Business, Life Tyler West Business, Life Tyler West

The Bloggers Guide to Courting A Long-Term Readership

Most of us don't go around looking at our customers, our audience members, our blog readers as potential girlfriends or boyfriends. But what if we did? Knowing whats at the end of the tunnel, how much further would you go to forge lasting bonds? Wouldn’t you do everything you could to take your audience "off the market" forever?

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Business, Careers Tyler West Business, Careers Tyler West

How to Value Your Work As a Creative Services Provider

Virtually every web designer, graphic artist and creative services professional I know undervalues their professional contribution. And as a result I get to listen to them bitch about how it's a tough field and competition is stealing clients and sales aren't what they should be and on and on and on. Don't get me wrong. They think they're worth more. In some cases, they even know it. But there's one thing holding them back from commanding the kind of fees that make...

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The Price of Web Conferencing Must Plummet

The price of web conferencing must come down and the major players know it. Leading web conferencing companies may not care to admit it in public, but their business is headed straight for commodity status--or so would seem the fate of mmost internet technologies. But that means good things for consumers.

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