• Cost of switching: high during project, low between projects
• High “credence properties” (hard to evaluate)
• Loyalty and referrals are crucial
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The expectations gap
• Clients don’t want to pay for the level of quality we want to provide
• Everyone wants to skip right to the visual design
• A website means something different to me and my client
• As we learn more about how to do the work “properly,” our proposals get bigger
• High quality is often invisible
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Strategies • Signal quality
• Eat hours/go over budget
• Hold out for the right kind of client
• Loss leaders
• Offer tiers of service
• Educate our clients
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“An educated consumer is our best customer.”
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What do clients want? • Good work product
• Fulfill business goals
• Within budget and schedule
• No surprises
• Do as little work as possible
• Feel confident in their choice
• Look good in front of their boss
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Trust
Loyalty
Value