Month: August 2013

  • Setting yourself up to be unproductive?

    Setting yourself up to be unproductive?

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    This will not be the first article you’ve read about someone finding social media way to intrusive for daily life. All of us are on social media and most of us find it totally overwhelming at some point. When it hits that breaking point we try and take steps to turn it off. For a…

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  • Confidence to Change Pricing Models

    Confidence to Change Pricing Models

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    I’ve had more than one person ask how I changed to a weekly pricing model. The eaisiest version is that I just didn’t give clients an option of anything else but I suppose there is a bit more. I was nervous I first wrote about weekly pricing quite a while ago. Read the article at…

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  • PayPal now accepted and I was a hypocrite

    PayPal now accepted and I was a hypocrite

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    If you’ve already bought my book or heard me speak at WordCamp Vancouver then you know I’m against credit cards. They are not a great idea at all, at least not how they are typically used. Heck I even blogged about it already. But I was a hypocrite If you did purchase my book already…

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  • When is an invoice #paidpaid

    When is an invoice #paidpaid

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    Billing is one of the harder parts of freelancing. You’re done the work and waiting to get paid. Outside of simply not being paid (which has happened a few times and sucks huge) one of the biggest issues clients bring up is how you count when something is paid. Just last weekend (as I’m winding…

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  • Don’t be an Idiot -> Launched

    Don’t be an Idiot -> Launched

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    WooCommerce…check! New Theme…check! Reticulating splines…check! (extra special coupon for the first one in the comments to name that reference) Well that’s it the book is launched, I even pulled an ‘all-nighter’ to get it done ironically. There are 2 packages: Book – $29 Book and Videos – $79 You can see excerpts of the interviews…

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  • You launched it – throw a party

    You launched it – throw a party

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    I love working for myself. I get to decide my projects and my rates. I get to have a commute that is super short. I get to hang with my daughter over lunch. The downside is that I work by myself 99% of the time. That means that I don’t have a bunch of coworkers…

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  • Angie Meeker snippet – Awesome mom and awesome at WordPress business

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    I published a bunch of interview snippets earlier this week but I hadn’t had a chance to talk with Angie Meeker. Angie and I talked about a bunch of different things (like pricing based on value and that starts with sales) but one thing that really stuck out to me is her discussion about being…

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  • Do you have a project minimum?

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    https://twitter.com/edavis10/status/365499060095959040 Do you have a minimum value for any new projects? I know I do and my current minimum for new projects is $2000. It’s fine to say that but why exactly do I have a project minimum, and why should you set one? Setup Cost First, there is a minimum cost to setting up…

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  • Relationship is so important for you

    Relationship is so important for you

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    It’s funny how similar thoughts and conversations come up in your day. Over on Post Status last week there is an article about ManageWP starting a WordPress News site. I said in the comments on the post (and on Google+) that I just don’t know about the site. It’s a ‘big’ company and I don’t…

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  • Video Snippets for my book

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    “Don’t be an Idiot: Learn to run a viable business” launches next week and it’s going to have 2 packages. First will be the book and the second package will be the book and videos! So many people have awesome advice about running a business and they were gracious enough to give interviews and share…

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