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I don't want to jump through hoops to get a client NOW, because if I had to jump through hoops just to get them, then I can only have nightmares about the hoops I will have to jump through LATER to make them happy. I'm not going to kiss ass or say "NOooo I want you to book me PLEASES BOOKZ0R ME (IRC slang) OHH YES I WANT YOUR BUSINESS SO BAD I WILL KNEEL ON THE GROUND AND KISS YOUR FEET"
I don't mind having a second photog. I know that my photos will show complexion flaws and creases to some degree, and I will not get rid of all of them because 1. I can't, and 2. it would look like a different person if I could. Furthermore, IMO if a prospective client can see skin pores in the photos from a photographer who smoothes skin to the point of not being able to see ANY pores whatsoever....then that client is OMFG picky about cosmetic details, which translates to excessive self-consciousness.
If a client is like the above and is thinking of hiring me, no amount of money would be worth my working with them. I have worked with one couple like that, and it was VERY painful.
I don't mind people who are confident, but I mind people who think they are god's gift to the world and demand things exactly this way and that way. That is called a bridezilla.
TheGE wrote:
Sounds more to me like you don't know how to handle these objections.
On top of that, if a prospective couple are telling you these things such as wondering if you photographing them will show their blemishes, feel better if you provided a second photog., negotiate price - even the "so-and-so is giving me this for $XXXX" - all that suggests they're thinking of hiring you or they wouldn't be bothering doing any of that. At least, it could be.
And you're shooting them down, calling them red flags instead if recognizing them as buying signals. And then testing to see if they are.
The "so-and-so is giving me this for $XXXX" could be a bluff of course but it still shows they want to book you.
What you need to do is to understand that and then turn those objections into a sale, instead of losing them. There are better ways to handle it. Right now the way you handle it results in losing the sale. Handling it successfully means turning them into happy, compliant clients.
Number 3, rudeness, yes, that's a red flag. Disrespect and I'll add not going along with your policies and directions are the three red flags. But don't confuse rudeness with a dominant type personality. Someone who's at a place in life where they get what they want and are used to being the boss in charge of others needs to be handled a certain way....Show more →
Edited by Fred Miranda on Aug 10, 2012 at 12:55 PM
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