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Meetings can be useful or soul-destroying. Here’s a presentation on Broken meetings and How to Fix Them. It’s a little bit rambling but there’s plenty there to think about and – hopefully – to put into practice:

“Broken Meetings (and how you’ll fix them)” from Merlin Mann on Vimeo.

It’s hard to see the slides in the video so here they are:

Ok – no need to get too excited – I’m talking about a professional relationship.

I don’t just want to build you a website and I won’t just throw a template together for you.
I won’t make a copy of somebody else’s work and I won’t work on spec.
I want to provide a professional service that will make you smile and make me proud.

Please watch the video below.  If you find yourself laughing, get in touch and we’ll do business.

I know I’ve mentioned my web hosts (tsohost.co.uk) in an earlier post, but this time I’m proud to announce that I’m now an affiliate at tsohost.  They really do offer an excellent service and I have no hesitation in recommending them.  Their hosting packages offer outstanding value and their support is prompt, efficient and reliable.

So if you’d like to check out an excellent hosting provider, just click on the following link:

This is something that so many of us find hard – pitching the cost correctly.

So it’s brilliant to see this anonymous survey at the web design blog, that asked designers to report on their charges.

At the time I read it, the average hourly rate was £34, with the following average charges:

simple static website  – £362

basic CMS site – £1,110

e-commerce site – £2,867

I have to say that, as someone who spends a lot of time working in the education sector, I don’t charge that much.  But there’s more to life than money and we all need to take job satisfaction and work-life balance into account.

At least, that’s what we must keep telling ourselves!