Handling clients The human way!

Vivek Jain
Vivek JainCo-founder & CBDO at rtCamp Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Handling Clients
The Human Way
@svivekjain
WHOis your client?
Handling clients The human way!
Handling clients The human way!
Handling clients The human way!
Handling clients The human way!
Handling clients The human way!
WHATis your client’s business?
Handling clients The human way!
Explore your
client’s business
WHENare updates expected?
friend
“Five More Minutes”
Don’t be a
friend
“Five More Minutes”
“We are on it!”
WHYdid that angry email come in?
HOWto get good results?
The LED way
Lead
Handling clients The human way!
Handling clients The human way!
The LED way
Empathize
The LED way
Document
Empathize.
Document.
Lead.
Thanks
@sivekjain
vivek@rtcamp.com
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Editor's Notes

  1. Introduce yourself - I am Vivek, work with rtCamp, Pune. Lead the Sales division, and manage Key Accounts manager. WP 8 years ago. Majority of my work experience involves client communication. Over the years, while working with all the emails, Skype calls, Communication on Slack channels, Jira tickets, scrum meetings I tried to find thumbrule or set of rules that could help to manage clients and deliver results. I came across best practices- I have implemented them, used them and learnt from them. To simplify, I have categorised most my learnings into five basic questions. This talk will cover these questions and I hope they help you too. This talk would be useful for anybody who is into client facing activities. You need to understand WHO is your client
  2. Who is your client - not who as in “name of the client” but who it actually is?
  3. Your regular client communciatin look somehting like this mails, Slack, Trello etc. Who is your client among all this communication?
  4. Your regular client communciatin look somehting like this mails, Slack, Trello etc. Who is your client among all this communication?
  5. Your regular client communciatin look somehting like this mails, Slack, Trello etc. Who is your client among all this communication?
  6. Your client is the team behind all that communication. Those small display pictures. The humans, Image Credit - http://media.istockphoto.com/photos/multi-ethnic-people-portraits-picture-id498012796?k=6&m=498012796&s=170667a&w=0&h=YBT4Qhrar3mdX_109yULTOuXpv_-oN87jaYMOy4qhuc=
  7. I took this picture a while ago to give an idea that your client is someone like you and me. You need to understand that you are dealing with actual people, with emotions, with different backgrounds, different understandings. Understand who all are in client’s team. Is he a marketer who can talk authoritatively on a content strategy but doesn’t know about technical stuff. Or the tech person who knows the tech stuff but does not have 2-5 years vision of the product. To explain how this helps - So on one of our project, the person I was dealing with was the Editor of the a leading magazine. Other than feature developmentm, We were also working to optimise their site performance. I told her we are going to use CDN for static resources` == PAUSE. That was the silence I got. Se then I knew her print backrgound, so I explained that to buy a copy of that magazine she can just go to the nearest store instead of going all the way to the press where the magazine is printed, Saving time. Understanding perspective allows you to tailor your communication to better give value. I read this somewhere - Line of emails are greater than lines of codes - hence you should emphasise more on this. Find more about this person, reach out on Twitter and social media to know more. You can go to sleep now :P
  8. What is client’s business? Does his/her customers expect from his business? His business’ or product’s niche, the competitors Why has he reached you What he expects from you Understanding his business from the customer’s perspective Answering these will get you into the client's shoes Perspective from his point of view / his customer’s Point of View
  9. Image the product was yours answering WHAT will help you with this. let your imagination flow- what would make you happy? This is the same thing that will make the client happy!
  10. How many of you have that friend, who is always 5 minutes away? You call again and same response. You feel less important when someone keeps you waiting without notifying - it kills the predictability of the plan.
  11. Don’t let your clients ask for updates - Set expectations when they can expect a demo, delivery, daily update a performance report. Be prompt and send updates. If you are late then let them know. You will surely make next plan had your friend callled you himsefl and said that he wil lbe late by 5 minutes.
  12. Don’t let your clients ask for updates - Set expectations when they can expect a demo, delivery, daily update a performance report. Be prompt and send updates. If you are late then let them know. You will surely make next plan had your friend callled you himsefl and said that he wil lbe late by 5 minutes.
  13. Don’t let your client wonder if you are working on a critical bug request they sent a while ago.
  14. Maybe you didn’t send an update or understand what the client wants Maybe you didn’t deliver what was exoected Or maybe the things that went wrong was out of your control Just say “sorry”! Even if it’s not your fault and move on and hope they will eventually come around
  15. So you have answered the questions and done oyur homework But how do you ensure that both you and your cleint get value out of it? Through my experiences I have found the following YOU NEED TO LEAD your client! WAKE UP CALL Your client is not a line of text- but he’s not a God either You don;t need to bow to ideas that will prove bad for the project You are the LEAD of the porject -so you need to go in the direction that is best for the proejct Use your Experience and expertise to make the best call! Maybe postpone the time line or next version release
  16. Someone supernatural? No.
  17. If you do, then you also have to be one to Say “NO”
  18. Say Sorry. Doesn’t mean it’s your mistake. The rule of thumb is to empathize Put yourself in the clients shoes You show that you are on their side because the business is their bread and butter
  19. People forget - the most human flaw And how to make sure you avaoid this? Document voice calls? Email Summarize and get them approved
  20. How to ensure that you handle your clients such that they get max value for it It lights a bulb :P Be a part of your client’s success because - Your customer is your best salesman