October, 2008

Oct 29th, 2008

Best Practices Rewind: Growing Customers

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My emphasis has shifted to more of a product-based business model since July of 2006, but there is still some very good points in this post. The idea of growing large customers is really based on the model of being a service-oriented web developer.
The advantage is that you get to develop relationships [...]

Oct 22nd, 2008

Best Practices Rewind: Pricing

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This blog has been up and running for over 2 years.  There’s a lot of topics that I’ve covered in that time that could probably stand to be revisited.  Since my time seems to be slipping through my fingers as we try to get the house ready to bring a baby [...]

Oct 15th, 2008

How To Choose Pro Bono Work

Today is Blog Action Day.  Each year an important topic is selected, and bloggers around the world who wish to participate post about that topic.  This year’s subject is poverty.  I thought about trying to do a post that ties into poverty, but I think it makes more sense to do a post on this [...]

Oct 8th, 2008

The Exponential Benefits of Networking

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It seems like several of the time management and professional blogs I read have recently talked about limiting how many online social networking sites you get involved with.  Although I haven’t personally experienced this phenomenon, I guess some people are finding that after checking in with MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, a couple of [...]

Oct 1st, 2008

Feel the Fear and Quote That Project Anyway

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Short and simple tip this week: think long and hard before refusing to quote a project.  It’s possible the work is something you truly don’t want to do, and in that case it’s okay to let it pass by.  In most cases, though, you’ll be well served thinking about how much [...]

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