Sharpen Your Freelance Coding Portfolio: As a freelance coder, your portfolio is your career spotlight. Make it focused on the work you want to do. So you’re the clear expert in the field to your customers. To do this you should: A targeted portfolio cuts through the noise, attracting the right clients and projects your…
Be a ‘specific’ not a ‘generality’ in customer’s eyes As a freelance coder, carving out a niche for yourself can be a game-changer. It’s probably the intersection of your passion, expertise, and market demand that offers an. Specialization isn’t about limiting your potential.It is about honing it.When you specialize, you become the ‘go-to’ expert in…
Are you limiting your learning? Learning is limited by your ability to ignore distractions. Build a habit of removing distractions when you are learning so that focus on the material. Make sure the material is good. Not necessarily the best. Don’t waste time finding the latest and best material…Often the fundamental material is available in…
A profitable freelance business is most effective when it has efficient repeatable systems. As a freelancer, you have to: Whenever you see an activity arise that you need to repeat, it can be delivered more effectively by using a system to make it easily replicable and potentially outsourceable. Capture each activity as a flowchart and…
Failure is a potential issue for all of us But it is neither permanent nor is it terminal. Solid preparation will help you overcome any short-term failure. A strong mindset, a clear set of goals and a compelling vision are powerful elements that will help you overcome the feeling of failure and allow you to…
You don’t necessarily have to have the best idea to succeed Look at how many businesses there are that are similar. There are lots of supermarkets and small shops…Many are successful. There are thousands of successful apps in the app store. It doesn’t need to be the best idea…The competition shows that this is a…
Negotiate from the understanding of what your ‘opponent’ wants. Knowing what the opponent wants will allow you to manoeuvre around the negotiation landscape and find a ‘Win-Win‘ outcome. The easiest way to find out what your opponent wants is to ask…Write is down in a shared area like a whiteboard and then work towards that…
While this is not the latest book on management, it is certainly one of the best. Steven Covey’s classic book on management, ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ remains one of my personal favourites. It captures the 7 elements that anyone looking to be successful should understand. They are simple to understand and apply….
You’ve got to believe in what you are doing If you don’t believe in what you are doing you won’t be able to sell it. Not to your team, not to your backers, not to your clients. You have to believe to sell it to yourself, otherwise that lack of commitment will be evident in…
Not determined? Don’t even begin! If you’re not determined to keep working until you succeed – don’t even begin. There will be so many challenges that you have to be determined to see it through. If not, then do thong else you are determined to finish.
