A few weeks ago I had lunch with a woman who was just plain interest in coding. I answered a bunch of her questions and the conversation turned to running your own business. I've gotten a fair amount of email in the past from students asking about running their own business out of school. (You …
Business Goals for Better Websites
I get a lot of inquiries about web design and development that start like this: "Well, I have this idea ..." Ideas are great! The best, even. My problem with this statement is that often times, I am the first point of contact that budding business owners and entrepreneurs have about their business idea and …
DIY Logo
Your logo is probably the most important part of your brand. If you have any budget at all, spend it on this. However, a lot of people just don't have the money when they are first figuring out their business. If you absolutely must do a DIY option (ahem, until you've saved up enough to …
The Best Design Feedback Tip
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog post entitled How to Give Great Design Feedback. I still think that post covered some gems: making sure that you don't fire off your first impression, have adequate time to go through the site, write it all in one email and check all the links, but it the …
How to Get Over Launch Paralysis
Today, I want to talk about something a little different: Launch paralysis. What is launch paralysis? Good question! Essentially, it's a term (that I made up) to describe what happens right before launch day. To explain further, I'll tell you about when I relaunched my website, earlier this fall. I had a bit of downtime …
3 Tips for Hiring a Designer
Hiring a designer to work with can be a daunting task. To make things worse, web designers can have a reputation for being a bit flaky. So how do you know that the designer you're picking is a gem? Below are a few things to know, when picking a designer (or a developer, for that …
My New Website
Earlier this week I launched my new website! I had a bit of time this summer to redo it and I'm so glad that I did. It's now fully responsive and has lots more information about my services and process. It also displays more of my recent work! With the new site, I'm also committing …
The Best Things I’ve Learned After One Year of Business
This post is a little bit late. Technically my one-year anniversary in business was on October 15th, or the Monday after I finished the Technical Web Design program at BCIT. If you look at my paperwork, you could also say that my one-year anniversary was on November 8th. Regardless, I think I blog post is …
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3 Awesome Things I Learned at WordCamp
This past Saturday marked my second foray into Vancouver's WordCamp. Last year's WordCamp was pretty awesome, but I remember sitting there, the day after I graduated from BCIT feeling like I didn't understand most of the things that were coming out of the presenters' mouths. While there was certainly A LOT that was over my …
The Best Productivity Tip I Know
I have been largely silent on my blog and social media outlets lately! The reason is simple: I've been busy! June was my heaviest teaching month so far, and I'm working on a couple of exciting projects too. That means that I've had to be as productive as I can be. I've turned to an …
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