LBK Blog
Welcome to my blog entry!
You knew this was a blog entry before reading the title above, right? (Well, I hope you did or else this here blog entry doesn’t hold as much relevance as I’d planned.) Give your audience some credit, and don’t state the obvious. Say something that matters instead. Words are like real estate. Valuable real estate. Don’t waste them on points that everyone already knows. If I have to look at
5 ways to let me down properly
While I like to think that I’m always the best candidate for any project [insert sarcasm], there are times when I send out a proposal, hold my breath, keep holding it as I wait to hear from the would-be client to get back to me, and then eventually, when I’m blue in the face and pretty sure I didn’t get the job, I wonder why they didn’t hire me. I’m
Blogging and living
I know I should heed my own advice about blogging, but for the past two months, I guess I’ve been really busy, and blogging keeps moving to the bottom spot on my never-ending to-do list. While assignments that pay my bills do take higher priority than this blog, I’m still a little disappointed in myself for slacking for quite so long (I took less time off right after my daughter
Is your website content older than the milk in your fridge?
If so, it’s time to make some updates. You already know that your website should be updated on a regular basis (and twice a year, even when spread out over two even six-month intervals, does not count as ‘regular’). You know that your audience will not return to a site that has nothing new to say. And you know that Google favors sites with fresh content. So what are you waiting
Top 3 ways to piss off your freelance designer
*The types of clients described below are ficticious, and in no way, shape or form represent actual LBK clients. For the record, if any of you reading this are LBK clients, you guys are great! Perfect, even. You never piss me off, ever! Seriously, this post is not about you. Not even a little bit. There is no truth in here, whatsoever. Really.* In any event, if you respect your freelance designer, don’t be one
Setting a goal is the first step to achieving it
In 2008, I said I’d run a marathon. On March 31 that year, I did. In 2009, I said I’d experience natural childbirth (read: no epidural or pain medication). On April 29 that year, I did. In 2010, I said I’d make my side freelance business my full-time endeavor. On January 1 that year, I did (okay, I guess that means I must have said so in late 2009, but I’m not
