Interviews
Meet Our Client Of The Month: Lance Lang
Most ministries are not exactly the prime target clientele for freelancers. As a category, they have a reputation for short-changing you and wanting a free lunch every other day. It’s a harsh description, but in my experience, it’s been the absolute truth. That’s why meeting Lance Lang was a refreshing change of pace.
Read More3 things every freelance designer needs to do to be successful
I’ve been having a great series of conversations the last few days with another freelancer who’s been struggling to get more work. I’m not even fully where I want to be yet, but I must be doing something right, because I have other folks coming to me on a fairly regular basis for freelancing advice…
Read MoreBecoming your own “brand ambassador”: an interview with Chris Ensor from Hampton Creative
Most of my clients are small-town, small-time operations that spend so much of their time running the business, they forget to get above the thing and look at it strategically. For some reason, marketing themselves is almost always one of the first things to fall by the wayside when they get busy or the budget…
Read MoreGetting Things Done Like Scott Magdalein
I wholeheartedly believe that if you’re going to be successful, it’s important to surround yourself with people who are where you want to be and can do things you cannot yet do. I met Scott Magdalein when I started seeing him on Twitter as the “Digerati Coxswain” for the infamous YouVersion app. Because of the…
Read MoreGetting Things Done Like (My) Boss
As many of you know, I love talking to folks and finding out how they’re kicking butt and making things happen. I spend a good portion of my Saturdays out in the festivals and craft shows, just talking to these self-made entrepreneurs who have been building their business from the ground up, without venture capital,…
Read MoreSEO Success Stories: Astra Solutions
Author’s note: This is a guest interview with Brianna Young, whom we’ve featured here before. She recently gave a great talk at Socialize Sapulpa about optimizing your website for search engines, and when she mentioned this neat success story, I knew we needed to share the details with our readers. Below, Brianna shares the vitals…
Read MoreInterview with Designer-turned-photographer Brianna Young
I first met Brianna Young in the summer of 2010 when I did some work for her design and media company. She was a pleasure to work with and we continued to do so until recently, when she made the switch to photography. I decided to ask her a few questions about the transition and…
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