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Don’t Forget Value Added… Unless You Don’t Want Paying Clients
The worst feeling in the world is the one you get when you say to yourself, “If only I’d just said X, Y and Z, I would have sealed the deal.” But the bird has flown, the ship has sailed, and you are back to the job board, cold calling, referral asking, or pavement pounding.…
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3 Most Important Techniques I’ve Learned on WordPress (So Far)
Moving toward being a developer has forced me to learn some technical skills and techniques I did not know six months ago. There are plenty of things I have learned in the last six months that I had no clue about. WordPress, to use the words of Augustin, is “shallow enough for a child to…
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Entrepreneur or Freelancer: Are you a businessman or a business, man?
When starting down the path of business, there can be some confusion, even identity crisis. How do you self-identify now that you are working for yourself, or selling your product or service to a general market? How do you accurately speak about what you do? In a weekend away with some folks starting up businesses,…
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Take the Shortcut: Find a Mentor and Apprentice Yourself
When I committed to getting on the Genesis Developer list, I hadn’t even bought the Genesis Framework. Granted I had worked with one client on a project involving the Genesis Framework, but that was hardly enough to say time spent with the framework to know anything about it. If there was an issue, I relied…
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Resources for SEO and Keyword Research
(This post is the result of a question from James. If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll see what resources I can send your way). This post compiles everything I know about SEO and Keyword Research. It is summed up in the resources below that I used to learn and implement…
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Just in Time Learning: Trimming the Fat and Focusing to Move Forward Quickly
Having clients pay you to learn a new skill is a very difficult art. In trying to stay 20 Hours Ahead, you will often bite off more than you can chew. The reason is simple: in the grand scheme of things, you know very little. If you are on the road from freelancer to entrepreneur…
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Time Track with Toggl (or Lose Your Pants!)
Time tracking (with Toggl) is a pretty new experiment for me… but I’m loving it. One of the most influential podcasts of my “20 Hours Ahead” formation has been an interview with a Genesis developer by the name of Bill Erickson on The Matt Report. Erickson uses systems and time tracking to maximize his revenue per hour by measuring the…
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Day 21: Self Education: WordPress Tutorials and Where to Get Good Help
“Take time to improve your knowledge and skills so that you can put a premium on yourself. You don’t have to be content in being simply a good doer if you can also become a great teacher.” ― Jan Mckingley Hilado, Rich Real Radical: 40 Lessons from a Magna Cum Laude and a College Drop…
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Day 20: Self Education: The Staging Site (try it on your computer first!)
As you get more familiar with WordPress, you will want to try and push the limits and see what you can do, both in terms of design and development. It’s easy to want to try new things on your site or even a client’s site, live and online. Reason However, you NEVER want to experiment…
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Day 19: Self Education: The WordPress Community, Who to Watch, Know and Follow
It should be pretty apparent by now: WordPress has an amazing community of people, developers and businesses all contributing to make the community and core of WordPress better and better. Reason There will be several people that you will want to follow and head the advice of. You might even want to hire them! Recipe…