October, 2007

Oct 31st, 2007

What To Look For In Competitor Collaboration

I suppose I should start with explaining what I mean by competitor collaboration. You have competitors. There are other people out there offering goods and services that are similar to what you do. That’s your competition. As I’ve discussed before, though, the more you focus on a specific niche, the more your “competitors” become complementary [...]

Oct 24th, 2007

Priority Home Office Expenses

I was recently pointed to a blog post (via Freelance Switch) that proposes some of the most important things you can spring for in your home office. The logic on all of these is that you are spending a lot of time here and need to be able to work comfortably and efficiently.

Oct 17th, 2007

How To Structure Your Online Portfolio

I recently did a redesign of my web design business site. Early in the process I visited the portfolio sites of a lot of other web designers. It was very inspiring to see so many different approaches to displaying examples of one’s work. I did notice one trend that was a little disturbing. Happily the [...]

Oct 10th, 2007

Even Idle Computers Sip Electricity

This coming Monday is Blog Action Day, an event designed to get bloggers to make posts about environmental responsibility. I am jumping the gun a little bit, but since I usually only post once a week this seems like the best way to make sure I have an appropriate post up on the 15th.

Oct 3rd, 2007

Local Networking Online

I received an email not too long ago from another Indianapolis web developer who is working on building an online community for local freelancers. It’s only been up for a handful of days, so the traffic is still pretty light. For those of you interested, the URL is http://www.indylance.com. The site got me thinking about [...]

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