Communication with clients

Hello,

I was wondering if you always meet up with a client, or do you deal with clients on distance, by email etc. to talk about everything related to designing the website for them?

Do you think this is something that could work? I mean, you can talk about anything that´s needed to build the complete website for the client and get the desired results by using e-mail, phone, skype, etc. ?

Just wondering what your thoughts are about this.