Re: How to look good in your customer's eyes
You've pretty much covered the basics.
I told him it pretty much boils down to 3 things:
1) Hold yourself to a slightly higher quality standard then what the
customer is expecting.
2) Deliver your committment slightly faster than what the customer is
expecting.
3) Deliver a product that is slightly better than what the customer
is expecting.
About the only things I would add are:
- Practice diplomacy. That doesn't have to mean being meek. It can mean holding firm while staying polite.
- Show that you can learn the product.
None of these five points is especially hard to impress with. At many companies, expectations of writers are so low that it's easy to exceed expectations.
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