Category: Business
What do RIM and Best Buy have in Common
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The whole time I was reading this article on Best Buy failing I was thinking of RIM. There is a lot for a business owner to learn from these businesses. The story of both companies starts the same. A scrappy upstart fights and fights to stay ahead. Through a bit of luck and enormous drive
Give Your Web Developer Information – Stop Screwing Them Over
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Here are a few times you never start moving a site around between servers. Afternoon – you don’t want to work all night right? Friday – you don’t want to work all weekend right? The day before you show the site to an important potential client The third item is what sparks today’s post. I
Self-Publishing and Low Quality Writing
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In the latest issue of The Magazine (AppStore) Harry Marks talks about the pitfalls of self-publishing. In his mind it all comes down to the quality of writing being less than it should because you miss specialized staff in your topic. Even hiring an editor io not quite enough since freelance editors are generalists. The
Consultants are not Freaking Banks
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One thing I rarely do is take on expenses for clients. That means if they need a plugin to run their site, they need to be responsible for purchasing the plugin and providing it to me. I don’t purchase it for them, unless they want to provide me with a credit card. Here’s Why Then
Talk about Budgets in Order of Magnitude
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Budgets are something that most beginning consultants/freelancers have a hard time talking about. When you’re first starting you just need work so you don’t want to scare any client away. I totally get that, priority #1 is feeding your family (or your dog) and there is no shame in doing a good job of that
Run Away Estimate Costs
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One of the biggest time sucks in consulting is estimating. One way to combat this would be to bill weekly, but as I said I don’t have a decent answer to some of the questions surrounding that. When Estimates Get Away Doing one estimate, and a single revision for a client isn’t an issue, that’s
Decision Paralysis
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With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the Eastern US, we got a bunch of solid rain and wind in Southern Ontario. My family was on vacation and our planned flight back to BC out of Kitchener got cancelled, but WestJet made the scene so unclear we were paralyzed with indecision. See on one hand we
Credit Cards and Cigarettes
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I came across a very interesting article on the US financial crash of 2008. It speaks to the confusing dealings of the major banks in the world. It tells a story of influence peddling on the back of the middle class. The middle class and poor of the world have continued to have less disposable
Determining ebook Pricing
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So I’m writing a short ebook on writing better WordPress code. Something like 10 Tips to Write Btter WordPress Code Next Month. The thing I’m wondering about is ebook pricing. Does Length = Price I know I want to charge $10 for the book but I keep coming back to how the user determines if
Getting Set Up for Selling Downloadable Products
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I’ve got a post coming next week (maybe a bit longer) about my goals around selling products, but this couldn’t wait. I’ll be powering the downloads with Easy Digital Downloads and there is a sale on Easy Digital Downloads. I’m not an affiliate at all, just letting you know so you can get set up