Comments on: The killer investment with A 100%+ ROI http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Andrew http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-33034 Andrew Thu, 10 May 2007 00:47:01 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-33034 Don, I say work smart and hard! But, working smart not hard will beat working dumb and hard any day. Don, I say work smart and hard! But, working smart not hard will beat working dumb and hard any day.

]]> By: Don http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32956 Don Wed, 09 May 2007 21:38:23 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32956 What a great post! I've preached this offline for many years to people wanting to start their own small business. Some are so hard headed they'll go bankrupt before hiring someone who is an expert at one aspect of a project. Like spending the money on Quick Books, taking tutorials or offline classes and running the risk of making errors when they could have a CPA do it quicker and cheaper (not to mention with less errors) than the time it would take them. Work smart, not hard! Don What a great post!

I’ve preached this offline for many years to people wanting to start their own small business. Some are so hard headed they’ll go bankrupt before hiring someone who is an expert at one aspect of a project.

Like spending the money on Quick Books, taking tutorials or offline classes and running the risk of making errors when they could have a CPA do it quicker and cheaper (not to mention with less errors) than the time it would take them.

Work smart, not hard!

Don

]]> By: Andrew http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32887 Andrew Wed, 09 May 2007 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32887 Chris, try iwebmasters.com. I've had a programmer with them since January and I've had zero problems with him or the company. The process of hiring was a little rough, it took over a month while I was expecting a week tops. Chris, try iwebmasters.com. I’ve had a programmer with them since January and I’ve had zero problems with him or the company. The process of hiring was a little rough, it took over a month while I was expecting a week tops.

]]> By: Community Building Blog http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32752 Community Building Blog Wed, 09 May 2007 14:41:20 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32752 I completely agree. This is a similar concept to delegation - concentrate on what you do best, and what you can achieve within the constraints you are working with. Everything else should be done by someone else who can do a better job. - Martin Reed I completely agree. This is a similar concept to delegation - concentrate on what you do best, and what you can achieve within the constraints you are working with.

Everything else should be done by someone else who can do a better job.

- Martin Reed

]]> By: Chris Beasley http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32746 Chris Beasley Wed, 09 May 2007 13:54:18 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32746 Ya, finding a reliable worker is the problem. Most programmers I've hired vanish shortly after starting work. Ya, finding a reliable worker is the problem. Most programmers I’ve hired vanish shortly after starting work.

]]> By: Software developer http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32614 Software developer Wed, 09 May 2007 08:03:05 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32614 Nice post and I would like to refine it further. Most peopler hire a single programmer to do designs and programming. Not that there are exceptions but I am yet to find a single person who is good at designs and good at programming. Those two are separate specialities and needs to be treated so. Nice post and I would like to refine it further.
Most peopler hire a single programmer to do designs and programming. Not that there are exceptions but I am yet to find a single person who is good at designs and good at programming. Those two are separate specialities and needs to be treated so.

]]> By: Nick http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32490 Nick Tue, 08 May 2007 20:29:56 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32490 Great post Andrew. I agree 100% and it's something I've personally been exploring more recently. I'd love to hear how you go about finding good people to hire full-time, or even freelance. But I guess that is the million dollar question. Great post Andrew. I agree 100% and it’s something I’ve personally been exploring more recently.

I’d love to hear how you go about finding good people to hire full-time, or even freelance. But I guess that is the million dollar question.

]]> By: Sean Spurr http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32479 Sean Spurr Tue, 08 May 2007 19:06:30 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/the-killer-investment-with-a-100-roi.htm#comment-32479 Great advice. In the past I've employed programmers full time and it's really paid off, for instance I was paying over $1300 in server costs a month, I hired a programmer full time for 2 months at $3300 a month, he managed to change the back end from the crude MySQL and PHP coded by myself (and I'm the first to admit I don't know PHP or MySQL!) to an advance system making the site static and having an admin panel that uses AJAX and can send the files to a whole host of good cheap hosting accounts with lots of bandwidth that has reduced my server costs to less than $450 a month, meaning I've save $850 a month - which soon adds up to his wage over those two months. Furthermore the site is now faster, and also more user friendly, which should also increase income. Marx said it's the workers who create the value of society, and the capitalists take surplus value off them. We wouldn't class as either, we work off our own backs mostly but are subject to market forces which might mean we earn more, but also mean we are at the mercy of what happens in the international monetary market - if there is a recession we could lose our ability to work for ourselves. Extracting the surplus value of others when the goings good could mean we're able to survive a recession by being a larger business which when it is forced to cost cut, doesn't mean us having to quit being full timers. Great advice. In the past I’ve employed programmers full time and it’s really paid off, for instance I was paying over $1300 in server costs a month, I hired a programmer full time for 2 months at $3300 a month, he managed to change the back end from the crude MySQL and PHP coded by myself (and I’m the first to admit I don’t know PHP or MySQL!) to an advance system making the site static and having an admin panel that uses AJAX and can send the files to a whole host of good cheap hosting accounts with lots of bandwidth that has reduced my server costs to less than $450 a month, meaning I’ve save $850 a month - which soon adds up to his wage over those two months. Furthermore the site is now faster, and also more user friendly, which should also increase income.

Marx said it’s the workers who create the value of society, and the capitalists take surplus value off them. We wouldn’t class as either, we work off our own backs mostly but are subject to market forces which might mean we earn more, but also mean we are at the mercy of what happens in the international monetary market - if there is a recession we could lose our ability to work for ourselves. Extracting the surplus value of others when the goings good could mean we’re able to survive a recession by being a larger business which when it is forced to cost cut, doesn’t mean us having to quit being full timers.

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