Web Design Freelancers

I read an article today where someone was talking about the freedom that you have as a freelance web designer and all the free time you have. Not sure exactly what this person believes but a freelancer is working for someone. They have a client that is paying the bills and waiting for their website.
Freelance web designers need to structure their time just like the rest of the world.

There are some freedoms however if you are accountable for your time and at the end of the day you should be able to look back and see where that time went. Clients will get tired of the work not getting done in the time frame they have given. Having set hours creates a feeling of accountability and makes you less likely to waste it.

By creating a clear workday schedule and sticking to it work gets done. Spending the day in your pajamas does not set the mood for a productive day.

Do not get me wrong, I believe in taking short breaks throughout the day. Go for a walk, grab a snack, drink a cup of coffee 30 minutes of focused work is more productive than an hour’s of interrupted work.

However, at the end of the day you need to look back and see how well you have done. Did you accomplish what you set out to do today?

Evaluate your performance and try and improve your productivity. These are the things that will help you make more money.

As states start to hurt, due to their misuse of funds, they are starting to look for more places to steal money.

And they are now looking at the internet for that income. This week there are plans to introduce a bill that will create a tax on all goods being sold on the internet.

The National Taxpayers Union, NTU opposes any effort to impose “oppressive taxation” on the Internet but the American people need to stand together and put a stop to this.

If there is a bill introduced and it goes through then American companies will no longer have a level playing field with the rest of the world.

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore

I ran across what I thought was going to be a very good topic by Jordan over at WPW, however like most things on the web it fizzled out before ever hitting a high note.

This isn’t an attack on Jordan, as a matter of fact had it not been for Jordan I wouldn’t be writing this now.

I believe Jordan’s thread would have been a lot better had he tried new things as he went along. Other words, if something isn’t working try something different.
I currently make a decent amount of money online and have learned over the years that there are two important things when it comes to making money online.

They are the traffic and the sites ability to convert that traffic.

I’ve got sites that make me money day after day on some extremely boring topics. And even though the rest of the world is seeing problems in the economy, I think God that my business has continued to grow.

However, it’s not been without effort, I’ve changed directions more times than most people change their underwear. I’ve spread out into other areas to pull traffic back into the sites I’m trying to make money with.

Let me give you an example;

I’ve got a website selling silicone wristbands; November was the worst month we’ve had in a long time. In December we redesigned the site and hit a record breaking month however January and February sales started dropping off really bad again.

We decided to build a website about fundraising events and once again drove sales back up and hit an all time high in the month of March. As a matter of fact we broke records that had been set over the past years in that one month.

Why the rest of the world is dealing with a recession, I’m dealing with how to break records that were set last month. There are times in life when we have to change directions and try something new.