meat bombing
well most things seemed to be covered here. I must say sticking up for yourself and your choices and being confident in your descions (if it feels wrong, it genrally is) is very important in gaining there initial trust, confidence and respect in you. Once you have that its a breeze.
Once you have them onside, definately do a jump or two, not only will you have a ball but it will break down the whole pilot jumper barrier....
A couple of other poiinters that pulled me through were
1. Always shout the bar after doing something major for the first time (1st jump etc)
2. I lernt to pack parachutes... good extra money ( sometimes earnt more than flying) and something to do between loads.
Good luck and blue skies ....