You know, I’m getting tired of trying out a service that is supposed to be “all that” only to find out it is severely lacking. Freshbooks is one of those. I promise I’m not being paid by anyone to write this article. I’m just being...
I had some extra time, so I wanted to do some free touch-ups for some of my past clients. I build BallardLawIdaho.com a few months ago, and the original version had this FAQ page: The first problem was that it was a rather hacked-together version of toggles. I made it...
I’ve never used Photoshop layer comps (mostly because I have never heard of them until today), but they are cool! Layer comps (short for “layer compositions”) essentially allow you to store multiple arrangements of layers within the same file...
Several months ago, I asked myself this question: Should I use my personal name for my design portfolio, or come up with a new “company-style” name? I had been using BradyMower.com for my portfolio, but I didn’t want to indefinitely, so I decided it...
I lost a client yesterday. We had talked and agreed on what I was going to do. We had agreed on the hourly rate, we had set a time frame. Then I sent the agreement… He essentially said that the contract scares him, and that he had expected something less...
Since my recent changes in site structure, I’ve been without a portfolio. And for a designer and WordPresser who wants to continue to land new jobs, thats not a good thing. Previously, I used BradyMower.com as a name and website for all of my design and...
Last night I decided I’m going to stop saying: “I build websites.” Instead I’m going to say: “I create websites.” I know it may be subtle difference, but for me its significant for two reasons: #1 – I feel that...
I recently saw a tweet about Hack Design – an easy to follow design course, so I took a look. I’m going to join this for sure. I’ve looked enough to know that this is going to be great. I haven’t started yet, but I plan to start next week....
I jumped into the world of freelance web design and WordPress consulting about 8 months ago. In doing so, I knew I would be starting over in terms of my hourly wage, but I was confident that I could raise my hourly rate over time. Here is a brief breakdown of how I...
I recently had this question: If a client asks me to do some random item of support (fixing something they broke, adding something new, etc.), should I just charge hourly or should I charge a flat rate? I did a search and came across these two great articles that...
