It’s been some time, but I’ve been catching up on re-podcasting some of my conference and WordCamp presentations. This one was originally done at WordCamp Orlando in 2014. I want to thank Syed Balkhi of WPBeginner for last minute inspiration on adding a question to my presentation that is often asked in regards to making
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Charge What You’re Worth And Deliver An Excellent Experience
Charging what you’re worth doesn’t always make sense? How can that be? Sandra Martini’s article on this really fails across the board because it doesn’t come from the right angle. In fact, it’s so wrong that it’s scary. Her message tells you to adjust your rate when a client complains, when it should be the
[Continue Reading...]Getting Paid to Give A Testimonial?
Certainly I was a bit baffled at first when I learned that people are paying for testimonials on Fiverr (just look up the search for the word testimonial at Fiverr) and even freelancer sites. These paid gigs are to leave reviews on Yelp, Google+ pages, and many other places that consumers look at in order
[Continue Reading...]Sometimes Meaning Well May Bring More Harm Than Good
As a business owner and someone who rubs elbows with a lot of people, I know I do help, but I also know that once in a while, without realizing it, sometimes meaning well brings more harm than good. Aside from web and graphic design, my passion has been to help people, and sometimes that
[Continue Reading...]Podcast Presentation: Making Money With WordPress
I was honored to be able to go to WordCamp Kansas City in July 2014 to present twice. Making Money With WordPress is actually the first one I did for them. It was actually the first time I spoke about business or social media in particular. I’ve normally presented in the past on blogging, user-end
[Continue Reading...]5 Mistakes People Make When Setting Up Their Website
Websites are sure easy to make, but also just as easy to become a big disaster. A website has to have a purpose, as well as properly convey that purpose to people. If you can’t even do that, they you’re missing out on all those commentators, subscribers, and buyers. Just saying things like “Oh, I’m
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