Category: Business
If you can’t write the questions you aren’t ready for the test
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I’ve talked before about not psyching yourself up before a call but there’s something else you need to do to prepare for a client call. Anticipate the questions your client is going to ask on the call. If you can’t create the questions, you’re not ready for the test. – The 5 Elements of Effective…
Did you set that expectation and tell no one?
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Possibly one of the most frustrating things about being married is when I’m ‘expected’ to possess the power of ESP. My wife is annoyed about something, or she wants me to do something, or…and I’m completely unaware of any expectation having been put on me. Which means I have no way to actually meet that…
Does a month of success affect your budget?
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@curtismchale Something I don' know if I have seen you(or anyone) blog about: what do you do when you have a really good freelancing month. — Jon Campbell (@joncampbell) April 20, 2015 Prompted by this awesome question, today I’m going to talk about what I do when things go amazing in a particular month. I…
Would you work for yourself?
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Many years ago my job was to build sundecks. Well actually, my job was to lay the vinyl coating on sundecks. It was hot work in the summer and freezing cold/wet work in the winter. It was work that took me out dawn till dusk year round. It paid well in the summer when there…
You won’t drift to success
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There once was a cruise ship departing from Vancouver bound for Hawaii. It had all the normal things you’d expect on a cruise ship, like pools and food everywhere and a deck to walk around on. It was missing a few crucial things though — like engines or any way to steer it. The owners…
My Writing Workflow
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Welcome to the final day in my series on blogging. Today we’re going to talk about my writing workflow. I’ve taken a look at my writing workflow twice before: How Evernote Took Over my Life My Writing Workflow It’s actually changed since those posts were written, even though one is barely a few months old.…
Blogging and Quality Content
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In an earlier post, we discussed the fear that you’re not a good writer. That’s a totally legitimate fear because if you haven’t done much writing then how on earth are you supposed to be good at it? There is a legitimate fear that self-publishing is going to yield low-quality writing. The simple fact Let’s face…
When You Struggle with Blog Content
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Yesterday I gave you a bunch of prompts to prime your writing pump. I could come up with another 100, and while that would help you, it still wouldn’t really give you my ‘secret’ to writing. My secret is start reading — and not just blogs, but full books. So many of my posts start…
Are you writing for your ideal client?
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It’s entirely possible that your website simply sucks. As you can tell from the title of this post, today I’m challenging you to look at who you’re writing for on your blog. It could be that you’re writing for your peers, and if so, no client is going to read your blog because it’s not…
You Should Be Blogging
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I’m going to ask you a couple of questions right now and you’re going to pretend you didn’t read the title of this post, so you don’t already have the answers. Deal? What’s the one place where you control your content and what’s done with it? What’s the place that search engines can send your…
