by Jason Long | Jul 13, 2016 | Clients, Content, Contracts, Creativity, Development, Distance Working, HR, Management, Marketing, Musing, News, People, Pricing, Programming, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Web Design
Guest post by Simone Smith Missing a deadline is something that happens even to the best of us. Whether you got sick and couldn’t finish your tasks on time or the project took you much longer than expected, one thing is clear – you’re about to miss the...
by Jason Long | May 24, 2016 | Branding, Clients, Content, Contracts, Creativity, Development, Management, Marketing, Musing, News, People, Pricing, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Web Design
Guest post by Del Mauricio There will be a time in your freelance career when you will encounter a difficult client: a hard to please individual with a tendency to either get distracted from the agreed upon project goals or someone who does not follow through with...
by Jason Long | Apr 21, 2016 | Clients, Content, Contracts, Creativity, Development, Management, Marketing, News, People, Pricing, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Web Design
Guest post by Kyla Reed How to Sell Almost Anything and Get Away With It. In my last post, I addressed how to determine where your time goes and how to balance it across the different aspects of running a business. With administrative tasks always in the overhang,...
by Jason Long | Oct 22, 2014 | Contracts, Running a Business
What many people don’t realize is that contracts are negotiable. On every contract you receive, you can make changes. A Few Words of Wisdom from Rochelle Long When someone gives you a contract, you need to read it, all the way through. You could get your attorney to...
by Jason Long | May 28, 2014 | Contracts, Running a Business
Disclaimer: This obviously isn’t every rule in the web business bible, but every designer/developer should consider adopting these rules when starting out. Contract negotiation is the single biggest area where beginner designers can get seriously screwed. A bad...