money

  • November 2, 2020

    I Broke My Podcast Sponsorship Rule and There Were Consequences

    I have a confession: over the summer, I panicked a little bit. I wasn’t sure I was going to hit my podcast sponsorship goal for the year. I was short on sales, slacking a little, and you know…the whole pandemic thing. So I panicked. I reached out to a bunch of sponsors, made a couple of deals that were more beneficial to the sponsor than to me, and ended up breaking one of my biggest rules for the show. It didn’t go over well.

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  • August 17, 2020

    4 Ways to Make Money Podcasting

    So far I’ve told you how a podcast can build trust, help you learn, and expand your network. But there is seemingly something obvious missing, right? What about the people who make money from podcasting? That is indeed another reason to podcast, but I will caution you: podcasting isn’t a cash cow, and it may not seem like you’re making any money for a long time. Still, there’s are a few ways to make money podcasting. Let’s take a look!

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  • November 21, 2018

    WordPress Cyber Weekend Deals 2018

    Well it’s that time of year, where there are lots of deals that I’d rather buy for myself than for others. I think nothing better encapsulates that than the digital deals going on in the WordPress /online worker space. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’d love to get a great deal on hosting. But I’d be disappointed if someone got me hosting for Christmas. That said, it’s the best time of year to save yourself some money while making those last minute end of the year business purchases. Here are my favorite (mostly) WordPress Cyber Weekend Deals.

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  • December 29, 2014

    The Promise of Not Delivering

    I’m an early adopter; I’m the guy that a lot of companies rely on to see if their product really works, in the real world. I’m the guy that those companies rely on to create buzz about their product and get other people to buy it. I’m also a web developer who freelanced for a lot of years, and I have a ton of side projects I’d like to work on; people rely on me to make stuff for them. I mention this because I’m on both sides of my next statement: making a promise and not delivering on it could be the worst thing you can do for your business.

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  • November 26, 2014

    How to do Black Friday Shopping from Home

    I remember when my parents first bought something online for Christmas. It was 1998, we had just gotten a family computer (a good one) and a reasonable Internet connection. They ordered from from Dick’s Sporting Goods, but first tried an unfortunate URL that brought that to a site they were definitely not expecting. Being the resident computer nerd, I helped remove the site from both the screen and their history, and got them to the right site. Since then they’ve done a whole lot of computer shopping around Christmas, and in recent years have done their shopping almost exclusively through Amazon and other sites. Why am I telling you this? Because you don’t need to go out on Black Friday to get Black Friday deals.

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  • November 3, 2014

    Why Pro Bono Work Hurts Everyone

    It’s something that has happened to everyone who’s a freelancer, or perhaps just everyone who runs a business. People will ask for things for free; I want to make it super clear now that I’m not saying never do pro bono work. I’ve done it. It just needs to be the right circumstances; asking a person you don’t know for free work is not only bad for the freelancer, it’s bad for your project in general.

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  • October 8, 2014

    Saving for a Wedding

    A lot of you probably saw on my various social media accounts that I proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes. I couldn’t be happier for the engagement, and now the fun part starts: planning a wedding. You don’t have to worry; I won’t be live-blogging every decision we make. I’m sure there are guides out there on how to plan a wedding already from much more credible sources than me, but I do want to talk about some of the practical things I come across in this adventure. The first is that we need to save some money in order to have the wedding that we want to have. Here are some of the things I’m doing.

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  • February 18, 2014

    What to do When Your Credit Card Info is Stolen

    Recently I woke up to an alarming email, possibly from my credit card company, saying there were several unauthorized attempts to use my credit card on various websites. As a general rule I don’t click on links from emails when I’m not 100% sure about them (and maybe I was a little in denial) so I logged into my credit card account and saw that there were some fraudulent charges, including one big one that made it through. I immediately took action and decided to put together this guide of both what to do and some general security advice.

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  • July 2, 2013

    Interesting Links for July 2, 2013

    Google Reader Vigil: This one is a little shameless self-promotiony, but I created a site for users to pay their last respected to the new defunct Google Reader. Google Reader was my first RSS reader and showed me the true power of RSS. I used it faithfully for 8 years and I will deeply miss it.

    How Delaying Intimacy Can Benefit Your Relationship: This is a really interesting read that goes a bit against the grain of what you might here from most people. As a side note, if you’re not reading this blog, The Art of Manliness, I strongly recommend you do. It’s fantastic.

    Are Coders Worth It?: James Somers explores the question, “Is what coders do worth the money people pay?”

    10 Plugins That I Install After I Install WordPress:  The ever-blogging WPDaily.co has a nice list of recommended post-install plugins. They all look good; my must-haves from t hat list are Joost’s SEO plugin and Jetpack. The others are on my todo list.

    Here are the Specs for the Next Nexus 7: The next generation seems to have some killer/longed-for features, like 4G and a back-facing camera. If they can keep it around $200 it will do very, very well.

  • January 24, 2011

    Preparing for Tax Time

    With tax time right around the corner, everyone is gearing up to file and hopes for some sort of refund- found money! For freelancers like myself, this could be an upsetting and arduous task if you’re not prepared. I’ve always been umm…let’s say diligent…about keeping my books in order, looking over them weekly to make sure I didn’t miss anything, and to get a good snapshot of how I’m doing for the year. If you’re not prepared, however, it can be a real pain and a bigger shock. Here are some tips for being prepared for tax time- especially for you new freelancers.

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