Comments on: Dealing with Competition http://www.devlounge.net/strategy/dealing-with-competition Design, Develop, and Grow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin http://www.devlounge.net/strategy/dealing-with-competition/comment-page-1#comment-397 Justin Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:10:49 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/articles/dealing-with-competition#comment-397 I'm just trying to get off my feet by doing some freelance work. Does my site have anything to do with me getting the work? Not really. When it comes to competition I would bet that the person that has the best recommendations and connections is the one that will come out on top. Someone could be the best designer in the world that has a great site, but if they don't have any good recommendations or connections and haven't been networking, what are there chances? Probably not good. Word of mouth can be one of the best marketing tools, espically getting started. I’m just trying to get off my feet by doing some freelance work. Does my site have anything to do with me getting the work? Not really. When it comes to competition I would bet that the person that has the best recommendations and connections is the one that will come out on top. Someone could be the best designer in the world that has a great site, but if they don’t have any good recommendations or connections and haven’t been networking, what are there chances? Probably not good. Word of mouth can be one of the best marketing tools, espically getting started.

]]> By: Jesse Skinner http://www.devlounge.net/strategy/dealing-with-competition/comment-page-1#comment-322 Jesse Skinner Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:02:57 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/articles/dealing-with-competition#comment-322 I have a web development blog, mostly covering JavaScript, web standards and other web professional topics. And there are a LOT of sites out there like mine. It's been tough to gain readers in the first year. It's an ongoing process of trying out new things and seeing what works, writing about topics that others aren't, and just trying to consistently write good and useful content. Hopefully after some time more people will take notice. I have a web development blog, mostly covering JavaScript, web standards and other web professional topics. And there are a LOT of sites out there like mine.

It’s been tough to gain readers in the first year. It’s an ongoing process of trying out new things and seeing what works, writing about topics that others aren’t, and just trying to consistently write good and useful content. Hopefully after some time more people will take notice.

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