by Jason Long | Oct 7, 2016 | Branding, Clients, Content, Contracts, Creativity, Demos, Design, Development, Distance Working, Events, HR, Management, Marketing, Musing, New Features, News, People, Press, Pricing, Programming, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Top Blog Posts, Uncategorized, Web Design
In an interview from SmartBrand Marketing lead by Tom Libelt, I talked about just HOW to run a web design studio / agency. I got to talk about everything i’ve learned over the past 12 years, and some of this wasn’t easy to learn. The good news is that you get to NOT...
by Jason Long | Sep 27, 2016 | Branding, Clients, Content, Creativity, Design, Development, Management, Marketing, News, People, Press, Programming, Random Things, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Technology Business Profile, Top Blog Posts, Uncategorized, Web Design
Through all of my years in web and app development, I’ve seen so many tech companies fail for reasons that could have been easily overcome or never faced. I think it’s finally time someone stepped up and told the start-up companies of the world how not to fail. In the...
by Jason Long | Sep 16, 2015 | Development, Distance Working, Management, Running a Business, Sales, Scoping, Top Blog Posts
This is the story of taking a small web design and development shop from the edge of collapse to profitability in a few simple steps. I wanted to share with you all how I did this so that you too could grow your business, retain your sanity, scale up and down more...
by Jason Long | Aug 24, 2015 | Distance Working, Management, News, Top Blog Posts
From our guest author Annyce Davis Stop the madness! Working from home allows me the opportunity to avoid the hellacious commuting that is often typical of major cities. For the past several years I have had the opportunity to work from home a few days per week at my...
by Jason Long | Jul 7, 2015 | Management, News, Running a Business, Scoping, Top Blog Posts
Why Scoping Matters Had I scoped every project I had ever worked on, countless dollars would have been saved, countless tears wouldn’t have been shed, and I probably could have added years to my life. You see, when you don’t scope your project well, you...
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...