Imagine getting new clients all the time using old work you’ve done in the past. How easy would that be? Wouldn’t it be nice? You can do just that – by having a great portfolio. Do You Really Need to Show Off? Yes, you do. When you operate an online business, you need to provide [...]
What You Need to Know Before You Start a Video Blog
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Love it or hate it, video is here to stay. Despite those who need to read and don’t like videos, there are others who think video is the next best thing. And it could be. In our human need to desire fulfilling all our senses, video blogging (or vlogging) seems the next natural step in [...]
How to Swipe Your Way to Faster Communication and Better Service
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Personalized communication is important these days. No one likes automated responses and canned communication, and we feel let down when we see those template replies. Your potential customers want to work with you. If you treat them like a number, you may lose sales. But new freelancers often go to extremes to avoid the problem [...]
An Acting Lesson That Teaches You to Write Well
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I was at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival last week. You should all be warned that I will probably be having a lot of fun with play titles for awhile here. Also, should anyone happen to be out in Oregon for whatever reason (like, because I told you to), there’s a play called Equivocation by Bill [...]
WordPress 2.8: It’s Time to Upgrade Your Site
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WordPress 2.8 has been released, and the platform has some pretty exciting stuff going on. Many of the improvements involve the scripting and style under the hood, which speeds up WordPress to make it much faster to load and less stressful on your web server. The real fun stuff is in the dashboard, though. You [...]
Your Blog Readers Aren’t Buying
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If you own a blog, you probably stress out over increasing your readership. The authorities tell us big numbers means success, that you need to get a thriving blog community happening and you need more numbers on display. The message that numbers count comes across loud and clear. Bloggers stress over how many readers they [...]
Why Bloggers Should Be Paid More, Part III: Not Everyone Blogs Right
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This series covers common myths about blogging that contribute to the low-payment factor, to wit: that blogging is easier than writing other kinds of copy, that blogging takes less timethan other kinds of copy, and that bloggers are a dime a dozen. Click here to read about the first and second myths – that blogging [...]
Drive-by-Shooting Special: Start Being Your Best
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Harry pushed back the yellow construction helmet and tucked the clipboard under one arm. He squinted against the sun at the brand-new building. All around him, heavy machinery whirred. Off in the distance, he could see James trying to wheedle his way into operating the crane that was lifting a large billboard into the sky. [...]
Do Your Videos Shut Out a Third of Your Audience?
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I don’t like watching videos. I don’t like listening to audio clips either. I know that this is the new face of web interaction and that more and more sites are beginning to dabble in new ways of reaching people. I also know that many people enjoy watching lively videos or hearing human voices over [...]
Why Bloggers Should Be Paid More, Part II: Short Posts Do Not Equal Short Hours
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This three-part series covers three common myths about blogging that contribute to the low-payment factor, to wit: that blogging is easier than writing other kinds of copy, that blogging takes less time than other kinds of copy, and that bloggers are a dime a dozen. Click here to read about the first myth – that [...]
