September, 2007

Sep 26th, 2007

Counterpoint On Hosting the Sites You Design

Early in the life of this blog (and my freelance business) I made a post advocating the idea of reselling hosting to your design clients. I came across this post old again as I was scanning the archives. The truth is I don’t host the vast majority of the sites that I’ve designed, even when [...]

Sep 21st, 2007

Gracefully Outgrow Your Customers

If you stay in business for very long, there’s going to come a time when you outgrow some of your previous customers. As your business develops, you will begin to notice that certain types of work and certain clients are more profitable, rewarding, or in some other way more desirable. When your days begin filling [...]

Sep 12th, 2007

All I Want For Christmas Is To Reach My Customers

I came across a post in my RSS feeds today that talked about saving money on Christmas cards for your clients by doing a custom design. That got me thinking. I wouldn’t normally use an e-card as communication with a customer. Because they require so little effort and are somewhat generic, they don’t convey that [...]

Sep 5th, 2007

6 Reasons to Turn Freelance Work Down

If you’re just starting out in the world of freelance web design, it may be hard to imagine that you would ever want to turn down a paying client. I’ll admit it is certainly easier to do when the coffers are full, but there are some times when you should at least consider turning down [...]

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