the 'todays job' thread

[Steve Bullman]

On 1/23/2018 at 07:24, Mick Dempsey said:

So what’s the plan? 

 

Have I missed something in the ‘what’s your exit strategy?’ thread?

Playing it by ear really, but hoping to start knocking out some websites for arborists and see how it goes.  

[eggsarascal]

3 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Playing it by ear really, but hoping to start knocking out some websites for arborists and see how it goes.  

Just Aborists, or will your services be available to the great unwashed?

[Steve Bullman]

Well arb is what I know, so of course thats where i'll be marketing my services towards, but I will take on anything naturally.

Still considering being a rent boy?

[Steve Bullman]

Been bowling over some 100ft poplars this week, quite a treat to get these in my last days.  Had to knock this stoggle over today, was only one way it go really go and the customer was aware that there was a pretty good chance it would trash his log store.  I was hoping to avoid it all the same as I like a challenge.  

There was no hope though.  Gobbled it away from the store with what little leeway I had, put a winch on it and left a thick hinge one side to hopefully hold it.  The whole trunk was riddled with ganoderma all the way, It was far too far gone inside to have any decent holding wood unfortunately, but we kinda knew that

 

its ok though because I left a note

 

 

 

[eggsarascal]

3 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Well arb is what I know, so of course thats where i'll be marketing my services towards, but I will take on anything naturally.

Still considering being a rent boy?

Nah, that rent boy job was a pain in the......

 

I will call you about a new venture that needs a website.

[Steve Bullman]

Thanks

[Mick Dempsey]

21 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Playing it by ear really, but hoping to start knocking out some websites for arborists and see how it goes.  

Well good luck with it.

 

Seems a shame to jack it in at the height of your powers, but you know your mind.

[silky fox]

I reckon it's a great idea moving on to something new Steve.Using all your experience and ploughing it into something cutting edge like Web design.I've always wanted a Website,may need one this year.I can't think of anyone i'd rather call on than your good self.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

On 24/01/2018 at 19:50, Steve Bullman said:

Playing it by ear really, but hoping to start knocking out some websites for arborists and see how it goes.  

Is that a viable option with the evolution of Wix etc?

 

I didn't have a website for ages but whilst down with man-flu Nov last year had a tinker and put together something that I'm quite happy with.  

 

As recent as a few years ago perhaps you'd have to be a proper geek to build your own website and it might have been worth paying out some bunce to have it done for you...  But it incurred the usual upselling and tie-in costs of having to pay for amendments, not owning the copyright etc.

 

Now, as I found, you can find and buy the web name for peanuts (123 reg), build a page on Wix and amend / update at your leisure.  

 

That kind of leaves only the big corporate entities that want an IT geek or the knuckle dragging saw monkeys (I include myself in that category) who don't want the faff of doing it themselves as a market share.... and if you focus on the arb sector, wouldn't your natural design tendencies / preferences result in all the arb sites you create being vaguely similar rather than uniquely individual?  

 

PS if anyone looks at 123 reg.com and is thinking about a web name they might like, don't keep going back to look at the same one many times because it causes the price to go up since they think it is desirable.  Think about it first, look once, then buy....  Some are even free for first year if you sign up for 2 years If of a devious nature for example, that has to be of concern to legitimate organisations who might have unscrupulous bandits piggy backing on their good name.

 

 

Edited January 26, 2018 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[Steve Bullman]

All valid points.

 

web builders have been around for years though, wix is nothing new, they have just put more money into their marketing than all the others.

 

there will always be plenty of people who don’t have the time or the will to make their own site.  Plus there’s more to it than just knocking a site up that is visually ok