Should You Niche Down or Branch Out?
When I started my freelance web design business I was all about making bank. I didn’t want to live on noodles and I had a mortgage to pay. I took on any scrappy bit of work that came my way, tried my hand at anything, and learnt a bunch of skills along the way. Over […]
How to Get Paid
When you’re a freelancer or solo-worker, one of the most important parts of your job is controlling cash flow. Getting invoices paid can sometimes be a pain in the ass, especially when you’re working with smaller companies and new clients. Over the past few years I’ve managed to keep a good cash flow with only a few late […]
Clean your list
You’ve got a mailing list for your business, right? You should have, anyway. It’s a great way of collecting customer and client leads, and yourself on their radar. Mailing lists have been around forever, unlike twitter/instagram/facebook/periscope. They’re not going anywhere fast. I’ve been working on building the mailing lists for my two businesses for the […]
Why I won’t book a call to discuss your potential project…
I don’t do calls. Well, hardly ever. If I can avoid a call, I will. Calls suck. They suck time, they suck because I work from home and get a billion deliveries a day, and they suck even harder when you ask for video on Skype (because I don’t feel the need to dress fancy […]
How to be a Web Designer: My Story
One of the most common questions I get asked about web design and development is how I came to do what I do. Did I go to school to learn how to make websites? Where did I learn the ins and outs of WordPress? Here’s the first in a new series, starting with my story, sort […]
5 Productivity Tasks to Try This Week
I mainly work On-The-Internet, which means there are an untold number of distractions that can turn my productivity scale down to 0. Shiny new thing! Doge! Weasel on a woodpecker! (I mean, come on!) I also work from my home office surrounded by fun things such as laundry, 3 crazy animals that want playing with, […]