Webvisions wrap-up
Posted on May 29, 2010 by Sean Wiese
So I had the chance to attend a local conference here in Portland called Webvisions. The focus of the conference is to “explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy”
Since this was my first opportunity to attend, and under the circumstances, I would be trying to twitter out as much of the information from the sessions I attended as possible.
This would also be my first real dive into live-tweeting sessions, while trying to listen and retain the useful bits for my own knowledge, but also to filter and tweet out pieces that could be useful for others that were not able to attend that particular session. With so many other people also doing the same thing, you expect to see some overlap in tweets, while also being able to just re-tweet others information.
Getting into the sessions, I will admit I was a little hesitant, as I don’t consider myself an expert, guru, coach or anything of the sort. It was a bit intimidating. However, that soon passed as I sarted to realize that everyone was there to do one thing, LEARN.
While I should have done a more comprehensive writeup closer to the end of the conference, I would have been able to breakdown each session for its individual values.
I will sum it all up to say, that I really enjoyed each session, retained something from each one, and also enjoyed the down time in between sessions and meeting others around the conference.
Quick shout outs to the ones that I remember meeting:
Betsy Richter
Joanna K
Stephanie Wagner
Amye Scavarda
Thom Schoenborn
Dave Seldon
Jeff Martens
Justin Kistner
Scott Porad
Julie Parrish http://twitter.com/hotcouponmama
And the ones I talked to but never got to meet
http://twitter.com/eyedesignstudio
http://twitter.com/unicornbeauty
http://twitter.com/bubbleessence
http://twitter.com/hudsonsean
quick updates
Posted on April 3, 2010 by Sean Wiese
so this is just a quick note to.. well me… ( as I think I am the only one reading, at least I hope so )
so things have been gaining some momentum in the last few weeks.
The freedom that being able to work for myself is defiantly getting the better of me, and the ability to set a schedule that allows me to still see my boys often is very appealing.
It does bring its own disadvantages though, as there is that insurance stuff, the paperwork, the managing of contractors, etc. While none of those in and of themselves are a big drawback the ability to mesh them all while ramping up a business is quite daunting.
However, I do think that advantages far outweigh the negatives. Ideally, I would love to find a part time gig that could cover the bills to the point that working for myself tips into the positive cash flow area.
I have set a few goals for myself to accomplish in the first half of the year. Among these are bringing current project clients onto a semi contracted retainer for consistent work, ramping up my self marketing to gain new clients, and better educate myself some more on traditional marketing needs in order to better incorporate those into the web marketing I have been doing.
I believe that is all for now
freelancing
Posted on February 4, 2010 by Sean Wiese
so this is the year that I said I would give myself to either bring freelancing to a full or part time gig. As things are going, I could realistically see it becoming a “full” part-time job by years end, and then working somewhere to help fill the gaps.
There are definitely a few steps that I need to take to even make the part time option.
1. evaluate local market
2. market myself
3. evaluate service offerings
4. determine areas of recurring revenue
5. take action
I hope to expand on these over the next few months and share a bit of how I come to whatever conclusion I end up at.
Interview Prepping
Posted on January 16, 2010 by Sean Wiese
So I have an interview next week that I am prepping for and though I would drop a couple quick notes of the steps I go through.
1. check LinkedIN to see who I know there, or who knows someone there. Also look to see if there is a company page and who might have worked there in the past.
2. check my social networks (facebook, twitter, etc) to see who might have talked about it recently.
3. reach out for information about the company, and possibly people you might be talking to.
4. research any recent company news, press releases, etc
5. if possible, find out what technology they use in house and any recent developments they may have released.
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