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content marketing
NEW COURSE: Turn Content Into Clients – Content Marketing For Freelancers
My latest course, Turn Content Into Clients, is now live. Here’s the details on what’s in it: When I first started freelancing, I had no
John Morris
June 24, 2019
freelance
How and where to start freelancing as a full stack web developer?
I remember this feeling. Early on in my freelancing career (way back in 20–… well, I won’t say how long ago that was :D) with
John Morris
June 23, 2019
business
This is how I grew my business over 500%
Question: “What are you doing TODAY to market your freelance business?” If you can’t answer… Or, the answer is a little vague… Or, something you’re
John Morris
March 20, 2019
digital marketing
Walmart and the most important freelancing skill you can learn
Sam Walton started in the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. If you look, today, the population is about 66,000… but back then it was just
John Morris
March 19, 2019
business
How to price your freelance projects
Another common question I get, this time from Gary: “Sir, I’m a self taught web developer with no job experience. My question about freelancing is
John Morris
March 4, 2019
business
The 3 best freelance websites for beginners
There’s 100s of freelance sites out there. When you’re new, it can be overwhelming trying to sift through all of them to figure out which
John Morris
November 13, 2018
computer science
What’s your biggest fear about becoming a web developer?
Serious question. I made it into a Quora question, I’m asking you to answer: http://qr.ae/TUIJa1. Please answer it over there and not in a comment. I’m
John Morris
August 5, 2018
freelance
The One SPAM Email That Actually Works (To Get Freelance Clients)
This is a SPAM email I just got: Subject: Can you answer me soon Greetings, You may be completely unaware that a few things you’re
John Morris
July 31, 2018
freelance
The Most Vile Client I’ve Ever Dealt With
One of the tougher clients I ever dealt with was one of these “enlightened” types who likes to run around singing koombaya and telling everyone
John Morris
July 27, 2018
freelance
The Poor, Stupid, Ugly Developer
It was my junior year of high school. I remember it vividly. The moment everything switched. Up to that point, I was the class mule.
John Morris
July 26, 2018
freelance
The Code That Stopped An Entire State’s Phone Cards From Working
Job security is mostly an illusion. Any company can go out of business at any time. I was just reading this story the other day
John Morris
July 25, 2018
freelance
Overcoming Pricing Insecurities and Raising Your Freelancing Rates
I stumbled across this on Instagram: “Every Monday I send out invoices and ever since I raised my rates, Mondays have also become absolutely the
John Morris
July 24, 2018
freelance
The Moment Every Developer Must Conquer
These are the most important posts I write. I got this YouTube comment from Sir Joelsuf: “I feel like I’m not learning enough and not
John Morris
July 23, 2018
freelance
Why Freelancing Is Terrifying, But Doesn’t HAVE to Be
I think a lot of developers make a mistake when thinking about this… that CAUSES that insecurity. You’re probably taking a generalist’s view of freelancing and “what if I get asked to do something I can’t do?”
John Morris
July 22, 2018
freelance
John Morris
July 20, 2018
freelance
Don’t Read If You’re a Developer
The more I spin around this planet, the more I’m reminded just how true this is
John Morris
July 19, 2018
freelance
How to Raise Your Freelance Prices
Freelance rates aren’t about “less” or “more”. It’s two different words: value and accuracy. And, the processes for increasing both.
John Morris
July 13, 2018
freelance
The Freelancing Lessons In Fortnite Season 5
I think we can learn a thing or two from the world’s most popular game, #Fornite
John Morris
July 12, 2018
freelance
What a super gorilla can teach you about getting freelance work
Technical skill isn’t enough. There’s too many good developers, now. You HAVE to learn how to present yourself and persuade people to hire you. This is the process I learned for that.
John Morris
July 9, 2018
freelance
The Biggest Mistakes Freelancers Make (Part 1)
Let me tell you about Ted (name changed to protect the guilty) Ted decided he wanted to be a freelance developer over 5 years ago.
John Morris
July 1, 2018
freelance
Why Most Developers Can’t Freelance
“I think a lot of those people have the ‘impostor’ syndrome”
John Morris
June 25, 2018
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Chris Aitken
He significantly improved my site through his expert knowledge of PHP, CSS and Javascript. Would definitely recommend John to others.
Ray Edwards
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Bradley Smith
John and I have worked together on numerous projects. John is very quick and efficient and was a pleasure to work with.
Xan Barksdale
Very professional worker who is extremely knowledgable in WordPress and Wishlist Member. I would definitely hire again.
Sukh Plaha
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!