If, like me, you rely mostly on PayPal to collect payments from clients, then you know that PayPal deducts fees from the total amount you billed and you do not actually get the original fee you asked for. The amount that PayPal deducts is calculated as 3.90% of the total (for recipients in the PHL with monthly [...]
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A case for affordable web design: How to lower your price without killing yourself, your business, the market or bringing on the ire of other designers
Recently in a Facebook group I belong to, an interesting discussion thread was started by my former creative director. The discussion revolves around a designer’s ad promoting his web design services for a low price of PHP 5,000. That’s USD 113.27 by today’s exchange rate. Not a few members reacted that designers who price their services this [...]
Free (or cheap) online tools that help with my freelance business
In any business, it is wise to keep one’s overhead costs low in order to maximize profits. For freelancers like me, this proves a big challenge as we pay everything out of our own pocket. That is why many of us rely on free tools to get our businesses going without adding to the cost.
What a difference a blog makes
I started blogging in 2001 at blogger.com. I forced myself to learn perl in order to create my first custom theme in Movable Type. I tried WordPress the first time it came out, but scrapped it in a few days because I thought it was ugly. Then I stopped and never blogged for years. Until recently.
My new portfolio blog, running on PlatformPro
UPDATE: I have since changed the theme to WooThemes Canvas. But I continue to design and support PlatfromPro for clients. I blogged about re-designing my website on New Year’s eve. I resolved to finish the re-design before January is over. I also mentioned that I was using the free version of Platform from Pagelines to [...]
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A case for affordable web design: How to lower your price without killing yourself, your business, the market or bringing on the ire of other designers - bITs: How to check how your site looks like on iPhone and iPad using your desktop Safari
- A case for affordable web design: How to lower your price without killing yourself, your business, the market or bringing on the ire of other designers
- bITs: How to check how your site looks like on iPhone and iPad using your desktop Safari
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How to create an iframe Facebook Page with content from WordPress - bITs: How to secure your browsing activities in Facebook
- How to avoid PayPal fees when sending payment for freelance work
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