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Web geeks + snowboarding = Snow Web 06
John Allsopp, one of the the organizers behind this year’s Web Directions conference, along with a couple of friends, is organizing a ski/snowboard trip in the Snowy Mountains this July, by the name of Snow Web 06.
Snow Web is a long weekend in the Aussie snow at Perisher, Friday through Sunday July 28-30. Ski or board by day — meet at the Man from Snowy river when your legs give out and talk webapps, web2.0, Ajax, CSS layouts, business models, RSS, mental airs, whatever takes your web developer/designer fancy.
As a long-time boarder, I’d love to be there in full force, but unfortunately I have other commitments. However if you were planning on a trip to the Australian snow fields this July, or perhaps were aligning your attendance at Web Directions with a few months of travelling around Australia (it’s been done before) then you might want to factor Snow Web into your itinerary…
How To Get Your First Client
Here a a few ideas for those of you looking to get your first client, although these ideas apply to anyone at just about any stage of development:
1. Write down the names of everyone you know, everyone. You should be able to get a list of 100 people. Use some techniques to “jog” your memory. For instance, go throught the phone book business pages and list anyone who is a specific professional you know (accountant, architect, etc. all the way through to the z’s). Include your neighbors, your family, your former employers/colleagues, people you play sports/hobbies with, people at your place of worship, and so on. List people with red hair, people with good senses of humor, people named tom, and on and on.
Then contact these folks, tell them what you are doing, and ask them to make connections for you. Ask them specific questions, like, “Who do you know who recently started a business?” Then follow up with those people. Either they will need a web site or redesign or they can refer you to people they know.
For every door that closes, try to open 2 more doors by asking for two more names.
2. Target some visible local …
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