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Good Riddance to Deadbeat Clients
by Chris Gatewood

Chris Gatewood
  • Rating: 9.2
  • Mar 13th, 2009
  • Article

Legal eagle, Chris Gatewood explains how to eliminate your working life of bad payers. He provides a six-step checklist when devising a standard service agreement, plus some extra tips for countering any objections. Now you can clear your client list of deadbeat debtors forever!

 

10 Tips for Being a Greener Web Designer
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain
  • Rating: 6.9
  • Jul 24th, 2008
  • Article

In the immortal words of Kermit, it’s not easy being green—but there are ways you can do your bit for the environment. Here, Matt offers ten commonsense ways to reduce your carbon footprint ... and your energy bill.

 

The Principles of Project Management
by Meri Williams

Meri Williams
  • Rating: 6.5
  • Mar 26th, 2008
  • Tutorial

Did your last project feel like a three-ring circus? Maybe the project was the problem! Finding good projects is a project manager's first challenge, and in this step-by-step tutorial, Meri explains how to find projects, assess them, and get to know the different people involved, before walking through the process of project initiation. Along the way, she introduces tools and best practices that will help you make a success of your next project.

 

10 New Year Resolutions to Boost your Business
by Miles Burke

Miles Burke
  • Rating: 9.6
  • Dec 21st, 2007
  • Article

It's that time of year! Business owners and operators, coders and designers, grab your pens and start listing your new year's resolutions. Miles has ten practical ideas to get you started -- but the sky's the limit!

 

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Bulletproof Web Design Contracts 2005-10-28 Article 9.5
Contractor or Scapegoat? Keys to Successful Contracting 2005-02-17 Article 9.2
How a Core Relationship Strategy Can Help You Increase Profits 2005-01-04 Article 9.4
Designing For Clients Made Easy 2004-12-20 Article 9.3
From Independent Contractor to Business Owner: How to Take the Leap 2004-11-26 Tutorial 9.4
Product Strategies To Boost Your Web Business 2004-10-22 Article 9.4
How to Master Influence Skills to Sell More Web Design Services 2004-09-17 Article 9.4
Why Small Web Design Firms Should Think Big 2004-05-07 Article 9.4
Get Control! An Introduction to Process and Documentation Parts 1 - 5 - Connecting the Dots 2004-04-12 Article 9.1
Working With Contractors Made Easy 2003-12-22 Tutorial 9.1
Review - Spamnix with Bayesian Filter 2003-11-24 Review 8.3
A Revolutionary Marketing Strategy ...Trust Me 2003-11-21 Tutorial 9.5
Contractor Management Made Easy 2003-09-29 Article 8.5
Build Your Business Through Referrals 2003-08-01 Case Study 8.4
The Web Design Business Kit Chapter 11 - Handle Client Complaints 2003-07-20 Tutorial 9.2
The Web Design Business Kit Chapter 13 - Prepare For Expansion 2003-07-20 Tutorial 9.9
Interview With An Experienced Freelancer 2003-07-07 Interview 8.9
Freelance Partnerships: Opportunity or Oxymoron? 2003-05-23 Article 6.6
Review - Microsoft Project Standard 2002 2003-04-14 Review 5.9
Case Study - Building a Business... Twice! 2003-03-13 Case Study 8.4
Pro Developer - This is Business 2003-02-24 Article 7.8
This is a Stick-Up! Debt Collection for Freelancers 2003-02-21 Tutorial 8.7
Case Study - From Struggle to Success: Walmac Interactive 2003-02-15 Case Study 8.8
Case Study - 7 Keys to Success in a Volatile Market 2003-01-18 Case Study 8.1
Case Study - In Business, 5 Minds Are Better Than 1 2002-12-20 Case Study 8.6
Pro Developer - Throwing Money Out the Window 2002-12-16 Article 9.5
The Big No - How To Turn Rejections into Sales 2002-12-12 Tutorial 8.7
Pro Developer - Creating Your Dream Project 2002-12-10 Article 9.1
The Freelancer's Holiday Season To-Do List 2002-12-07 Article 9
Pro Developer - Optimize Your View 2002-12-03 Article 7.3
Dealing with Distractions 2002-11-15 Article 8.4
Review - Spam Arrest 2002-11-07 Review 7.3
Case Study - Get Web Design Clients on Retainer 2002-11-02 Case Study 8.4
Freelancers: Outperform The Agencies in 10 Steps! 2002-10-30 Article 9
Case Study - How To Expand... Without Offices or Staff! 2002-10-26 Case Study 7.5
Increase the Efficiency of Your Web Design Business - Part 2: Use a Secondary Questionnaire 2002-10-25 Article 7.2
Adware and Under-Wear - The Definitive Guide 2002-09-30 Review 9.4
Search Toolbar Roundup 2002-07-27 Review 6.8
4 Steps to Small Business Success - Move to The Next Level 2002-07-01 Article 8.5
Personal Information Manager Roundup 2002-04-16 Review 7.3
Manage Web Projects with Sitespring 2002-04-08 Review 7.1
Avoid The Audit! 2002-03-26 Review 7.5
Web Development Process 2 - A Freelancer's Perspective 2002-03-19 Tutorial 8.9
Freelance Pricing Part 2 - Quoting To Win! 2002-03-12 Tutorial 8.6
The End of the IOU - Minimizing Bad Debts 2002-02-17 Article 7.5
Customer Satisfaction in 7 Steps 2002-02-11 Article 8.7
Promote Your Business - 8 Steps to Success! 2001-12-21 Article 8.1
eProject - Improve Team Management 2001-10-30 Review 8
Spam Fighter's Toolkit 2001-08-31 Tutorial 9.8
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Increase the Efficiency of Your Web Design Business 2001-03-08 Article 7.6
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Put Your Website On Auto Pilot 2000-08-15 Article 8.6
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