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  1. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    I'm writing this from the comfort of my dining room/office, not knowing who you are, what you've been through, what led you to this point, so what I say has to be taken with a grain of salt. Here's what I think and what I base it on. It sounds like you struggle a lot with anxiety. It also...
  2. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    I was on this weightlifting forum years ago. There was this complete asshat of a guy that thought he knew everything. The problem was that he did know a fair amount. One of the things that he said was, 'you all will figure out at some point that the only thing we have in life is a limited...
  3. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    Its interesting on here because the things we write, we probably write to/for ourselves more than we realize. The reason why I'm hung up on the 'raise your price' thing is that I have needed to raise my price for years. I've had previous clients include more in their invoice payment because...
  4. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    yeah I agree with you. I was hoping to provide him with a way to understand consulting incoming that he probably isn't right now. I do know that my previous experience in jobs has helped me a lot in what I do now - even if i didn't realize it at the time. I was a particularly poor product...
  5. Jon L

    Making Money with Matlab and Python scripting

    If you have the patience to deal with the $10/hr jobs on upwork, etc, you can build up to charging a lot more than that. On Upwork, and probably other sites, once you complete enough jobs and get a high enough score, you're exposed to better clients that pay more. I don't have the patience...
  6. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    I had a guy working for me for a bit that charged $20/hr, US-based. He was an absolute pain in the butt to work with. His entire way of thinking was rubbish. He was a gifted developer in some respects, but had no clue about how to deliver a finished product. Reading between the lines, here's...
  7. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    Yeah, but this is consulting work. 120k/year with full benefits, guaranteed if you do your work is VERY different from charging $60/hr for a few hours to a few days at a time where you also have to cover your down time, payroll taxes, marketing, accounting, etc etc etc. If you can make...
  8. Jon L

    Desert of Desertion

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    $15,000 in 3 years is $400 a month. That's not a lot. I think at least a few things are going on: 1) Your clients are taking advantage of you. Start charging $50/hr for every hour you work for a client. Let them know that that is starting immediately. You will lose some clients. That's a...
  9. Jon L

    Always an uphill battle always an uphill battle always an uphill battle

    RANT 
    I vote for taking $100 a month out of that $1000 and splurging on something you'll enjoy. Not that a $100 splurge is a lot, but if you spend it right, it is still fun. I recently bought a $100 Nest Audio speaker as an upgrade to the $25 Google Mini that was there previously. It sounds a lot...
  10. Jon L

    The importance of testing, betas & trials.

    Its kinda like dating, actually ... Women like a wide variety of things. Some love 6'4 265 lb walls of muscle. Others, are scared of guys like that and would prefer a normal guy with a great sense of humor, or a guy with a brain, or a guy that speaks softly to her, or ... you get the idea.
  11. Jon L

    The importance of testing, betas & trials.

    Does it matter if the other people don't care? What if you focused on what the people that are already in love with your product cared about? Make them so passionate about your product they can't help but buy it and tell all their friends about it. I don't know if it was on this forum or...
  12. Jon L

    The importance of testing, betas & trials.

    what is common about those people that 'absolutely LOVE' your product? I'm no expert on this, but that sounds like a golden opportunity to me. Here's another thought: if you 'improve' the product, would the people that love it currently love it more, or would it reduce the intensity of their...
  13. Jon L

    Bringing on a cofounder, years later?

    I think your primary problem isn't 'marketing,' its why people aren't converting to paid users. I don't think you've spent enough time with your users: asking them questions, figuring out what other problems they have etc. 20k signups is significant. <1000 pounds/month isn't. There is a...
  14. Jon L

    WordPress Development & Support Service for marketing agencies: progress thread

    MARKETING 
    I've stopped the LinkedIn contacts as of about a month ago. Got really busy on project work, and outgoing sales efforts are easy to drop. I've decided to hire out the outgoing sales effort for WordPress. I'm kicking that off later today with the service provider I selected. They've promised...
  15. Jon L

    No experience developing apps, where to start?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Software development is an immensely difficult undertaking. I run a small software development company, and I struggle to keep up with everything. I don't consider myself a programmer, but I've developed some stuff before on my own. I know enough to be dangerous. I do know database design...
  16. Jon L

    How do people charge hourly?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    You can still rescue this though just by talking to them.
  17. Jon L

    How do people charge hourly?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    You don't need a portfolio more than two or three items. How? Build trust by: 1) Listening to them. 2) Asking questions about their overall business goals for this project: Why this project? Why now? What if you didn't do it? What else have you tried? How does this fit into your overall...
  18. Jon L

    How do people charge hourly?

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Its fine to tell them this, but you also need to tell them up front that: "Its really easy for a project like this to increase in scope. I always end up doing a bit more than what was in the quote, and enjoy doing that, but I need your help so that I don't end up doing a $100,000 project for...
  19. Jon L

    All in one person available?

    PEOPLE 
    Finding an all-in-one person for stuff like that is very difficult. If someone is capable of doing all that, they're going to be pretty expensive. What you can do, though, is find someone to manage the tasks. I had someone for a while that did that for me. She didn't have to understand the...
  20. Jon L

    Critique of outreach email for counseling services

    yeah, and in 326 words

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