Articles by Kevin D. Hendricks

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How to Keep Your Business From Killing Your Relationships

Running a business can ruin your relationships. It’s stressful, isolating, and can try the most perfect family. Being an entrepreneur or freelancer is often the dream, but we don’t always talk about the challenges that come with it and how they can wreak havoc on your personal relationships. So you need to be intentional about protecting your most important relationships.

What is Position Zero? How to Win at SEO with Featured Snippets

Being the top-ranked search result has been the search engine optimization (SEO) goldmine for a while. But now it's time for the top-ranked spot to move over: Position zero is the new top-ranked spot. Yeah, SEO has changed again. There are always new tactics and new technology, and it can be a struggle to keep up.

How to Get Useful Feedback From Your Clients

It’s important to get useful feedback from your clients because it’s part of the back and forth that leads to a successful project. You can’t just slap down a design at the very end and expect to be done. There’s a give and take that needs to happen, and the result is better projects and happier clients.

Veteran Freelancers: Tracy Apps Thinks Big and Gets It Done

In a new series of interviews, we're talking with veteran freelancers to learn from folks who have been around the block in their WordPress freelance careers. Today we talk with Tracy Apps. She’s a creative problem solver. Tracy designs, she codes, she does user experience (UX). Tracy also does video, photography, strategy, social media, and more.

How to Deal With Client Problems: 9 Ways to Prevent and Fix Issues

Freelancing can be amazing, but inevitably there are client problems. Issues come up and you have to figure out how to deal with it. Understanding why something happens can help you prevent it. So we’re going to explore nine of the most common client problems and how you can stop them. iThemes Training Host Nathan Ingram is a successful freelancer and business coach, and he shared his client problem lessons in a recent webinar.

Don’t Make Me Think: How to Make Websites Work Better

What’s the most important thing designers and developers need to know about making good websites? Don’t make me think. That’s Steve Krug’s first law of usability: Don’t make me think. He goes into detail about it in his book Don’t Make Me Think (Revisited): A Common Sense Approach to Web and Mobile Usability.

How to Build an Awesome Freelance System for Your Business

If you want to be a successful freelancer, you need a system. Flying by the seat of your pants can work for a while, but if you want to build a better business, you need a freelance system. Systemization is the key to success. We’ll explore what a freelance system is, why it’s valuable, and how to create one.

Now Page: What Are You Doing These Days?

Adding a ‘now page’ to your website might be a helpful way for freelancers to explain what they do. “So what are you up to these days?” How often are freelancers answering that question? Or anyone, really? Jobs and work situations change so frequently, it’s hard to keep up with what people are doing.

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