To add a little bit to this, this is one reason I make my website very comprehensive, and very "me". There's no way you can read my site and not come away with a sense of me and my work - it's well...
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To add a little bit to this, this is one reason I make my website very comprehensive, and very "me". There's no way you can read my site and not come away with a sense of me and my work - it's well...
This is usually a simple conversation these days:
Customer: But firm ABC offered me a lower price.
Me: Then hire them.
Customer: But I want YOU.
Me: Then pay MY rate.
They generally need upkeep. The site is built, live, etc. They need maintenance, adding SEO pages I write, adding PDF catalogs, etc. Very low maintenance client, successful 40+ year business, etc....
Good point. I turn clients away if I think what they want will lead me to contribute to something that goes against my ethics or is illegal. There are things I have refused to do for clients, but...
Been charged to find a Joomla person for some maintenance to an existing site. Good client, pays, low maintenance, etc.
E-mail me at dan @ clear-writing.com (don't use the spaces, obviously....
I have always and still am a huge advocate for Google Adwords. I love you only pay for clicks. I love their are no contracts. I love you such control as to where ads pop up. With that said, am I...
Hahaha you're right Dan, I have seen that a million times. Are they by any chance related to the "I want a facebook clone for $250 dollars" crowd?
heh heh - yea, they are related
"I have an...
You service providers (web designers, graphics, fellow writers) have all heard this a million times:
Me: The price for your writing (website, graphics, etc) is XYZ.
Them: Oh... I'm a startup. I...
It's a nice trick just implying we have equal opinions.
Here are some credentials to back my "opinion." I get paid to write.
and that's all you really need :)
I ran a test on this - and paid $5 to "boost" a post that was promoting a sale at my online store. My Facebook page has about 150 likes. My BOOSTED post reached 90 (organic) and 924 (paid) with 15...
There really is no set thing. Basically, you have to get into the mind of your target client and make them say "yes, this is what I was looking for" when they come to your site / read your brochure,...
Everyone already said this, but ROI is very subjective to circumstance. I pay my adwords bill even if that month's clicks don't add up (although they almost always do)
But once I get a client, I...
I love these "race to the bottom" suggestions.
For people who use fivr or want freelancers to Thunderdome-it on 99 designs... I truly, truly hope you offer your OWN services that way.
I personally dislike those one-page sites. It seemed to be a big booming fad for a short while, but it's subsiding now. In most cases, they are terrible for business.
The reason is simple - one...
You do need some HR/ recruiting knowledge to prepare proper resumes. You need to know the qualifications most important to different industries and positions and what to emphasize or deemphasize...
Dealing with college kids asking questions is probably #1 :)
Ok, seriously - I would say marketing. Because it's not an exact science. Taxes / paperwork, while tedious, can largely be handled by...
The OP, Dan was talking about customer gifts, not employee. How do you handle that?
Indeed - I think getting employees a gift / some kind of bonus is almost mandatory.
I'm kind of talking...
I'm really not a fan. Not at my level anyway. If I was doing 250k+ a year, I would probably consider it for some clients.
In a twist, I get gifts from certain clients. They feel I'm a...
Toastmasters.
Find one in your area (they're there). Attend a meeting. Then join.
with $600,000 in potential business YEARLY that HOPE still has some value.....$100k isnt all that much to ask for potentially 10-15 million over a lifetime
its not like i do much more than just...
To answer Harold's original question, I get rid of people like that. They are more trouble than their income is worth.
Freelancers are by definition independent contractors...
Yup. In fact, once the client starts dictating rate or schedule, that enters a very grey area.
Contrary to some of the other posters, I actually highly recommend WP Engine since you're using WordPress. There are other similar services, but I haven't used them in a while.
In addition to the...
Nothing like a new car!!
Credit cards work well.