Most of my clients are out of my area to f2f is not an option. I like many others research from their website and always have one phone consult to get that gut feeling as well. Fortunately all of my long distance clients have pictures on their site to I can "see" them.

For my local clients, I have met them all through networking functions so I have met them in a public environment and got to know them from there.

If you do meet f2f I would make sure it is in a public place or large office environment.

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Lee Drozak
My Office Assistant