It’s year end and time to take stock of the biz. Did I accomplish my goals? What is in store for 2010? Are my clients happy? Am I happy? Overall, it’s been a good year. Though I didn’t reach my income goal, 2009 was better than 2008. In this economy, that’s a win! Plus, as [...]

Really? I don’t think so. In fact, I’m seriously considering raising my rate. Why? Because I’m Worth It. Every. Single. Penny. When you hire me, you hire: a project manager a creative director a researcher a content editor a writer an art director a buyer a site planner a designer a programer/devleoper and more My [...]

Just got home from the annual smash fest. Ouch! Good news–1 year further from cancer and 1 year closer to old age. Bring on the wrinkles! Turns out that today my hospital was hosting a Town Hall discussion over Obama’s health care reform initiative. If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you’ll know that [...]

The State of Oregon is going to rename and refocus the Economic & Community Development Department. New name: Business Oregon. And since they’re going to need a new website, they’ve put out this RFP. Gotta love it! They’ve got a $90,000 budget for this baby. Quite a piece of change! However, read page nine, section [...]

That’s short for Web Design and Do It Yourself Recently, I lost a prospective web client. Bummer. Doesn’t want to spend the money or thinks he cannot afford to spend the money for a custom site. OK. That’s cool. But, stop and think for a minute. Imagine you’re highly skilled & educated in your field. [...]

Well, yeah—you already knew that! People are losing their jobs. Good people, hard-working people, and very talented people. Everyone is feeling the pain. (Except perhaps, certain recipients on Wall St.) Everyone is cutting back their spending, either because there’s less to spend or a reluctance to spend—the end result is the same. And I’m sorry [...]

OK. I’ll admit it…I’m an oDesk junkie. Signed as a provider last year. Couldn’t help myself from browsing daily—even though I’m seriously overqualified/overpriced/over experienced/or just over oDesk standards. Silly me! Set my pricing by industry standbys like experience, GAG, AIGA, competitor research, and the old “gotta pay my bills, add profit margin to expenses, divide [...]

Well, January’s just about over and we finally have our new president in office—who, by the way, was in fine form chastising the financial industries for their 2008 billion-dollar bonuses! Way to go, O! I was thinking that my next post would be about marketing options that are good value in this economy. Then my [...]