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How to Start a Small Web Design Firm

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For web designers, transitioning from working full-time for someone else to freelancing has some perks, like being your own boss and having a more flexible work schedule. Many freelance web designers choose to use their name as their brand, which on the positive side lends a personal attachment to your business. Build your brand.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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How to find a good programmer or web developer

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Peter Drew Internet Marketing Tools Online Blog Home Recieve an Email for Each New Post Here Contact Peter Drew You are here: Home / Internet Marketing / How to find a good programmer or web developer How to find a good programmer or web developer October 1, 2007 By Peter Drew Leave a Comment 1. Protect your asset.

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How To Be More Persuasive On Your Website

YoungUpstarts

Placing the logos of important business clients next to a sign-up page is a good way to encourage website visitors to go ahead with confidence, too. Placing your social and RSS numbers in prominent places. The followers you have on the social networks can help you persuade new people to try your website in two ways.

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A Framework for Web Analytics

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Jon Samsel Social media, SEO, marketing and writing Home Bio Books Portfolio Login A Framework for Web Analytics On May 10, 2011, Heardable’s CEO, Jon Samsel, was asked to speak at the Jamba Juice Digital Marketing Summit in Emeryville, California. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 startupcto

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The Best Small Business Tools of 2013

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” -Mike Wheeler, Lead Web Developer. ” -Evan Coonrod, LivePlan Developer. .” Feedly : “With this year’s death of Google Reader, us die-hard RSS fans needed a replacement and Feedly surfaced as not only a viable alternative, but as a truly better RSS solution. Good Reads.

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Ardent War Story 5: The Best Marketers Are Engineers

Steve Blank

As part of a small web dev shop, it’s harder to explain to the business people why XYZ can or cannot function as they want when they don’t understand my area of expertise, but it is easy to explain to the client why our products will help them do their job better because of my domain experience. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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