Lost in Translation

Well, I’ve finally done it. After refusing to make that move for years, I’ve finally created flat rate packages for web design.

I had avoided this for for so long because I felt that frequently, fixed rate packages weren’t fair to both the client and the designer. The client could be paying for more time than is being worked, or the designer could end up doing more work than they are getting paid for.

I’ve also avoided pricing plans for years because, generally speaking, they often tend to be convoluted and confusing.

However, over the past decade, I’ve watched people flinch whether I quote $25 or $75 an hour. When people hear the hourly rate, they think “gosh that’s a lot”, not realizing how much they get with that.

And of course, these days people like packages that show them exactly what they get. People like being able to point at something and just say “give me that one”. (more…)

For those of you hosting with GeekArtist Web Solutions, this is important information. cPanel has come out with a major release so a few changes have been implemented on the server.

cPanel is the control panel you use to log into your website and mange aspects such as adding email addresses, domains, and so on. (more…)

Well, we’re adjusting to the new schedule (such as it is) with the kids. Meanwhile, I’m already back in the saddle and working on daily business matters. So new posts to this blog will be appearing in the next week or so.

As some of you know (or possibly don’t know!) I am pregnant with twins, due to deliver in October.

No need to worry about your websites; I still have a business to run.

So here’s how this will work for a couple of months after the kids are born. (more…)

Happy 2009! Here with are with a new year, so I am finally releasing some new services.

After all these years, I finally took the plunge and added web hosting as a service at GeekArtist Web Solutions. This is a service clients, in general, would like to have. Especially since my job often involves contacting their web host with questions, needing access to their host, and so on. This will make that process go much more smoothly since I’ll be handling the hosting.

New and existing GeekArtist Web Solutions clients do NOT have to host here to use GeekArtist for web design, SEO, and other services. This is just a service provided to make life easier for those that would like the option. (more…)