Looking Forward to 2015 – My Plan
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I’ve already looked back at my 2014 and today we are going to look forward at my business goals for 2015. The first question is, why should I even set goals for 2015 anyway? Especially given the results of my 2014 goals where I only accomplished a few? I believe it’s important to set goals…
My 2014 Business Goals
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Hey, did you know it’s 2015 already? Yup, been that way for a few weeks even. Today I invite you to look back at my 2014 with me. Tomorrow we’ll look forward on my 2015. You can read my big 2013 recap post here. I’ve got to be honest — I wasn’t going to write…
The point to your process is to weed out the clients you don’t want
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Even if the client is annoyed by your question or your pricing the whole point to your client on-boarding process is to weed out the clients you simply don’t want to work with. Remember that even if they’re rude. Links Components of your Initial Client Email
Is the Freelance Roller Coaster Making You Sick?
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When I started my freelance business it was all daisies and roses. In those early days, each client who called me and said they had work and wanted me to hold a spot would, of course, come through. I’m sure you can see where this is going… The truth is, most of those leads didn’t…
Procrastination Reveals Priorities
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Late in 2014 I was asked to do some technical coaching for a member of the WordPress community. It amounted to much of what I get paid to do for clients already. Teach deployment protocols/process Git coaching Code reviews Other things I already do I’ve got to admit that I was very interested in the…
How do you speak about your clients?
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I recently listened to a great podcast episode by Michael Hyatt on the subject of how you speak about your spouse. To summarize, the way you speak about your spouse in public shows a lot about your character. If you speak poorly about your spouse, you most likely have, or will have, a poor relationship. The…
Is Success Only in Your Head?
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You’ve got ideas, right? You’ve got big plans for that big thing you’d like to create or launch, and you’ve already stopped lying to yourself about your time. So what’s holding you back now? What’s the reason you haven’t yet followed through on that big idea? Maybe this new idea requires capital and you don’t have the…
Dealing with Negative Feedback
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When faced with negative feedback from a client or a friend how do you deal with it? Do you get defensive or do you dig in and see where the truth is? Do you create a plan to get better?
December 2014 Reading
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I was able to spend time with a few good books this past December, so in this post I’m sharing some of my favorite recent reads. Perhaps you’ll be moved to add a few of these to your reading list for 2015. 1. Kesrith by C. J. Cherryh Get Kesrith on Amazon Kesrith is the first…
Review: Good to Great
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This is the second book by Jim Collins, Built to Last being the first. In Built to Last, Jim wrote about entrepreneurs who started businesses and managed to build big, profitable organizations from nothing. Yet, Jim learned that while the stories in Built to Last were interesting, some people who read his book didn’t really want to hear…
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