Category: Business
What Metric Makes a Site Successful?
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As I’ve been increasing my posting frequency I’ve also been trying to work out the metrics to follow to judge if my site is being successful. By a strict visitors game, I have been increasing traffic continually, more people have been coming to my site. Even better is that my bounce rate hasn’t increased from
Reviews in Apple’s AppStore Ecosystem
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Matt Gemmell wrote a great post on whether the [AppStore should allow developers to respond to reviews][art]. I think his best suggestions to fix the issue of bad reviews, is making the developer support options way more visible. I don’t even read reviews on the AppStore anymore. I know that most of them aren’t well
Hypercritical on Business Models
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John and Dan talk a bunch about the business model of Penny Arcade now that [they have a Kickstarter campaign on][penny]. The real interesting talk is when they discuss the fact that advertisers will pay more for access to users than users will pay for access to content. It got me thinking again about the
Local Clients Eh?
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Most of my clients are not local to me, I work for clients that are mainly in the US. Thursday Bram [proposes][art] that I might want to pitch myself for local work. Sometimes it would be nice to meet clients in person but every issue she sites, I’ve dealt with. I’ve found that local clients
Twitter Biting the Hand that Feeds
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A while ago I wrote about [Twitter as a free service][freeservice] and how I didn’t think that their current business model (media and selling Tweets) was something that most of the core users of Twitter would really be happy with. Well it seems that [Twitter will be cracking down on it’s API][verge]. True we don’t
So Digg Got Sold
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Yeah Digg got sold for way less than it was valued for years ago. I remember a time when Digg was the spot to get your article so it got out to a large audience. Then through multiple revisions it became terrible. The issue with dig was its product and customers. It’s product was the
Getting in for a Shared Office?
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So there is a [shared office][switch] space trying to get started in locally (in Abbotsford BC actually). I paid for a 5 pack of passes so that I can get out of the house every few weeks and get to know more local freelancers. Lucky me I came across this article on [making the most
Web Writing Business Models
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This week The Brooks Review (TBR) announced a [new writing business model][bmod] in the form of a paywall and [memberships][mem]. The basics of it are similar to the New York Times paywall, but TBR will be releasing all content on time delay. Since most of the content is not time sensitive (opinion pieces) it doesn’t
Vacation and a Bit More
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You should know that I think it’s super important to take some time off so that you’re recharged. I mean I did write about it [here][eachday]. At least one company agrees with me, since they not only provide paid time off, they give you money to take a vacation. Now there are a few things
Coding is Not My Job, I Solve Problems
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Have to admit that I do think of myself as a coder, not a problem solver. According to Mike [I should be writing less code][lesscode]. > This is why I stick with the mantra “Write less code”. Whenever I feel like something is getting bigger than it should be or more complicated than it should