{"id":1977,"date":"2014-04-05T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2014-08-29T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T16:14:58","slug":"why-a-good-portfolio-is-not-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977","title":{"rendered":"Why a good portfolio is not enough  (republished from Aug 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ellaromanos.com%2F%3Fp%3D1977&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul><p>When trying to win work, whilst a good portfolio is important, it only backs you up. A good portfolio alone will not get you work or grow your reputation. What will build your business is trust, and the key to trust is people. Businesses work with people, not portfolios, and crucially with people who they get on with and who they believe in. While it\u2019s important to have your work ready as evidence, how you meet your potential clients and what you say to them is important first and foremost in influencing their judgment on whether they will hire you as a person&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is available in full as a guest post on Gamesbrief.com, first published 28th August 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesbrief.com\/2012\/08\/why-a-good-portfolio-is-not-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gamesbrief.com\/2012\/08\/why-a-good-portfolio-is-not-enough\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<script>var chimpy_lite_ajaxurl = \"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";var chimpy_lite_max_form_width = 400;<\/script><style>.chimpy_lite_custom_css {\r\n}<\/style><div class=\"chimpy-lite-reset chimpy_lite_shortcode_content\" style=\"\"><form id=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_1\" class=\"chimpy_lite_signup_form sky-form sky-form-black chimpy_lite_custom_css\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_subscribe[form]\" value=\"1\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"chimpy_lite_form_context\" name=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_subscribe[context]\" value=\"shortcode\"><header>Newsletter<\/header><div class=\"chimpy_lite_status_underlay\"><fieldset><div class=\"description\">Sign up for updates on new articles and occasional news.<\/div><section><label class=\"input\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_field_EMAIL\" name=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_subscribe[custom][EMAIL]\" placeholder=\"Email\"><\/input><\/label><\/section><\/fieldset><div id=\"chimpy_lite_signup_shortcode_processing\" class=\"chimpy_lite_signup_processing\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div><div id=\"chimpy_lite_signup_shortcode_error\" class=\"chimpy_lite_signup_error\" style=\"display: none;\"><div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"chimpy_lite_signup_shortcode_success\" class=\"chimpy_lite_signup_success\" style=\"display: none;\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer><button type=\"button\" id=\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_submit\" class=\"button\">Sign up<\/button><\/footer><\/form><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(function() {jQuery(\"#chimpy_lite_shortcode_1\").validate({rules: {\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_subscribe[custom][EMAIL]\":{\"required\":true,\"maxlength\":200,\"email\":true}},messages: {\"chimpy_lite_shortcode_subscribe[custom][EMAIL]\":{\"required\":\"Please enter a value\",\"email\":\"Invalid format\"}},errorPlacement: function(error, element) { error.insertAfter(element.parent()); }});});<\/script><\/div>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ellaromanos.com%2F%3Fp%3D1977&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.ellaromanos.com\/?p=1977\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;When trying to win work, whilst a good portfolio is important, it only backs you up. 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