PodCamp Nashville 2010: The Place For Designers, Developers & Podcasters
This past Saturday, I attended PodCamp Nashville at Cadillac Ranch and it was a blast! There were several great sessions for everything from using WordPress for everything to social media to podcasting, and I was able to capture several photos, interviews and video recorded some of the best sessions (all with my awesome iPhone I...
Read more…A Review of The Designer’s Guide to Marketing & Pricing
I picked up the Designer’s Guide to Marketing & Pricing(affiliate) by Ilise Benun and Peleg Top a few weeks ago at Books-A-Million. I was immediately drawn to both of the topics, as I’m always looking for unique ways to market my business and effectively charge for the work I do. The Designer’s Guide to Marketing...
Read more…SEO 101: Basic Search Engine Optimization
Search engines can be a huge referrer of traffic when used properly. In this post I would like to explain exactly how these search engines rank and how you can improve your search engine ranking. I would like to begin by saying it will take time for search engines to index your site after you’ve...
Read more…Do You Have The Purple Cow? A Review of Seth Godin’s Moo-ness
I recently picked up about $200 worth of books for my business. These included marketing, social media, advanced coding and basic business type books. I thought not only would these books help me and my business, but they would help some of you out as well, who are looking for something to help you along...
Read more…Get Your Clients To Stop Comparing Rates
You are the best at what you do. No other freelancer can do what you do as well as you do it. The problem, however, lies in getting clients to understand this. This is particularly hard if you’re still in the start-up stage, where you’re having to find the clients, instead of them coming to...
Read more…10 Essential Plugins Every WordPress Blog Should Have
WordPress is known for being one of the most powerful open-source blogging platforms today. Not only does it work great for blogs–it also functions as a regular content management system, which also makes WordPress one of the most popular platforms. One of the reasons that makes WordPress so popular is the free plugin community. Plugins...
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