How to choose between a WordPress agency or freelancer?
How do you choose between hiring a WordPress agency and hiring a WordPress freelancer? Let me tell you. Here's how I break it down.
Developers: The Owner Is You
We now explore my team's role in complex environments. I use sports metaphors, but tell them something is different. "The owner is you."
Developers: We’re travel guides or explorers
Software developers like to think like engineers, but in the work we do, it's rarely engineering per se. It's more about being travel guides.
If you think you don’t need segmentation, you’re wrong.
I'll be honest with you, too many people think they don't need segmentation homework. They want to work on other things. And they're wrong. Completely.
Sometimes the time for growth is later
Sometimes the time for growth is later. After you have better systems, accountability, and process in place - not before (which can drive new hires crazy).
Questions to ask when thinking about outsourcing
If you've been thinking about outsourcing, then I suggest you consider asking any prospect these five questions.
Never justify your business plan, Ever
People may ask questions. They may debate your model. But you should never feel like you need to justify your business plan to anyone. Ever.
Want greater success? Be less accessible
Smart people have boundaries. That's why, if you want to find success, you should be less accessible, not more.
Five business tips for freelancers
There's a story about blind men and an elephant. It provides the imagery for the five tips I'll share with you if you're a freelancer.
Dealing with Competitors
The question was simple enough, about dealing with competitors, but required more than 140 characters to answer.