{"id":1895,"date":"2011-09-18T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2011-09-18T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T15:31:00","slug":"youve-got-to-be-kidding-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2011\/09\/youve-got-to-be-kidding-me\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ve Got to be Kidding Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you work in the design business long enough you are going to have many crazy encounters with prospective clients. Here are just a few that beg the question to be asked;<\/p>\n

“You’ve Got to be Kidding Me!”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We need to point out that these quotes came from “prospective clients” and needless to say they were never accepted as clients! There is an old saying. ” some business just ain’t worth it!”<\/p>\n

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  • We need our website to work regular business hours; from 9 am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • If we hire your firm, \u00a0I\u2019m going to have my daughter give final approval. She\u2019s got a good eye for this stuff and she just did the cover for her high school\u2019s yearbook\u2026 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Prospective Client (CEO)<\/strong>: Our product is going to revolutionize this industry, and we want your firm to work with us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Us<\/strong>: Great! Can you tell me what differentiates your product from the competition?<\/p>\n

        Prospective Client (CEO):<\/strong> Certainly, I will have my people get back to you with an answer.<\/p>\n

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        • Our CEO will be in town tomorrow so if you could get the design done by then that would be great. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Prospective Client: <\/strong>\u201cI want it to be like Facebook\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Us:<\/strong> \u201cDid you have a budget in mind for this project?\u201d<\/p>\n

            Prospective Client:<\/strong> \u201cI need to get it done for under $500<\/p>\n

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            • I need you to make black and white packaging prototype but include as much color as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • We\u2019re looking for a high-exposure design firm for our product. We want a minimum of 5 prototype designs to choose from. I can only afford a one-time $250 payment upon completion, \u00a0however, \u00a0it\u2019s a great way to add a fun, popular business to your firm’s clientele.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • We have no budget for this ad, but the good news is that we are definitely sure that we want to work with your firm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Your hourly rate is okay, as long as you don\u2019t need more than an hour. And you can show me how you did it so I can do it on my own next time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • Make sure it\u2019s not too edgy, not too flashy, not too much detail, not classical\/traditional, not too complex, exciting, but not \u00a0all over the place, efficient but fun, clean, fresh, modern, up beat, contemporary, high readability, smooth, shapeless, timeless, not outdated, but simple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n


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                      If you work in the design business long enough you are going to have many crazy encounters with prospective clients. Here are just a few that beg the question to be asked; “You’ve Got to be Kidding Me!” We need to point out that these quotes came from “prospective clients” and needless to say they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-insights","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1938,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/1938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}