When I was first starting out my career I worked for an aviation startup company. My boss was more of a salesperson than a coder but he used a lot of techniques in 2002 that today’s “growth hackers” rave all about.
One thing that always impressed me as a introvert was how everyday he’d call at least twenty people. A lot of these people he knew from corporate aircraft sales, other times he’d cold call aircraft brokers and try to convince them to place an add on the site. He would do this consistently every morning. Sure enough, every day he’d at least have five paid ads to place on the site.
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Fear is a powerful emotion, especially the fear of failure. That fear runs in the heart of every freelancer, we’re utterly terrified of failing.
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In addition to performance tuning my agency’s website in Craft CMS, I’ve explored the performance tuning options available in WordPress for this blog, one of my discoveries has been WP Super Cache.
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For a lot of people, .htaccess is a complete mystery. Most of us (myself included) basically get by with copying and pasting examples from the internet to do certain tasks in .htaccess without really understanding how or why the file works.
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Note: I’m not a lawyer, nothing in this post is meant to be legal advice and is not to be taken as such. Please seek the advice of a legal professional for specific advice about your situation.
Getting sued is probably one of the top concerns freelancers have. After all, even with a contract/service agreement (which you absolutely should have for every project) a sufficiently motivated former client can still take you to court if they have enough time and money. Professional liability insurance is there to cover you if that happens. Find out more about this essential tool for your business.
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Having a service agreement signed between you and your client is a must for ANY project. Not only does having a service agreement protect you in case the project goes bad, it also marks you as a true professional.
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Empathy in business may seem like a very odd concept, but I believe it could be the strongest trait a developer has when building trust with clients. Learn how empathy has served me well in my freelancing career.
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The ExpressionEngine add-on marketplace, Devot:ee has implemented a pricing option for add-on developers that I believe will change the commercial add-on industry for the better (not just for ExpressionEngine). That option is what they call “timed downloads.”
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When I started freelancing I didn’t worry too much about deploying code to a client environment. All I did was simply FTP up the changed files.
As Anecka started getting more projects, as well as longer-term contracts which required on-going maintenance, I noticed more and more of my time was getting sucked into figuring out what needed to be be deployed and on what server. I knew my process had to change and I need to automate my deployment tasks.
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A proper Git workflow procedure for your projects can help you manage a wide range of issues that arise during a project. Learn how to use git as the central focus for your team and why it’s important for your business.
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