Category: Business
What Grass to Water
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In a Twitter DM conversation Brian Krogsgard accused me of not plugging myself enough. He’s probably right, as much as I know about WordPress and running a business I simply get more joy from plugging others. More than that, I’m probably a bit shy about throwing myself a big party for any little thing I
You Should be Plugging other Developers
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Update: I expanded a bit on this as well. I love to plug other developers, even for work that I could do. One of my favourite things to do is to help others succeed, and not just in development. Over the years I’ve taught beginners skills in: Whitewater Kayaking Rock Climbing Cycling General Business I
Freelancer’s Show 65
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I’m a regular now so expect a link to each episode. In this episode we talked about what you do when a client decides on a pet technology without having any idea if it’s the best option for their products/sites.
WordPress and Business on Matt Report
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100000% worth your time.
Thoughts on Product Pricing
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I’ve got 1 product out and have a few others on the mind (need to choose one I know) so this article about pricing products and services is great. The bottom tier of any pricing grid experiences the highest churn. Intuitively this makes sense; small early stage businesses are more likely to fail than larger
I was a guest on the Freelancer’s Show 063
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In this week’s show I was simply guesting, but I’ve now been asked to come on as a regular host. It’s typically been a Ruby focused show (in that the hosts work in the Ruby field) but is one of the best podcasts on freelancing. In fact it’s the only one I’ve been listening to
Cheat on Work
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When it comes down to having to choose to cheat on something, I’m going to choose to cheat on work.
Weekly Pricing for Web Development
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As I start the transition to weekly pricing I thought it would be a great time to explain why I think weekly pricing is a good idea for both clients and businesses. Less Lock In I know that I’ve been involved in projects that are going south, at some point it’s just going to happen
Freelance Billing – Flat, Hourly, Weekly?
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I’ve commented before that I want to go with weekly pricing, but I just didn’t have all the answers. Like what if a client has an emergency and I need to deal with a crashed server? What if it’s a 5 hour project? Well in episode 15 of Unfinished Business they actually answer my questions.
Dropping the Canadian Credit Card
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As we’ve been doing the Total Money Makeover one of the things we have been unable to find a suitable replacement for is a credit card. Statistically you spend 12 – 18% more when you use a credit card. Those numbers hold whether you’re in the US or Canada, and I’d bet that they are
