by Jason Long | Oct 23, 2014 | Development, Musing, Running a Business
A guest post from Erick Flores, an aspiring young designer from Mexico. This is my first post for a blog, ever. I was invited to write here, and I’m very honored. But, honestly, when I was asked to collaborate on this blog, I was kind of afraid. I have never...
by Jason Long | Oct 22, 2014 | Contracts, Running a Business
What many people don’t realize is that contracts are negotiable. On every contract you receive, you can make changes. A Few Words of Wisdom from Rochelle Long When someone gives you a contract, you need to read it, all the way through. You could get your attorney to...
by Jason Long | Oct 20, 2014 | Musing, Sales
I want to bring up something that I think a lot of developers and designers tend to forget: it’s not always about design and development. If you don’t have any sales, then you won’t have anything to build. Project managers, developers, designers—we all constantly...
by Jason Long | Oct 16, 2014 | Marketing, Musing, Running a Business, Top Blog Posts
The following is a guest post from Jason Scott Montoya. Most of us have heard the saying, “Fake it until you make it.” In 2007, we launched a marketing company called Noodlehead Studios. When we started, “fake it until you make it” would have...
by Jason Long | Oct 15, 2014 | Marketing, Running a Business
A guest post from Luchia Bloomfield. Hi, my name is Luchia Bloomfield. You probably don’t know me but I have been living off of my design business for the last year… remotely. My clients are in other countries and in most cases, I haven’t actually...