As requested on the InfoBarrel forum, I’ve put together some quick graphics for use as referral ads on your own site. There are only a few complete right now, once the collection is a bit more complete I’ll put together an article on InfoBarrel itself so you won’t need to traipse all the way over here to my site.
At some point in every freelancer’s life comes the time when keeping track of everything and generally finding enough time to keep up with all sides of the business gets a bit much. This is the time when most of us at least consider whether using a Virtual Assistant or generally starting to outsource repetitive tasks could be worth it.
I recently got to this point and decided to go for the VA approach, since I’d like to get to know and trust one person who is able to help with all aspects of the business when needed. Unfortunately, I had no clue where to start.
When approaching a designer/developer/beekeeper (I’ll stick to “designer” in the post, for simplicity) with your website project, it’s no good just asking “how much does a website cost?”. We often only have ourselves to blame for not providing enough information about how to approach us, so in this post I’d like to share some important points to think about, and a downloadable questionnaire you can use to create useful creative briefs in future.
As anyone who runs a blog will know, the amount of spam comments can be extremely depressing. Luckily for me over the last week the spammers appear to have changed tactic from the usual “Great post! Lots of useful information here” type of comment to something altogether more sinister, and I enjoy variety.
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One thing a lot of freelancers come to resent is the need to “educate” their clients about effective design and appropriate technology. What they fail to take into account is the reason that so many people end up confused in the first place, which of course is that there are a lot of really, truly terrible sites still being created (and paid good money for!).
In this series I’m taking a look at what you as a client should know before ever purchasing a site, and how to tell the amateurs from the pros.
This is the last post in my How to Choose a Web Designer series, and it’s coming to you a day late because we’re moving house this weekend and I’m mostly running around in a panic rather than writing blog posts. So far we’ve covered the different kinds of services people call “web design” and which of them you might actually need, how to judge a designer on their portfolio so you can make an informed comparison, and what sort of questions you should be asking someone you’re considering for the job. In this final part, I’ll go through some important things to bear in mind when making your final decision.
