It’s that time of year again- we’re wrapping up 2010 and taking a few extra days to prepare for 2011. We’ll be back January 3rd, ready to hit the ground running! Although we’ll spend the week between Christmas and New Years with friends and family and enjoying the time away from the daily routine, we’ll […]
If you’re a small studio or agency, you may have heard something like this tumble out of a clients’ mouth: “We don’t want ‘friends’ or for people to ‘like’ us. We want customers.” “We can’t do this; it is nothing like what we’ve done in the past.” “I don’t understand why you put in so […]
There are lots of small businesses working independently to make their mark on web development and design. We’re one of them.
We cram as much into a day’s work as we can- and we get really good at working fast to fit it all in. We’ve managed to find a workflow we’re comfortable with, and can do great work within- but we sometimes feel like there aren’t enough hours in a day. There is one thing that makes time seem to double in speed- and not in a good way.
Meetings.
Some say meetings are toxic, and you should avoid them at all costs. As a small studio, we know how a one-hour meeting can quickly take up an afternoon… When we see the day slipping away, it’s hard not to think of the work we could have accomplished during that time- of the money we could have been bringing in, the progress we could have made toward our next deadline.
Poor communicators come in all shapes and sizes. A client who seems like a great communicator socially does not always translate into a client who is a great communicator professionally. There are hoards of articles out there about what to watch out for in clients. Most of them make the clients out to be the […]
Our turkeys are primed and ready for some serious feasting, and we plan on spending the rest of this week eating, laughing and napping! But we know business doesn’t come to a complete halt over the holidays, so if you absolutely need our help on Thursday or Friday- of course we’ll do our best to […]