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How much for a website?
A few weeks ago I received a request for a price for a website project, and that’s about the extent of the information about the proposed website that I received in the request. During my years as a...
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Looking back: Discoveries that altered the course of the year for myself and...
This post could go in numerous directions but I’m going to try to stay focused on web-related discoveries, since this is, after all, a blog that lives on a website about and for Black Hills Web Works....
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Seth Godin on the value of the very small business
I brought Seth Godin’s book Small is the New Big home this week and have been doing some reading. Not all at once, of course, since that’s what he advised in his “Warning” preface: “Don’t read this...
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Burning candles and multitasking on a business level is a definite cure for...
Earlier this spring my other company had an opportunity to build a pretty big remodel project, and so we did. I knew it was going to be somewhat hectic running two businesses at one time, but I didn’t...
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Spending Labor Day with The Bootstrapper’s Bible (a manifesto) by Seth Godin
While doing some research for the now-in-process redesign of the Black Hills Web Works website I ran across a blog post by another website agency that mentioned The Bootstrapper’s Bible in passing. I’m...
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Staying focused
A couple weeks ago I was approached by a sales team from a large company about adding a potentially profitable, tech-related service to what Black Hills Web Works is already doing. There is a definite...
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Testing, reviewing, and comparing 9 web-based CRM (Customer Relationship...
Do you need a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) app? Probably. If you’re in any type of business where you interact with clients on a regular basis, then definitely. Arguably, if you have a very...
View ArticleSaying “No” and other good advice for creative types
This video from Creative Mornings features Jason Santa Maria giving a talk on saying “No,” along with lots of other great business advice for those of us in the creative world. Having been a home...
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Using Bidsketch to create and manage client proposals – a review
Writing proposals is a fact of life in business. I’ve been cranking them out for the past thirteen years, eleven of those while building homes, and, with some overlap, the past four years building...
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