The Pitfalls of Texting with Clients

Beware the pitfalls of using texting as a means of communication with clients. A series of texts can be easily lost forever, through switching either your network provider or type of phone, through accidental manual deletion, by having your phone hacked, or losing your phone altogether. Also, if you become at all distracted during the quick convenience of sending and receiving important texts, you could be glossing over crucial details and instructions between you and your client.

Protect yourself against a potential insurance claim. Keep a trackable record of all exchanges using screenshots and saving/printing all text exchanges with clients. Be sure to regularly back up all of your data.

Or reduce the risk altogether and avoid using texts to communicate with clients. Limit your communications to email, in-person and/or telephone conversations.