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My client argued for neon green headlines and now I owe him an apology

So I had this client last month who kept pushing for neon green on his startup's landing page. I told him it looked like a highlighter exploded and fought him on it for two weeks. He finally laid out a mood board with a bunch of cyberpunk album covers and said the whole vibe was supposed to feel loud and urgent. I tried a muted sage green as a compromise and he hated it, so I gave in and used the neon color he wanted. Turns out their click through rate went up like 18% in the first week. I still personally hate looking at it but I guess the data doesn't lie. Has anyone else had a client be right about a color choice you were dead set against?
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tessawebb
tessawebb1d ago
Honestly it's wild how often our personal taste gets in the way of what actually works. The real lesson here is that sometimes ugly sells better than pretty.
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blaker75
blaker751d ago
Ever tried A/B testing with their choice vs yours?
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