• ROI on WP Pros

    ROI on WP Pros

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    WP Daily launched WP Pros last week and I was able to get in before launch. In the interest of disclosure, I was given a limited time free account. The real question with any service like this, is how do you decide if it’s worth $20/month (or whatever your particular cost is)? I’ll show you…

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  • Mentor Yet?

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    The longer I’ve been running a business, the more I want to input in to others. When I think of the type of person I want to hire I often think about the coder that has a bit of experince but needs some molding. When I think about my business, I keep coming back to…

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  • The Freelancer’s Show 066

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    We had an awesome discussion about marketing your business in ways that others just aren’t. How about hand writing a note, sending clients a gift at the end of a project… Lots of awesome ideas.

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  • Have a Better Monday

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    Carrie has a great post about how to have a great Monday next week. My top tip is to not check my email. I decide Friday what I’m going to do Monday till noon and that is what I do. Way to easy to get bogged down with things that just aren’t important.

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  • You Better Say No!!

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    A very typical outcause of such an activity as this is that one realizes how impossible it is to sustain such busyness as well as how incredibly hard it will be to move forward with a new project or new career or vocation while having all these other things in tow. Great article from John…

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  • I Don’t Ask for Referral Fees

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    This week I wrote about why you should be plugging others in your field, today we’re going to address the topic of referral fees. Referral What? For those that may not be familiar with the concept it goes something like this. I send you work and because I was nice enough to send you work,…

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  • What Grass to Water

    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…

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  • You Should be Plugging other Developers

    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…

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  • 10 Years with a Woman I Love

    10 Years with a Woman I Love

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    10 years ago today I married the best woman on earth. Let me tell you what 10 years means to me. 10 years means that I know my best friend better. It means 10 more years of experience with her. It means 10 years of joy and fun. It means the thought of not having…

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  • So Why Do Others Write?

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    I wrote recently about why I write but others must have different motivations. Well I asked so here are some quotes about why others write. because if I didn’t the daemons in my head would crawl out my eyes instead of my fingers. @poorstruggler Writing publicly keeps me accountable to myself, it keeps me on…

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