I have decided to rebrand my freelance company and am sharing my process with you. When it comes to starting something new for me I always begin with the name. In this video I walk you through my thought process of why I am rebranding in the first place as well as what my criteria […]
Read the entry: Rebranding my freelance company – Choosing a nameI got excited. I got excited and wanted everyone to know that I was making my first product and it would be coming out soon. I was pretty vocal about it for about a week, and while I did get some pre-orders for the product I launched to crickets. 0 sales on launch day. Some […]
Read the entry: How I messed up my first product launchI have been working on putting together a course on how to actually make a living as a WordPress developer, instead of simply how to build a custom theme. If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram then you have seen some of my progress. The course is nearly completed and in the spirit of […]
Read the entry: How to make a living as a WordPress developerI have the typical story of a guy who grew up playing sports. I was always in good shape because I was playing baseball, football, wrestling, or racing motorcross. Then I stopped playing sports, got a job sitting all day, started really liking the taste of beer, got married, had a kid, and next thing […]
Read the entry: Freelancers: Take a simple step to improve your healthImagine you are running a marathon. If you are like me your first thought was “Holy crap, there is no way I could run a marathon”. Running a marathon would be challenging, even for someone who is in good shape. Really though as a freelancer that is exactly what we are doing. Doing something that even […]
Read the entry: The WallI wrote on Medium about how focus can actually lead to neglect. Here is an excerpt below and you can read the whole thing over on Medium. I recently listed my weekly goals in a mastermind that I am a part of and felt pretty awesome about not only what was on my list, but […]
Read the entry: How hardcore focus can quickly lead to neglectWe all feel busy and often times have a lot on our plate. This rings even more true for freelancers and makers, who find ourselves wearing many hats and performing tasks outside of just the skill set we are advertising or product we are offering. This busyness tricks us many times into thinking that we […]
Read the entry: Are you doing your best?Priming myself to be productive is something I have put an emphasis on being aware of. My mood, environment, music, time of day, etc dictates whether or not I can get in the zone and be my most productive. One thing I have added to this arsenal of mine is a catch phrase. I know it […]
Read the entry: Get a catch phraseI’m sitting here right now, at the end of the week. After an extremely busy week and especially today, which had multiple deadlines. To say my plate is full at the moment is an understatement. But here I sit with the little down/alone time that I have and I feel compelled to work on something. […]
Read the entry: The need to always be doingAt the beginning of 2014 I had set a new years resolution to learn Ruby on Rails. Well, like most resolutions made, I never followed through. I spent maybe 10 hours the entire year trying to learn rails. I was distracted and I wasn’t ready. 2015 rolls around and I found myself making the same resolution, […]
Read the entry: My First Rails App – Kidkoo