• Shoe horn client communication

    Shoe horn client communication

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    I love systems, they make things so much easier for me. I can track everything and keep email out of my inbox. A well used PM system is awesome. Most clients don’t like them at all but we (and I used to) force them into using it. We tell them we won’t respond to emails…

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  • My Top 6 Reads to Exercise your Freelance Muscles

    My Top 6 Reads to Exercise your Freelance Muscles

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    Yesterday was a great run, short but great. First run in quite a while. See it below: Not too long and it was in my new running shoes. You always run faster in new shoes or at least that’s what my 2 year old says. Today my legs are in pain. They aren’t just sore…

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  • Am I worth more than you?

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    Pricing is super hard. Today’s question comes from Talasan. While reading my book he realized that I charge almost double what he does. Does that make me worth more? See his portfolio http://nicholsonws.com/ Ask me more questions… https://curtismchale.ca/ama

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  • How I watched my 2 year old learn about exclusion

    How I watched my 2 year old learn about exclusion

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    Early in September on what turned out to be one of the last amazing weather weekends of the summer my family and I went camping. My 2 year old daughter got to use her Disney Princess sleeping bag and had half of a 6 man tent to herself. It was totally awesome. She got to…

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  • What Billing Software to use?

    What Billing Software to use?

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    What billing software I use (or what I recommend) is a question I get all the time. Currently I use Ronin and it’s pretty good. I’ve got a full review in the works that will highlight my loves and hates with Ronin in the next few weeks. Update October 2, 2013: Ronin was purchased by…

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  • How safe is your business from your spending habits?

    How safe is your business from your spending habits?

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    The new iPhone launched last week and like many of you I’m excited to get it. I’m still on an iPhone 4 (stupid 3 year contracts in Canada) which is a bit slow and getting long in the tooth. I really notice the speed when I have to do something on my wife’s 4s. Despite…

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  • Meet Radium – I like chocolate in my ears

    Meet Radium – I like chocolate in my ears

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    Back when I dropped my ‘regular’ credit card I found a bunch of things that I just didn’t want to pay monthly for anymore. Rdio was one of those services. I loved getting new music when I wanted but something about paying for it monthly just didn’t sit right for me. Since then I’ve been…

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  • What did I think of Premium Rush?

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    In short, awesome bike handling that I wish I could do. If you have questions you’d like me to answer just ask me.

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  • No time for whiners

    No time for whiners

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    I recently did a webinar with iThemes and WebDesign.com about Mastermind groups. I’ll talk more about them in the future and why I think they are super important for everyone to be involved in. Today I want to focus on one of the questions that came up during the discussion. I was in an accountability…

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  • Credit Cards and a different world

    Credit Cards and a different world

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    Whenever I bring up the subject of finances I start talking about Credit Cards. Almost the only point that people ever get stuck on is that I say credit cards are a stupid idea. Somehow I manage to talk to (daily) the few percentage of people who don’t spend more because they use a credit…

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