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Poll: Have you met any of your clients in person? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| yes some of them | Oct 9, 2013 |
But that was before they became my clients.
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Enrico Zoffoli 
Italy
Local time: 21:10
Member (2013)
German to Italian
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Basically all of them (with few exceptions)
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| Sign of the times | Oct 9, 2013 |
Interesting that there is no option for "most of them" or "all of them"!
I've met most of mine at one time or another, and it has always helped cement the relationship. I suspect that's not down to my natural charm and charisma so much as simply putting a face to a name.
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Unless we count friends, who at some point needed a translation or proofreading services.
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 22:10
Turkish to English
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Same answer as I gave the last two times this question was asked. Almost all of my clients are juristic persons, which makes meeting them in person a physical impossibility!
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| Yes, one or two... | Oct 9, 2013 |
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Met some, who are running on owner-operator pattern..
Met some agency PMs too!
Mostly not.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 21:10
Member (2009)
English to German
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Just like I had answered the above previous polls.
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But as I remember it, my original question was whether you have physically visited your clients (which of course can be understood as 'meeting the client in person').
But I was more wondering
- if you had visited their premises (location, standard, size)
- seen how many they were
- got a feeling of their workflow etc., etc.
I have only visited one client in a neighboring town, who (despite an ambitious company name) turned out to be only one guy ru... See more But as I remember it, my original question was whether you have physically visited your clients (which of course can be understood as 'meeting the client in person').
But I was more wondering
- if you had visited their premises (location, standard, size)
- seen how many they were
- got a feeling of their workflow etc., etc.
I have only visited one client in a neighboring town, who (despite an ambitious company name) turned out to be only one guy running the whole show with a part-time IT supporter.
It can be hard to tell. ▲ Collapse
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 22:10
Turkish to English
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Yetta J Bogarde wrote:
But as I remember it, my original question was whether you have physically visited your clients (which of course can be understood as 'meeting the client in person').
But I was more wondering
- if you had visited their premises (location, standard, size)
- seen how many they were
- got a feeling of their workflow etc., etc.
I have only visited one client in a neighboring town, who (despite an ambitious company name) turned out to be only one guy running the whole show with a part-time IT supporter.
It can be hard to tell.
Oh, have I visited my clients' premises? A very few times, for a variety of reasons, but I almost always communicate with clients' staff at a distance (via email or phone).
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I met some clients in my own home, others I met in their offices/places.
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| No and I don't wish to | Oct 9, 2013 |
I think it is a good idea to maintain a clear divide between business and social contacts. The only time I relaxed this rule and added a PM to Facebook, I had to "unfriend" her for posting unsuitable content. Nuff said!
Steve K.
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Jessica Noyes
United States
Local time: 15:10
Member
Spanish to English
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Besides the obvious (nearby acquaintances who bring me certificates and the like to be translated), I now talk to one client on another continent by video on Skype. We know what each other's workplaces look like, and talk eye-to-eye, but have never met in person.
[Edited at 2013-10-09 19:00 GMT]
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 04:10
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Almost all of them | Oct 10, 2013 |
Since almost all of them are based in Japan.
Meeting customers face to face is how business is traditionally done over here. Also, looking them square between the eyes gives me an opportunity to size up the scale of their operations, gauge how much work I can expect to get from them and get a better idea of how organized they are. I like well-organized customers since they will ensure that you get paid on time. 
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