Where is the Web Design Freelance Interview?
Where?
I know you are already wondering where the Freelance Friday interview is for this week. I am sorry to disappoint, but I haven't received any new ones back yet. As soon as I receive them back, you can bet I'll schedule them in and Freelancer Friday will continue as regularly 'programmed'.
Can I help?
Sure! Do you know of anyone who I should interview? Do you work full time in the web design industry as a company owner or freelancer? Can you give me an 'in' to get the interview? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then I want to speak with you. Either comment below or use the contact form and we'll chat.
Bookmarkables for 24 September 2007
Another strong week of links to help you start a web design business. Articles ranging from leadership to links and Google to income in this weeks bunch. If you've found something to be bookmarkable this week please send it to me or add it to the comments below.
- 25 Freelance Tips to Maximize Your Income by Performancing
- Are You Too Focused on Google? by J DAvid Macor
- Magic Tricks for Great Leaders by The Engaging Brand
- Are You Using the Five Types of Links Properly by Copyblogger
- Ahh! Those Slow Months! by Freelance Folder
My Blue Jar Group Writing Project Selections
As an entrant into the group writing project hosted by Blue Jar, that makes me a judge. I am to read all the entries and then post my top 3. Since there were over 40 entries, I had a lot of reading to do. Like others in this writing project, I am using a different kind of selection process.
My Process
Since I have a highly focused audience, I scanned all of the entries titles and narrowed them down to relevant topics for my audience. Writing good titles/headline is important. I then opened up those that were relevant and caught my interest. Quickly I scanned through the articles (lists, headings, images, and those kind of things help the scan-ability of good articles), and eliminated those that didn't look like they would contain useful information to my audience. This narrowed down the field significantly. Finally, I read the remaining entrants and selected my top 3.
The Client Cycle Explained
We all know that developing a relationship with a client takes work. It sometimes is neglected at every stage in the process. This should never be the case. You need to be actively building a relationship with that client, beyond just the project. This client becomes a mouthpiece for your web design business. Whether you think they were the biggest pain to work with or whether you want them to or not, they will be. So how do you build this relationship?
We need to know the various stages that a client goes through so we can build a fruitful relationship. These stages circle around creating what we'll call the client cycle. This cycle consists of three distinct stages, identified by various aspects of a project. They are the Prospect Stage, the Proposal Stage, and the Project Stage. Let's look at each one individually.
Bookmarkables for 17 September 2007
Web design business links for your week. This week I have two excellent resource lists. One is a list of CSS resources and the other is a list of overall resources. If you've found something to be bookmarkable this week please send it to me or add it to the comments below.