On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Ravi Gehlot r...@ravigehlot.net wrote:
For instance, your name(Jenny Gavin-Wear) is very powerful. Try to build
a BLOG and give people what they want.
Try to get on Social News
networks like Digg, DZone, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Reddit. Also try to
get on
I second Guru.com, you can pick up small and large products, and if
you don't shun php you can do much better.
Lu
On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Dave Phillips experiencedcfdevelo...@gmail.com
wrote:
Guru.com was good for me a few years ago. Some clients post projects
looking for US only
I have experienced the same here especially with IT. But since I like
programming more, I kind of drifted away from the whole IT scene. But
you are correct, word of the mouth is also a good selling point. Great
you mentioned it.
Ravi.
Jacob wrote:
Word of mouth...
I been in IT for 14
A major contributing factor to these low-ball estimates is a lot of the
time, people completely unfamiliar with how IT should be conducted, much
less how much it should cost are the ones who are posting the jobs. Anyone
in their right mind who has worked in this industry should know that they
will
At times, I get requests from people wanting me to build websites for
them. Such websites range from a simple layout, in css without any
server side scripting, to complex websites like those of social
networks. These same people want the work to be done in an unbelievably
short amount of time
Hal Helms Clark Valberg gave a good preso at ColdFusion United called
Changing the Game. It was about how to win more profitable work. The
materials may still be on the CF United 2008 website, if not on Hal's own
site/blog. It was very interesting and worthwhile.
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:19
Vicky,
I wasn't able to find the presentation but I did find the notes of a
person(http://www.philduba.com/index.cfm/2008/6/21/CFUnited--Changing-the-Game)
who attended it. Here are his notes from the presentation Changing the
Games by Helms.
- Concentrating only on your rates =
great post.
thx for the info R
-paul
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Ravi Gehlot r...@ravigehlot.net wrote:
Vicky,
I wasn't able to find the presentation but I did find the notes of a
person(http://www.philduba.com/index.cfm/2008/6/21/CFUnited--Changing-the-Game)
who attended it. Here
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Ravi Gehlot r...@ravigehlot.net wrote:
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http://tinyurl.com/humorFreelance
That reminds me of a cartoon I saw a long time ago. It basically said,
We have great service and low prices. Which would you like?
--
Matt Williams
It's the question that drives us.