Last month (October 2011) I made a decision: I was going to start tracking business leads. The idea being that this would help me to see how business was doing in the future. Also I like looking at stats so it’s all win as far as I am concerned.
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New tools
One of things, I always said to myself as an employee, was that if I was ever the boss, everyone I employed would have top of the range equipment – and not have to struggle by on old machines and archaic software.
Cashflow: the hidden killer for freelancers
I’ve been a fulltime freelancer for over three years and in that time, I’ve changed from being quite shy about the topic of money and charging clients to being very upfront and realistic but, even now, one of the hardest concepts is cashflow management.
New Office
Two weeks ago, myself and my office mates moved into our new office at 23 New Mount Street (View Google Map).
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Mediaburst win Big Chip award for Florence
I’m delighted to announce that last month one of my clients, Mediaburst, won a Big Chip award for their Florence project.
Team Mediaburst receiving the Best Public Sector project award at the 2011 Big Chips
Mediaburst nominated in 2011 Big Chip Awards
I’m delighted to announce that Mediaburst’s Florence project has been nominated for two Big Chip Awards in the Best Public Sector Project and Best Mobile Project categories.
A new direction in typography
Even though I only redesigned this website a few months ago, something hasn’t felt right ever since… the choice of typeface. So I decided to finally do something about it
Writing more information for new clients
Last week, after moaning about the deluge of emails I get from unqualified leads I decided to do something about it. So I’ve beefed up a section of my site with details for about web design for small business clients.
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A guide to recognising tyre kickers
This website does very well for the search term, freelance web designer manchester. This means I get more than my fair share of emails from people requesting quotes for projects whereby the people requesting the quote have never commissioned a website before and don’t know how much it should cost or what’s involved.
Thoughts on unpaid internships
On Friday, I saw a job advert from a local web design agency that made me quite annoyed.
The cost of conference attendance
Last week I attended the New Adventures conference in Nottingham, as every man and his dog has blogged about their experiences already, I thought I’d do something a bit different and detail how much it cost for me to attend. After all, a lot of people don’t go to these events due to the cost.
Making email newsletters more human
Every few months I receive an email newsletter from visitscotland.com, nothing unusual about that except that the email is always addressed from ‘Rebecca at VisitScotland’.
New year, new look
Today, a mere 9 or so months after starting the design work, I’ve finally launched my new website redesign.
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