Month: July 2013
Awesome landing page by Shawn Blanc for Delight is in the Details
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I’m just working through my landing page for my upcoming book on running a viable freelance business but after looking at Shawn’s page I wonder if I should go back to the drawing board and do some more design. It’s really beautiful.
The power of ‘no’ in bussiness
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I’ve started to read Getting Things Done again and within the first few pages I’ve been struck with one thought. People don’t say no enough Let’s look at a few of my highlights already. All the emphasis is mine. …people have enhanced quality of life, but at the same time they are adding to their…
The Old Reader and Hell
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I read this post on The Old Reader and the short story is that once Google Reader announced a shut down the people running The Old Reader got super busy. So busy that the owners became idiots. Yes you read that right they became idiots. Such idiots in fact that they stopped having a life…
Adopting a Legacy WordPress Site
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I was asked to provide a guest post for Post Status about client services and I decided to walk through adopting a legacy WordPress site. The post shows you how I walk through getting the site set up for development and how I approach letting the client know something is happening.
Freelance Fantasy Land
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I’ve been struggling with motivation lately which to many working ‘regular’ jobs seems pretty silly. I mean I work at home, I can have lunch with my kid and I ride my bike Friday afternoon’s. I have little to complain about. But there is an underlying current of just not being happy with the specifics…
Are you selling the dream or a feature list?
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What are you selling me? Yeah sure it’s a service and you’ve got features but that’s not what really sells me on your product. WPtroubleshooter Take a look at WPtroubleshooter, what are they selling? On the surface they’re selling security, backups, development, spam clean up and a few other things. But that’s not what they’re…
This is why I don’t do discounts and payment extensions
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This is why I don’t do discounts. if you want to spend less we cut the amount of work we are doing. I don’t give extensions on payment terms because that just trains you that next time you can get an extension. Of course when a client’s wife died I extended for 6 months, that…
Focus is damn hard
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Focus is damn hard. I’ve got about 10 ideas for businesses and products slamming around in my head today alone. Most are crap but there are bound to be a few gems and maybe even one that takes hold. I’m awesome at starting projects. Take the book I wrote in the last 2 weeks. It…
Take your time or head for burnout
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I take pretty much every Friday for myself no matter how much client work is happening. Most Friday’s are spent screencasting and learning new things, because we all need time to practice. Then the afternoon is a bike ride with a stop at a local coffee shop. On top of that I’ve been known to…
Great reading for digital product builders
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I’ve only made it through the first few resources here – but they are awesome. Add them all to your Instapaper queue and read or watch the content.
