I definitely think that marketing oneself is important and time consuming, which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do consulting any more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most of the work so I don't have to!!! :)
On Sat, May 19, 2012 7:21 am, leam hall wrote: > Morning Kristina! > > > I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than > one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd recommend > finding a code house that supports products you are interested in. Or that > use technologies you want to integrate into your future solution. For > example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc. > > If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters > who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There were > some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe. > > If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look > at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh > Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business > without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin. > > If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting > work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes owuld > help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll probably be > able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily. > > Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or > transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there. > > Leam > > > On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This doesn't answer your question, but check out >> http://apps.gotonames.com >> >> >> On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote: >> >> >>> Greetings, all! >>> >>> >>> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- >>> building and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than >>> doing hourly consulting. Specifically, a product in the CRM / >>> marketing software space, which I feel is under-served. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side >>> people to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business >>> partners? >>> >>> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project >>> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic >>> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to >>> go with). But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream >>> come true and look forward to any input. >>> >>> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me >>> off list. No reasonable offer refused. :) >>> >>> Thanks guys. >>> >>> >>> Kristina >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kristina Anderson >>> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant >>> Skype: kristina.anderson835 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> >>> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation > > > -- Kristina Anderson PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant 646 247 4987 _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
