Business design advice to keep you sane & prosper

sane Business design advice to keep you sane & prosper

Inspired by the recent “My Top 10 Business Design Failure” presentation in the Notebook, I thought about this from my business standpoint and decided to share my own business lessons and thoughts. I’ll keep this short(ish) and bittersweet.

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10 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Web Designer

ten 10 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Web Designer

Like a lot of web designers I didn’t go to school to learn design or development. My degrees are in completely unrelated fields. As a web designer and developer I’m close to 100% self-taught. That self-teaching isn’t random though.

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Using SEO to Generate Web Design Clients the Non-Spammy Way

seo Using SEO to Generate Web Design Clients the Non Spammy Way

Most web designers aren’t very familiar with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which is the process of ranking specific web pages as high up in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Positions) as possible. Read Article »

Social Networking Strategies for Finding More Work

socialmedia Social Networking Strategies for Finding More Work

As a web designer or web developer, you probably have a firm grasp on the social media/social networking scene. What I’m finding, however, is that although many people in our industry understand how the Social Web works Read Article »

5 Questions Your Freelance Business Needs To Answer

freelancer 5 Questions Your Freelance Business Needs To Answer

When starting a freelance design business do you need to create a business plan? You can easily find opinions for and against. For me it comes down to how you define a business plan.

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Are Bidding Websites Good for Freelancers to Use?

bid Are Bidding Websites Good for Freelancers to Use?

Is “bid” a dirty word? If so, no one told me until I had already started the dirty task of bidding. Now, people ask me all the time: Are those bidding websites (e.g., oDesk, Project4Hire and Elance) legit?

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