Inspired by the great Jessica Chan’s post on Instagram. What are the non-tech skills you need to cultivate to go from good to great in web development? 4 of hers, three of mine.
8 things to look at and rework if you’ve been applying for developer jobs and can’t get hired.
This Reddit thread blew up over the weekend with lots of devs feeling the same way. Is that you? If so, here’s advice from the community and my own thoughts and how to deal with feeling burnt out and overwhelmed.
Just uploaded a new episode of the podcast. Here’s the breakdown: Ever getting overwhelmed with how fast things change in web development and the constant learning you have to do to keep up? Heard the
Just uploaded a new episode of the podcast. Here’s the breakdown: Changing (or thinking about changing) your career to development, but uncertain because you’re a bit older? Not sure how you to make the switch
Ever feel like you’re stuck in a endless cycle of tutorial-taking? Or, just too reliant on tutorials to get anything done. In this episode, I’ll show you how to permanently break free.
Answering the common questions I get about starting a business. Biggest challenges, what made me finally go for it, what did I do to get profitable, managing my time early on, did I quit my job, etc.
Just uploaded a new episode of the podcast. Here’s the breakdown: The future of web development is clear. You can choose one of 3 paths. And, if you’re not on the right one, FOR YOU,
When it comes to freelance marketing, this is the most important thing I can teach you. It’s not sexy or flashy. In fact, it’s a lot of hard work. But, it’s the one thing I know I can rely on year after year, no matter the scenario. And since I started doing it, my business has grown over 500%. So, take it for what it’s worth to you.
Do you know about the Global Game Jam? It’s a challenge/event to create games in one weekend in hundreds of locations worldwide. Anyway, chat about that and how to stay laser-focused in a world full of distractions and chaos. Specifically, that focus is NOT about discipline or will power and the 3 things you need to do to stay focused no matter what’s happening around you.
Got this comment on Ytube the other day: I have trouble with getting a job. I know many web technologies, but i’m not expert in any of them. I can’t get enough experience in one
My poor wife had an iPhone for a number of years. And (as I’m sure you’ve experienced with your friends and family) every time something went wrong, I was apparently Mr “Know How to Fix
Critics have been saying PHP was dead for years now. But, here it is… still tickin’ away… picking up market share and powering the web. Matter of fact, one of the harshest criticisms I’ve seen
Angela Ahrendts is the former CEO of Burberry… a 3.2B/year company with over 10,000 employees. She’s credited with resurrecting the brand and raising the value of the company from 2B to 7B during her tenure.
In 1998, Jerry Seinfeld made $267 million from the final season of his show, Seinfeld. On the way out, NBC begged him to do a 10th season… at 22 episodes at $5 million per episode.
She stopped me mid-sentence and said: “Ok look. I’m really not supposed to do this, but I don’t want you to leave the building. Wait right here for a second and I’m going to see
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[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms123-the-real-reason-youre-a-web-developer” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] [saf] My son, Davin, is a bit of a rebel. He’s the kind of kid will give you that “suuuure” look if you say something he thinks is
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms122-the-future-of-mobile-and-ios-10″ social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Today’s gonna be a little diddy about a fella named Joe Green. You don’t know him… which is the point. Joe was a college roommate
Subscribe So You Never Miss An Episode [saf] May the force be with you… 😉 Unless you’ve been under a rock (which is totally cool if so) you know PHP 7 has been out for
Subscribe So You Never Miss An Episode [saf] Let me state it plainly… Using a tool like WordPress is by far the fastest way to jumpstart your web development career, carve out more time and leverage
I got this question on YouTube the other day: “How do I create a client base outside of freelance networks?“ Actually, I get this question a lot. And, usually, it comes from someone who’s about
As of June 2016, there are 2.2 million apps available for download in the Google Play Store alone. It’s 2 million for the Apple App Store. Even lowly ol’ Windows has 669,000 apps available for
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms117-what-will-they-say-about-you” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Legacy. When I was in Iraq, I worked in a hospital. Whenever we had a “mass casualty” event, I would run up there
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms116-read-this-email-before-hillary-deletes-it” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I sent this out in an email the other day and I wanted to share it with you. But, BEWARE… read it before
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms115-the-truth-about-freelance-web-design” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Sam, a supporting listener on Patreon, sent me this video the other day and wanted to know what I thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-mP-yYlzps Check out
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms114-are-you-too-stupid-to-learn-how-to-code” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] You feel the tinge of anger just reading that title? It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? How aggressively we react to anything that
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms113-stop-watching-porn” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I think you’re smart enough to look past the title and know what I mean by all this. Here recently I got this email
INSPINIA has sold 29,598 units at $18 a piece. That’s $532,764. SmartAdmin sold 20,136 units at $12 a piece. That’s $241,632. Unify… $321,828. That’s just three of over 800 Bootstrap templates on WrapBootstrap. And that’s
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms111-where-to-start-when-learning-web-development” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Got this question the Tube the other day: “can you guide me on what to do first? I’m a complete beginner at web
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms110-how-he-got-a-php-job-in-3-months” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I got this email over the weekend: “I have NO EXPERIENCE in PHP. I applied to a Job that said this: ‘Experience in
[smart_track_player url=”http://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms109-beware-this-coding-career-killer” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] It’s interesting. I bet if you told most new developers that it was going to take them a year to learn a language
In 2011, online survey giant, SurveyMonkey, acquired Wufoo Forms for 35 million. SurveyMonkey itself does 113 million a year in revenue. And, it’s valued at nearly 1.35 billion. Both of these services serve a simple
