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    Receiving Unique Payments with PayPal  –  Posted: Apr 11, 06:44 AM  –  Filed under:

    My small design and development gig, Boston Web Studio, has been creating websites for small-business owners since January, 2005. In the three years that have passed, I’ve never once been asked if I can take a credit card for payment on an invoice I’ve sent to a client. It has always been a check or cash transaction and I’ve given little thought to receiving any other form of payment. Last month, however, three separate clients asked me whether or not I could take a credit card. I had to answer “No,” but I told each of them that I would make it possible, and soon. In my opinion, making it easier for a client to pay you money owed is never a bad thing.

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    Why Give Clients More Than One Mockup?  –  Posted: Feb 19, 07:50 AM  –  Filed under:

    I might be alone here, but does anyone else think it’s a bit odd that a majority of web firms/agencies are happily giving their clients more than one mockup during the design phase of a project? I’m of the opinion that if enough initial research has been done about the client, their target audience, their goals, their existing brand/identity, their competition, their budget, etc., then the design team should have enough information in their arsenal to come up with a great design that meets most, if not all, of the project’s goals the first time around.

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