Unlocking Freelancer Success: Building Professional Client Relationships

Your client is not your best friend! If you’re a freelancer, this quick tip from Phil Cooke philcooke.com for managing client relationships can lead to greater success in your work. The stakes can be high in client meetings. Keeping things on business terms can save your client relationships no matter what type of freelance work you do.
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More About This Episode Unlocking Freelancer Success: Building Professional Client Relationships
Except in rare cases, your client is your client, not your pal. I was in a meeting once that was going really well, so a writer assumed he was now best friends with the client. He started asking personal questions. He launched into a discussion about great writers. He started talking about his vacation. Everyone else in the room was visibly uncomfortable - especially the client. My advice? Keep it professional and don’t mistake a client for your best friend.
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[@PhilCookeOfficial]

Can anyone relate? Managing client relationships requires professionalism - at least at the start.

[@JasonFoxLCB]

It's indicative of the day I had when I thought you were going to segue from "the client isn't your friend" to "because they will eventually stab you in the back." 🤣 Fortunately, a rare event in my experience, but still...