028: Client Gifting and Consultant Go Bags
/Recorded live on November 26, 2013
Follow Up:
Joe installed Knock app last week and noticed that it moved itself from the ~/Downloads folder to the /Applications folder without needing to authenticate despite being logged into a standard user account. Joe checked permissions on /Applications and found that the folder permissions were configured to give Everyone Read/Write access. Repaired permissions for the first time in forever and it corrected this and a few other things.
Topics:
New Mac Pro on December 3rd? Expect Promise to release new Pegasus 2 alongside Apple's Mac Pro release. Look for discounts on original Promise Pegasus models.
Jony Ive biography by Leander Kahney, recommended by Jerry
Fast Company Weekend Reading: An Oral History of Apple
Guest Pass app to generate iOS profile granting temporary access to a wifi network
KeyCard app to lock and unlock your Mac based on iOS device proximity
Indigo for home automation
Nest Thermostat and Smoke Alarm
Client gifts: how to select clients? Contract clients? Nurturing existing client relationships and rekindling old client relationships.
Client gift ideas: chocolate macaroons, iKlear kits, scotch
Tip from Ryan Powell: I gift throughout the year by giving new clients a "new client care package" with little Klear singles, microfiber cloth, referral cards drive savers pamphlet and an explanation of my monthly support plan. The referral card is a little elevator pitch about the company, short link to the contact form with the promise of a free phone consultation, then when a client books an appointment I'm sure to give the referring client a small account credit as a thank you.
Sending a Thank You cards to new clients
Referral credit vs. something tangible like an iTunes gift card
What's in your Consultant Go Bag? Examples:
- MagSafe to MagSafe 2
- Thunderbolt to FireWire
- Thunderbolt to Ethernet
- USB to Ethernet
- Ethernet cables
- USB flash drive with partitions for Mac OS installations, diagnostics
- FireWire 400 to 800
- FireWire 800 to 800
- USB, mini USB, micro USB
- USB to Lightning
- USB to 30-pin
- iPhone Headphones
- Tools including screwdrivers, spudger, putty knife
- Memory assortment for all Intel Macs from lifetimememory.com
Joe's current bag: iBackFlip Somersault