So, just the other day I had this Vault guy come to my door. Vault, if you don’t know, is a home security service. They install door and window sensors, cameras, wifi locks… that kind
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms106-should-you-learn-php-or-python-or-django” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Those of you who’ve been around a bit know I used to be an Al Bundy. Yes… I will come clean. I used
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms105-the-fastest-way-to-learn-php” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Today, I wanna go back to the question I asked that started this whole discussion about how to go about learning PHP. That
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms104-the-exact-php-skills-you-need-to-learn-to-get-paid-to-code” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I chuckled a bit when I read it. You might have seen me ask this question. And I do it because I really
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms103-a-fry-cooks-secret-to-changing-your-life-with-php” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Not that long I was a fry cook at a local pizza joint. I clocked into work each day, in my ill-fitting uniform,
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms102-how-to-make-web-design-clients-hate-you” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] (Said in my nerd voice…) Well hello there fella! In this email I’m sending to you here today I will be thoroughly analyzing
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms101-whats-your-worth-as-a-web-developer” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I met my wife in Iraq. Now, if you know anything about the military you know that there’s usually about 50-100 guys for
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms100-thank-you” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] So today marks episode #100 of my podcast. Pretty crazy to me. And since it’s a special occasion and all… I wanted to
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms099-the-real-secret-to-success-in-web-development” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] If you’ve been around these parts any amount of time, you know I get my fair share of hate mail… and I like
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms098-the-case-against-wordpress-and-bootstrap” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Let’s get more into this great debate, shall we? Thing is… This is important. There are too many new developers who fall hook,
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms097-wrong-about-pure-coders-and-the-future-of-web-development” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Well, well well… A few of you think ol’ JMO was wrong in a recent episode of the John Morris Show. (How dare you!) Here’s
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms096-can-i-get-freelance-clients-even-if-i-only-know-html-and-css” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] I always have to hold myself back because I know I’ll lose them. But, it’s just in my DNA. 🙂 This actually happened
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms095-camera-phones-and-surviving-the-next-10-years-in-tech” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] Can you even remember what life was like just 10 years ago? 2006. I barely can. The first iPhone wouldn’t be launched for
I always get a kick out of jQuery… especially animation methods. It’s one of those things that just wows clients… and truthfully, I feel pretty cool watching the animations run on a site. That said,
[smart_track_player url=”https://soundcloud.com/johnmorrisonline/jms093-the-most-powerful-2-letter-word-in-web-development” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Subscribe to the Podcast [saf] If I had a nickel for every time some random person sent me this: “Hey John. Send me your Skype ID and let’s
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75 SEO and website clients now. My income went from sub zero to over 6K just last month. Tracking 10K for next month. Seriously, you changed my life.
By the way, just hit 95K for the year. I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve taught me. You’ve changed my life. Thank you!
I started this 3 days ago, following John’s suggestions, and I gained the Upwork Rising Talent badge in less than 2 days. I have a call with my first potential client tomorrow. Thanks, John!
John is the man! I followed his steps and I am flooded with interviews in a week. I got into two Talent clouds. The very next day, I got an invitation from the talent specialists from Upwork and a lot more. I wanna shout out, he is the best in this. Thanks John for helping me out!
After viewing John’s course, I made an Upwork account and it got approved the same day. Amazingly, I got my first job the very same day, I couldn’t believe it, I thought maybe I got it by coincidence. Anyways I completed the job and received my first earnings. Then, after two days, I got another job and within a week I got 3 jobs and completed them successfully. All the things he says seem to be minute but have a very great impact on your freelancing career.
I’ve been in an existential crisis for the last week about what the heck I’m doing as a business owner. Even though I’ve been a business for about a year, I’m constantly trying to think of how to prune and refine services. This was very personable and enjoyable to watch. Usually, business courses like this are dry and hard to get through…. repeating the same things over and over again. This was a breath of fresh air. THANK YOU.
I’ve definitely learnt so much in 2.5 hours than I’d learn watching different videos online on Youtube and reading tons of articles on the web. John has a natural way of teaching, where he is passionately diving in the topics and he makes it very easy to grasp — someone who wants you to really start running your business well by learning about the right tools and implement them in your online business. I will definitely share with many of the people I know who have been struggling for so long, I did find my answers and I’m sure will do too.
I have been following John Morris for several years now. His instruction ranges from beginner to advanced, to CEO-level guidance. I have referred friends and clients to John, and have encouraged my own daughter to pay attention to what he says. All of his teachings create wealth for me (and happiness for my clients!) I can’t speak highly enough about John, his name is well known in my home.
John is a fantastic and patient tutor, who is not just able to share knowledge and communicate it very effectively – but able to support one in applying it. However, I believe that John has a very rare ability to go further than just imparting knowledge and showing one how to apply it. He is able to innately provoke one’s curiosity when explaining and demonstrating concepts, to the extent that one can explore and unravel their own learning journey. Thanks very much John!
John has been the most important person in my freelance career ever since I started. Without him, I would have taken 10 or 20 years more to reach the position I am at now (Level 2 seller on Fiverr and Top Rated on Upwork).
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