Some thoughts here and there.
Okay, real talk, blogging often is hard shit. We care so much about you and your time. We don’t write posts for the sake of writing posts. If we have a passionate topic, you’ll see it here. Otherwise trust we are probably just busy making something great for the citizens of the interwebs.
A great article from Small biz trends on the 5 fatal mistakes that will hold back your business from its true potential. Have a great idea, product, or service? This article is for you. 5 Fatal Mistakes That Hold Back Start-up Business Owners The 5 key things: Not Appreciating Social Intelligence Have a Professional Business…
“Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln Do you hustle? Do you give every day all you have? In reality, we are all pretty average. We lead average lives, run average businesses, and do the things we have to. Hustle changes all of that.…
We are firm believers in reusable bottles. Both at home and here in the office. We moved to aluminum bottles after all that mess with BPA in plastics. Usually this is a SIGG brand bottle for me. So we order them online every now and then, as we can’t seem to have too many swanky…
Did you know factor 1 opened shop 5 years ago this month?!??! What should we do to celebrate?
The number one concern in any organizations quest for a new website is the cost. Everyone generally wants the best work for the cheapest price. I would say we see 4 out of 5 clients base most of their decision on the price. Sure some things like features, quality, and experience come into play. It…
Sorry for the lack of blogging. We have been pretty busy around here at factor 1. here is what we have been up to: matt & his wife now have twin baby boys = chaos ryan & family moved to seattle. Yep, we now have a factor 1 seattle office and someday ryan will start…
Planning a big project is like planning a trip. The bigger it is, the harder the plans become. Recently (okay this week), I spent some time packing for my trip to Ethiopia. We have been slowly planning for many months, and it all seemed to be rolling smooth. That was until it came time to…
Most of the sites we create for our customers are based on a content management system (CMS). This allows them to log in, add, edit and remove pages. This is a great tool for our clients to keep their sites up to date, without having to pay for, or wait on a web designer to…
Why do I always hear such negativity when it comes to innovation? There are always those naysayers who discourage the true innovators. In a recent search for building an online payment system (so we can maybe have our clients pay an invoice online with our merch account), I came across this gem (I wont give…
For those of you who may not know, Sitepoint.com is a major website / publisher dedicated to the web design industry. We own several sitepoint published books and binder kits. Their articles usually feature the top firms and designers from around the world on topics ranging from business, design, tech, skills, and marketing. A few…