[asterisk-biz] TFTP Boot Server

[C. Savinovich]

Dean, isn't it true that as consultant, you just have to know when it is
worth trying to convince your customer, and other times you are just better
off not wasting one more minute of your time, and just walking away wishing
him all the luck in the world with his "do-it-in-one-day" contractor.

One thing is that the prospective customer is not sure about what decision
to take, and another totally different one is that he thinks that a 15 days
job can be done in 1 day. My take is that such customer is nowhere close to
convincing.

CS


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dean Collins
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:28 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] TFTP Boot Server

Those 'inept' business types are your customers....

When I get a customer who doesn't understand why he should be paying me
a certain rate etc, I take the time to document the advantages, to show
and demonstrate the superior skills I deliver, I make sure that he
understand that I value his commitment and expenditure in hiring me for
a project instead of someone else.



I don't call him 'inept' and blame the customer.


Maybe you should start by looking at yourself and your own marketing
techniques first.


Cheers,

Dean



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Alex
Balashov
Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2008 5:11 PM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] TFTP Boot Server

C. Savinovich wrote:
>  >>>I can get for same price programmer here in New York to get this
job 
> done for me in matter of one day ;-)
> 
>   Done in one day???... you know, if the man was a carpenter, and he
had 
> to built your kitchen cabinets in three days, you will probably will
not 
> hesitate to pay him 10 thousand dollars.  But either you don't know
all 
> the work he has to go through, or you just think that coding work is 
> nowadays the same as third world slavery work.  

It is a prevailing view among many inept business types that programming

is a fancy form of typing.

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Alex Balashov
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