Bad Clients: How to Turn Them Before They Burn You

Learn How to Make Good Work AND Please Your Clients — Take The Six Stages of Illustration: https://skl.sh/4cCTxEH — Use this link to get 30 days of free membership on Skillshare.What makes otherwise good people such bad clients? How do you deal with them — and how can you avoid them in the first place? In this episode, I explain why there almost never truly bad clients. In my 10+ year career, I've had very few bad clients. Most of them were in the beginning, when I didn't have enough experience to spot them before it's too late. By listening to this episode, you'll learn what I wish I knew when I was starting out — and this will help you make sure every client is a good client! That means they'll trust you to do what you do best (the art!) and they'll give you everything you need to do your job. HOW TO SUPPORTThank you for listening/watching!01 — Share this episode/podcast with a friend.This is the single most effective way to help grow this podcast.02 — Support me on Patreon at http://patreon.com/tomfroese$8 Drawing Buddies gain exclusive access to my monthly Draw With Me meetups.Join for as low as $3 to get 20% off my 1-on-1 coaching sessions03 – Take my Skillshare classes!Visit http://tomfroese.com/teaching to find links to all my classes. Use these links and get 30 days of free membership on Skillshare!04 – Subscribe to my Substack NewsletterNever miss an important update. Sign up at https://mrtomfroese.substack.com SKILLSHARE CLASSES MENTIONED Now's a great time to finally check out Skillshare while supporting this podcast in a major way! Get 30 days free membership with these links.The Six Stages of Illustration: Leading Clients Through Your Art — https://skl.sh/3LxzI4I SHOW LINKSThe Copyright Series on this podcastEPISODE 19 — Copyright For Illustrators: Part 1 https://thoughts-on-illustration.simplecast.com/episodes/why-copyright-is-more-important-than-you-think-part-1EPISODE 20 — Copyright For Illustrators: Part 2https://thoughts-on-illustration.simplecast.com/episodes/copyright-licensing-and-self-promotion-part-2 IN THIS EPISODE0:00:00 - Intro and Opener: No Bad Clients, only Bad Behaviours0:05:16 - How to Support0:07:50 - Main Content0:08:25 - Ordering a Coffee at Starbucks for the First Time0:10:20 -  Describing What Haircut You Want to Your Barber 0:15:00 - Problems arise from Misaligned Expectations and Inability to Communicate0:15:30 - The Four Types of Clients to Avoid0:17:00 - 01 The Unprepared Client0:25:36 - 02 The Inexperienced Client0:34:00 - 03 The Uninformed Client0:40:45 - 04 The Over-asking Client0:55:07 - Summary 
PODCAST TEAM/CREDITS Mark Allan Falk, Audio/Video Engineerhttps://linktr.ee/semiathleticAll Music, including Theme Song and Cues by Mark Allan Falk. FIND ME ELSEWHERE www.tomfroese.com