Meeting people in person is so incredibly important. When I sit down with a potential client, address a crowd of folks in person or just spend time with people I’ll be working with in the future, it builds a relationship that lasts and creates a bond that enables far greater communication. Once we’ve spent time together face-to-face, both parties feel both a connection and obligation to one another, and I’ve been blessed enough to spend time with people whose company I enjoy.
I’ve met people from all different walks of life, people are just amazing:
- Entrepreneurs
- Analysts
- Film Producers
- Pastors
- Venture Capitalists
- Dozens of SEOs, SEMs, Web Developers, Designers & Support Folks
- Directors & Executives from various companies
- Real Estate Developers
- Teachers
- Coaches
- List goes on
I know that I’m incredibly privilege to build connections like these, but I can’t recommend it enough. Not only are in-person meetings excellent for relationships with clients, they’re also valuable for anyone that you might be working on a project with or simply people who share common interests & goals.
On the flip side of this – every serious problem we’ve had as a company with a client has come from people that I haven’t met in person. We have several contracts with folks that we haven’t yet met, and not all of them have created problems. But, of the three times in the past 2 years that we have had contract disputes or the antagonistic issues, all three have been with clients I’ve never sat down with.
What about your experiences? Do you travel much? Do you find that strong bonds can be built without in-person meetings? Have you had trouble with “faceless” contracts?
About Andy Laferme
