Can we talk about my web designer for a minute? Oh. I guess you don’t know him. Well, I do. And you should. His name is Chris Cagle and he blows my mind.

Everybody and their brother can call themselves a web designer these days. All you have to do is slap some html together, and all of a sudden you’re hanging up your shingle. Chris is the real deal, though, and he has saved my butt throughout the web design process.

Chris held my hand throughout the whole thing. When I called him in a panic saying that I was going to be a Problogger sponsor in the grand total of four days, he calmed me down and told me not to worry, he could do it. And he did. When I realized 36 hours before my launch that it might be a good idea to have StumbleUpon and Digg buttons, and change the location of my comments, and figure out what the hell I was supposed to do with Feedburner, he was calm and professional and made it all happen.

By Naomi Dunford - Oct 5, 2007 in Home Business Case Studies
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So I’m surfing the internet trying to avoid working, and I come across a link to this site. (I would love to credit the person who gave me the link but I didn’t know I was about to come across one of the awesomest blogs on the internet, so I wasn’t paying attention. Whoever you are, I’m sorry!)

Anyway, Jarkko Laine is a software developer in Finland who is Insanely Interested In Everything. That’s his tagline – his wife made it up. (A little shoutout to Jarkko’s wife, Mari – I have a husband like that and I know how you feel, honey.)

By Naomi Dunford - Sep 28, 2007 in Home Business Case Studies
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Can we take a minute to talk about one of my biggest pet peeves? Something that really sticks in my craw? (I don’t think I’ve ever said “sticks in my craw” before. What is a craw?) Lack of phone numbers on websites. It makes me batty. I would say that the primary reason I chose my web designer is because he had his phone number on his contact page. (That and he does awesome websites, but let’s face it, so do a lot of people.)

Anyway, Scott of Hello, My Name Is Scott fame has his phone number on his website. He has a home business office number, yes, but he also has his cell phone number. Yup, his cell phone. As in, the one that he carries around with him when he’s having lunch with his girlfriend.

By Naomi Dunford - Sep 21, 2007 in Home Business Case Studies
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