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Subject:Re: leaving samples From:Marcia Coulter <notjust -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Jun 1995 19:41:14 -0700
Sue McCullough wrote:
>Why don't you leave samples? Are they really proprietary or are
>you afraid the client will find something he/she doesn't like, if
>given the opportunity to analyze them?
>I ask because I've just sent samples out to some prospective
>clients . . .
Two reasons:
1. I am a free-lance tech writer. Many of my clients are releasing new
products and (justifiably) worried about inadvertently supplying
intelligence to their competitors. So much so that I often have to
negotiate being able to show samples at all! So yes, the samples
and the information they contain *are* proprietary.
2. In order to impress, I bring along the bound, published copies of
my work. I really don't want to let loose of those for more than a
few minutes.
I would have no problems with someone analyzing the work; they just
never do. Maybe it's my (virtual) grey beard (with a nod to Geoff).
