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Splendid simple yet to-the-point site. Great job. One impression I had however, was that the hierarchy of things to do or even calls to actions is not very clear. The most prominent element to me seems "Subscribe", yet I can't click it, but only the small icons below. Maybe you could make "Subscribe" clickable and show the options then. You might make it even more prominent then. Also, what was not very clear to me was the "Discuss this episode". It appeares so close to "Subscribe" and "Receive updates" that it becomes part of that visual group. So I thought it also is a CTA. Or did you have other ideas for this?
Here is the visual hierarchy as I perceive it. You may tweak it a bit to make it more in line with what you intended.
This does not tell me much. It's a wild mix of "what's the estimated cost" and "what I want to charge based upon my mood". While the first may have some justification, there are better tools to calculate your real cost (1), and better techniques to calculate the time you will spend on the project - think agile.
Still, as Pawel points out, you should rather think about what the value for the client will be.
If you work for an ecommerce site and can give it a sales boost of 20%, you could easily derive how much your work is really worth. If you create a simple website for a freelancer or a SME, it's a bit trickier. You have to figure out what the goal of the project is and develop a pricing strategy from there. Go by goals and measure goals by numbers. Web analytics help a lot, and try not to use "visitors per month" as a baseline. Better take customers that got recruited over web forms (freelancer) or number of valuable contacts over web forms (NGO).
Plus, take Nathan Barry's advice:
Finally, if you want to get to know more about value pricing, you should read Brennan Dunn's "Double your freelance rate" or at least subscribe to his excellent newsletter.
Louis,
I think they have both groups in mind. Under "Customize Everything" I read "Toto, we have a feeling that Agile isn’t just for software anymore. … Let them see how productive and fun it can be to run marketing, legal, M&A, or any other projects using the Agile way." – Compare that to Jira or PivotalTracker which are totally focused on developers only.
Homebrew and Homebresk Cask alone help to set up a couple of Macs for a team. And sure, you should first go through the other scripts and don't execute everything that you git pulled.
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I tried Lingo and here is my quick review. Please note that I just use it alone, not with my team:
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If you are like me and prefer simple and no-lock-in solutions, Lingo might not be the best choice. For me, the 5 bucks for iSmartPhoto were really worth it as it helps you manage your folder-based assets in a non-obstrusive way - and also has tags and a decent search functionality.