Why is Collaboration Valuable?
The big take away is anytime you have an opportunity to work with colleagues where your client can benefit from your collaboration, (as we truly believe that collaboration is valuable.) I strongly encourage it, especially if you feel you’re short on resources and manpower.
Our wheelhouse is creating and producing promotional videos, conferences videos, convention videos, and marketing videos. When our client Parkway Real Estate LLC wanted to create a video that’s different from our approach, we’re not shy to bring in colleagues that have the gear and special skill sets in executing the project.
The challenge when you bring in colleagues is communications. In such situations, it is recommended that you hammer out the arrangements on identifying who’s responsible for executing the work, what resources to use, and what’s the best way of communicating with everyone to ensure the project is moving in a timely manner. After you have made the necessary arrangements, it’s important to execute the plan, making sure all stakeholders are informed and aware.
For the situation mentioned above, I knew which of my colleagues would be interested in collaborating, so I reached them out. In our social media posts, (more prominently on Instagram, but on Facebook and Twitter too), we identified we had collaborated with Midnight Brunch for Parkway Real Estate LLC ‘s video You can see how our collaborative turned out in the video below. 🙂
Keep in mind this arrangement can only work if you have a great working relationship and excellent communication with your colleagues and not recommended if you haven’t built that trust. Otherwise, the client can suffer from a dis-harmony relation. We strongly believe in collaboration, as the ultimate goal is to serve the client well in meeting their needs. Once Midnight Brunch confirmed their interest we then looked forward to tackling the project together.
We’ll be sure to have more photos and videos to share after the Thanksgiving holiday but in the meantime, if you have more questions or learn more about best practices in collaborating with colleagues and clients, let me know and be glad to share my thoughts. In the meantime here’s a couple of BTS photos you may enjoy.
Robert
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