A large number of people are convinced that they can develop their own web site and it’s no secret that they can … and so can you. I chuckle every time I hear this and in fact Intuit even has a t.v. commercial about their new service that offers you the opportunity to create your own web

If there’s anything that bugs me, it’s someone telling me how to run my business. It’s one thing to make a suggestion or a request, but to flat out tell me how to run my business is a sure way to get me to not want to have anything to do with you. I’ve been

Disappearing clients … they come to all web designers at one point in time or another. This is not a “unique to me” situation, these things really do happen to many web designers and it pretty much blows my mind every time! There are those potential clients, which I talked about in Part I of this series. Then there are

We all want to save money wherever we can, that’s just a fact of life. Because I know what’s that’s like, I work at saving my clients money wherever and whenever I can without scrimping on quality. My clients pay me their hard earned money to do a good job for them and I respect

Working with a web designer can be one of the best or the worst working relationship experiences you’ve ever had. Guess what folks? The same is true in reverse! I have some clients that are so neat, I couldn’t ask for better and for them I’m eternally grateful. These people are super nice, fun to

PUgly? What’s PUgly and what does it have to do with web sites? PUgly is my own abbreviation for the descriptive phrase “Pretty Ugly” and the rest should be self-explanatory.  I will admit, I got the idea from another phrase that I heard that’s exactly the same except for one letter. I’ll leave figuring out

At some time or another, every web designer winds up with a client (or two or three) who wants something for their web site that just isn’t good for it.  Sometimes they really have their heart set on it and you hate to burst their bubble, but you really wouldn’t be doing your job if you

We’d like to seet things from your point of view. What would you, as a client, want to see your web designer do (or not!). What topics would you like to see covered on our web site? Got an idea that you think would make our site better?

Here’s your chance – just drop your suggestions,