SFNaim - The nth Guides
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We scope and we charge for scoping
February 13, 2015 16:00This is the second episode of the Smart Business Show and today we’re talking about scoping client projects. We will scope projects because just fixing things without diagnosis is malpractice and we won’t be guilty of malpractice. Further, we will charge for scoping because it is a valuable asset to your business. To get more […]
You run a business and that means having hard conversations
February 06, 2015 16:00Today marks the first show where we have a podcast available as well. It’s going to take a day or two to show up in iTunes but I’ll put the link in here when it’s ready. We’re talking about the fact that you run a business and that means having hard conversations with clients about […]
The point to your process is to weed out the clients you don’t want
January 30, 2015 16:00Even if the client is annoyed by your question or your pricing the whole point to your client on-boarding process is to weed out the clients you simply don’t want to work with. Remember that even if they’re rude. Links Components of your Initial Client Email
Dealing with Negative Feedback
January 23, 2015 16:00When faced with negative feedback from a client or a friend how do you deal with it? Do you get defensive or do you dig in and see where the truth is? Do you create a plan to get better?
Getting Clients and being undercut on price
January 02, 2015 16:00You need to specialize and become a thought leader. That’s going to help you get clients and take away the price competition because you’re an expert. Links Book Yourself Solid
So you want to start freelancing
February 14, 2014 16:00Save 3 – 6 months of expenses I lean strongly towards 6 months. Then it’s about knowledge, here are some books I strongly recommend. Get a contract and NDA My Contract My NDA General Reading Quitter EntreLeadership Learn about Marketing Get Clients Now Book Yourself Solid Duct Tape Marketing Guerilla Marketing Learn about Pricing The […]
Working with client competition
January 24, 2014 16:00What do I think about working with the competition of your client?
Which Project Management and Time Tracking Sofware
December 06, 2013 16:00Today a secret listener asks what project management and timer software I use. Trello FreeAgent
Do you have some CRM recommendations?
October 11, 2013 15:00Today I got asked about which CRM I use after the emailer read my post on Daylite. Mentioned Daylite Highrise Evernote
Am I worth more than you?
September 27, 2013 15:00Pricing is super hard. Today’s question comes from Talasan. While reading my book he realized that I charge almost double what he does. Does that make me worth more? See his portfolio http://nicholsonws.com/ Ask me more questions… https://curtismchale.ca/ama
What did I think of Premium Rush?
September 20, 2013 15:00In short, awesome bike handling that I wish I could do. If you have questions you’d like me to answer just ask me.
Budgeting Book Recommendation
September 13, 2013 15:00If you haven’t read it you should read The Total Money Makeover. If you think the book is out to lunch, you’re not in enough pain yet.
Can you learn HTML and CSS and use WordPress?
September 06, 2013 15:00The question today is will you still learn HTML and CSS if you use WordPress to host your site content.
Getting Paid with Open Letters
March 12, 2013 17:00Today I talk about if it’s even worth putting out open letters in hopes of getting paid. Articles Open Letter to Ryan Immel Unfinished Business 006 Unfinished Business 007
On Dealing with Freelance Finances
January 03, 2013 17:00Today we talk a bit about how I deal with my freelance finances.
On Web Frameworks like Bootstrap
December 27, 2012 17:00Today I talk about web frameworks like Zurb and Bootstrap.
On Software Craftsmanship
December 20, 2012 17:00When we talk about software craftsmanship, what exactly does that mean?
Starting Client Relationships Right
December 18, 2012 17:00Today I talk about how to start client relationships on the right foot. Ignore the eyes, I was trying to compensate for looking down, and it’s just creepy.
Writing Workflows and Word Counts
December 13, 2012 17:00Today we talk about my writing workflow and do I stick with a word count on posts?
How do you get started freelancing
December 11, 2012 17:00Today I address a question about how to start yourself freelancing.
I’m not a Bank – nth Guides 004
December 06, 2012 17:00Don’t let clients get away with not paying you on time. You’re not a bank and shouldn’t have any interest in becoming one. Question from JellyBeen
How do I get so much content out and ship so much code?
December 04, 2012 17:00Question I’m wanting to venture out on my own, but I’m having a hard time staying focussed. How do you get so much stuff done and avoid distractions? Yes we went back in time to episode 2. They were recorded in a different order, that infront recording just couldn’t wait.
infront says WordPress Sucks, or does it?
November 30, 2012 17:00infront, makers of Siteworks, recently wrote an ‘awesome’ post on why you shouldn’t be using WordPress. Lets take a deeper look at what they wrote and at SiteWorks, their in house CMS. SiteWorks Pricing Siteworks Screenshots
Rachel Baker – Can WordPress Be a blog engine, CMS and Web Application?
November 29, 2012 17:00Show Links Ghost Svbtle Second Crack
Picking Projects Back Up
August 19, 2011 17:48We all have to stop working at some point every day, but how do we remember where we left off on the project? Today I’ve got a few tips around how I remember where I was in my code and how I keep track of all of the tabs I had open for a project. […]
WPMU Dev – Terrible Usability
June 20, 2011 18:51As with much blogging this screencast is born of a rant about how WPMU Dev disrespects paying customers with their stupid WordPress admin notifications. After all the stuff that flies around about them plus the terrible usability and the long on promise short on delivery stuff regarding their plugins in their forums I’m not a […]
WordPress Screen Options
March 17, 2011 12:00Today we’ll look at a WordPress feature that many people just don’t know about. In all honesty I didn’t know about it till WordPress 3.0 came along and I wanted to add class names to my menus. There are lots of ways to clean up your dashboard and post editing screen and lots of ways […]
WP e-Commerce Drag and Drop Sorting Bug
March 03, 2011 12:00Today we’ll look at a bug (yeah another one) in WP e-Commerce that deals with ajax product sorting. The short story is that if you use the drag and drop sorting of products while viewing all categories you’re screwed. Yeah that’s right you’ll get duplicate products and not all of the products will show up. […]
WordPress 3.1 New Features
February 23, 2011 19:50Today we’ll go over some of the new features in WordPress 3.1 like the new Network Admin menu, the Snack Bar Plugin, internal linking, and Post Formats. For a full list of features visit WordPress.org
WordPress Taxonomy Images Plugin
February 16, 2011 12:00Custom Taxonomies are awesome in WordPress but unfortunately most of the ‘solutions’ to various problems deal only with categories or tags still. Recently I had to add an image to my custom taxonomies and @_mfields again had a plugin that solved my problem. Unfortunately there was one little ‘gotcha’ with the plugin which we’ll go […]
WordPress Menu UI
December 03, 2010 18:37Today we’ve just got a quick comment on how I think the WordPress menu UI could be improved.
The Best Windows Ruby on Rails Setup Part 2
September 23, 2009 12:00This is the second part to getting a Windows machine set up for Ruby on Rails Development by having Ubuntu running inside Virtualbox. View Part 1 here. Today’s screencast will walk through installing Ruby, rubygems 1.3.5 and Rails with rubygems, and SqLite3 as well as installing my preferred code editor Komodo Edit. Watch the screencast […]
The Best Windows Ruby on Rails Setup Part 1
September 14, 2009 12:00I recently purchased a new computer and had to get Ruby on Rails installed on it. Up to this point I’ve been using my wife’s Macbook for ROR development on weekends. It was time to make the jump to a dedicated environment that didn’t interfere with the Facebook cravings of the wife. Instead of just […]