Pain Points – Part 2

 
Part 1 covered the top eight ‘pain points’ (as ranked by SMEs in MYOB’s Business Monitor).
Here are the lower eight, again with my comments.
 
9.    Doing monthly accounts including tax
I hate bookkeeping so much, I put all my papers in a box and spend one agonising day per quarter sorting them out.
I like words, not numbers!
 
10. [...]

A New Age of Empire

Five weeks ago I was frightened. Today I’m happy to say the fear is gone. Andrew Hurl     (my IT Guy) has delivered a new Empire website that exceeds all expectations. He did it on budget. And would’ve nailed it last fortnight, had I coughed up my content on time.
Andrew’s firm is SilverDimension. He should [...]

Cheap Shots!

When I read the quote for my new website, I got a fright. It said something like ‘pictures not included’*.
Last time I worked in a creative studio, clients were charged up to $150 per picture (pic). I needed nine.
Fortunately, much has changed in recent years.
On Sunday I found and bought the pics [...]

I’m Frightened!

Today I commissioned a $2500, scorched-earth rebuild of my entire website. I expected a faint pang of apprehension at this point; now that it’s here, I’m downright scared. I’ve written dozens of sites for clients, but this is different. It’s my site, my brand, my business and my money, um… line of credit, actually.
In short, [...]