Another Monday and another successful Reader Question Monday. Usually I go with kind of a FIFO model for reader questions, but I bumped one that I’d just logged because it seems interesting. It concerns how to politely say no and how to know when to say no with clients and prospects. I’ve excerpted some of…
It occurs to me that I spend a good bit of time weaving narrative into my posts. I tell personal anecdotes to ground stories, and I add in a good bit of figurative language. But it’s always fairly superficial. I don’t generally get heavily into my own story. As an introvert, this makes sense, since…
Happy Monday, everybody. To help prolong your procrastination over morning coffee just a little bit longer, I’ll offer you the latest installment of reader question Monday. Today, I answer a question that many reading my blog probably have: should I incorporate? Here’s the actual question, as I recorded it. What is the cost/benefit of incorporating?…
Another Monday, another successful reader question Monday. Today’s question is about learning on the job. Let’s take a look. This is more of an app dev shop question than a consulting question, but here goes. Say you’re consulting for a client and the client has a specific need for some app dev work which they…
Ah, the mission to find clients. Critical for any business, obviously, but especially daunting for the newbie solo consultant or freelancer. Today’s reader question solicits advice on how to tackle this. I like your ideas for future topics. I’d love to see more on how to find and win clients. Not just general marketing, but…
