40 tips voor een succesvolle (webdesign) business
Onderstaande lijst geeft een overzicht van 40 richtlijnen die ieder webdesign bedrijf zou moeten volgen om succesvol te worden, althans toch volgens de opsteller van deze lijst nl. James Archer (Forty).
Alleszins eens interessant om te overlopen, er zitten zeker een paar goede business tips bij die trouwens ook buiten de webdesign sector van toepassing zijn.
Met andere woorden, voor al wie een succesvolle (webdesign) business wenst uit te bouwen, lees vooral verder!
- step 1 - figure out your business
he suggests that you figure out what you want to be and then work towards it
- freelancer
- partnership
- small team
- big agency
- company
- step 2 - limit your services
he notes every possible service but says you should really focus- step 3 - find a business role model
their role model is starbucks- step 4 - don’t be a flake
make sure you appear correct to your business clients- step 5 - write a manual for the magic
- step 6 - don’t trust your brain
- step 7 - don’t let your clients followup with you
you should contact them before they need to contact you- step 8 - don’t let your colleagues follow up
see step 7- step 9 - get addicted to strangers
talk to people you don’t know to help you grow- step 10 - always be teaching
“tutorial marketing” helps to prove you know what you are talking about- step 11 - beware of perfection
- step 12 - never trust a big butt and a smile
- step 13 - cheap is sexy
cashflow is critical to your business- step 14 - you didn’t get ripped off
we didn’t get ripped off, we let ourselves get ripped off- step 15 - be firm with your clients
they actually like this- step 16 - if we settle for nothing now…
we will settle for nothing later - i.e. don’t do spec work- step 17 - make it their idea
- step 18 - don’t bill hourly
- step 19 - track your time
- step 20 - honor your commitments
- step 21 - be serious about scope
shows the project cartoon- step 22 - study project physics
- step 23 - never deliver crap
- step 24 - never work anonymously
- step 25 - use the right tools
- step 26 - be different
- step 27 - write your company constitution
- step 28 - prioritize passion
- step 29 - do a good job
- step 30 - always do what’s right
- Step 31 - plan for the future
- step 32 - plan your work and work your plan
- step 33 - put employees first
- step 34 - invest every dollar
- step 35 - treat your clients like you love them
- step 36 - use solid contracts
- step 37 - embrace uncertainty
- step 38 - play
- step 39 - take vacations
- step 40 - go that way, really fast