When I’m not giving marketing advice and using dirty words on my own website IttyBiz, I’m over at First Wives World being an editor and blog manager. I hire writers. A lot of them. While I’m sure many of our applicants are good writers, I’ll never know because I don’t get back to them. Learn [...]
We’d all like to believe that getting a full docket of clients and customers is as easy as flipping on a light switch.
But in real life it ain’t that easy… or is it? If you want to quit limping along the slow path, here are 3 smart tips to short-cut your way to the big [...]
Some time ago Ian Fernando, a good blogging friend of mine, contacted me to have my opinion on a new product he was working on called OptinComments. Which is basically a WordPress plugin that one can use to grow his/her mailing list.
First let’s see why a freelancer would actually want to have a mailing list, [...]
You’ve heard it before: “It’s not you: It’s me.” Or perhaps you heard nothing at all, and the regular stream of customers who were once hot for you has slowed to a trickle.
But the truth of the matter that it is you, and unless you take immediate action to rekindle the flames, your customers [...]
“Free.” What do I mean by that?
What I’m talking about is a popular marketing tool. A powerful tool, but often abused.
To be specific, I’m talking about when you give something away with the hope of gaining (or keeping) customers. It’s often risky to use this tool, but it can be used safely [...]
Are you noticing a sudden drop in the number of business inquiries you receive every day/week? As a freelancer your income depends in part on:
Pitching your services in front of prospective clients
Referrals
Direct business inquiries from your website or print advertisements
The referrals depend on the good relationships you have with your previous clients. Since you provide [...]
Project Management Tips from the Developer’s Point of View
When I began my career at the medium sized company, I initially saw my project managers as a pain in the ass. All I was interested in doing was coding.
How to Read
Who needs to learn how to read? After all, we all learned how to read fairly early in life, usually in elementary school, right? But do you know how to really read? More importantly, are you really reading?
9 Easy Usability Improvements for Blogs
One of our primary goals as designers is to constantly improve the usability of our websites and blogs. Content, while very important, doesn’t help readers if they can’t easily get to it.
Fight The Content Battle, What Happened To Writing For People?
One reason I was originally hesitant to start designing websites is the nature of “content” on the web. It is the misconception of clients that technology and the flexibility of content management systems allow “content” to come at any time.
9 Of The Best Ways To Present A Website To A Client
The design phase of creating a website is fairly standard for most web designers however when it comes to presenting the mock up to a client before slicing / coding the design, some problems do arise.
20 Beautiful Dark Websites to get you Inspired
Black and dark websites, when utilized properly, can have stunning outcomes. Often the dark background is mixed with subtle glows and gradients to produce even more brilliant results.
How To Provide Excellent Customer Service
One thing that freelancers can offer over big design firms is personalized customer service. We should take pride in extent of support for our clients.
7 Steps to Developing Originality in Your Design and Illustration Work
Certainly we're inspired by multiple sources, but ultimately it's our synthesis of influence, discovery, passion, and process that determines the outcome of our work.
