This post can probably filed under “pointless” but it was a working whirlwind of completed projects. Rarely do so many tasks get checked off in one day, so I thought I would share. Today started way too early with #BTVSMB, our local Social Media Breakfast series. This session’s guest speakers included Bill Gerth who tweets [...]
Busy beats the alternative
Over the past six months or so people have been asking, “So how’s business?” Some with trepidation, others grinning as their own endeavors have been keeping them running ragged, too. Ragged in a good way, if you’re a freelance designer like myself. Anyone who works in this business knows – its feast or famine. Busy [...]
Is it time to revamp your online presence?
A down-turned economy presents the perfect opportunity to spend some time examining your business’ online presence. When activity picks up, and it will, wouldn’t it be great to roll out a new look and feel for your customers? The internet is fast-paced and always changing. Staying up to date with the latest design and optimizing [...]
How to communicate with your web designer
Do you have a go-to web designer that’s on call to make updates and additions to your website? If you do, that designer likely has several or many clients just like you that they are maintaining on a daily basis. Most of us freelancers maintain several different websites for several different clients. Sometimes (and ideally) [...]
Truly an Independence Day
I have been freelancing (at varying degrees) as a web and graphic designer for 12 years now, and in early 2008 I stared putting together a plan to officially open my doors full-time. Although I loved my day job, also as a designer, I had acquired enough side-work that I found myself working day and [...]
