How to Write A Clear Statement of Work: Web Development Edition
In web development, a project of any scale requires strategy and planning upfront. A statement of work (SOW) is a useful (and necessary!) tool that keeps expectations clear and carefully outlines all of the project details needed to make progress. Each client will...
The 3 Most Common Web Development Niches
Like in other industries, the world of web development is broken up into different areas of specialty. Not every web developer possesses the same skills, nor do they focus on the same area of work. A developer typically specializes in design, code, or content...
What Are You Building?
So you’re setting out to build a system. It’s your baby. It’s your dream. It’s everything you’ve been hoping for. But do you actually know what you’re building? Do you know what you’re getting yourself into? Do you know what it takes to build this system? Well, first,...
5 Easy Ways to Protect Yourself from Bad Clients
Bad clients. Everyone has had at least one in their career. You’ve probably had a lot more than one if you’re a freelancer. The good news is that there are tested steps that you can take to decrease the chances of you landing one of those terrible clients by mistake!...
Why Most Apps Fail & How To Avoid These Mistakes
How many apps are ‘successful’? Not many. In fact, barely any at all. According to this Gartner Research study, 0.01%. Yeah, you read it right, 0.01% success rate. So, basically none. Most apps fail. Now, if success is learning or growing or losing years of life to...
How to Budget for Your Freelancer Lifestyle
Financial responsibility: one of life’s great joys. Not really, ever. For creative career people and freelancers, financial responsibility determines the longevity and success of your business endeavours. However, it will require you to implement behavioral...
8 Questions for New Entrepreneurs
Are you a new entrepreneur? Have questions on where to get started? Good news for you then… THAT is my EXACT mission, to help YOU not make the same dumb mistakes other entrepreneurs are making. In a panel discussion with “Entrepreneurs of Atlanta: Stories of Success”...
Organization for Beginner Coders
Welcome to the land of coding and developing! Getting your bearings in this digital, new world can be intimidating at first. Getting sustainable and organized with all the files and projects can seem overwhelming. From beginner to professional, good coders implement...
The Importance of Scoping
What if I told you there was a way to save yourself the headache of explaining to a client why their project doesn’t work exactly the way they’d envisioned? When you fail to properly scope your work you create expectation management issues: where your vision and...
The Stress & Struggle of Running a Business
In this podcast, Gene Hammett from Leaders in the Trenches and Jason Long from JasonLong.Me discuss the stress and struggle of running a business, the importance of growing your team, how mindset effects challenges, and when to let go.
That Interview at SmartBrand Marketing
In an interview from SmartBrand Marketing lead by Tom Libelt, I talked about just HOW to run a web design studio / agency. I got to talk about everything i’ve learned over the past 12 years, and some of this wasn’t easy to learn. The good news is that you get to NOT...
Why Am I Doing This?
Through all of my years in web and app development, I’ve seen so many tech companies fail for reasons that could have been easily overcome or never faced. I think it’s finally time someone stepped up and told the start-up companies of the world how not to fail. In the...