Curtis McHale is a returning guest on the Matt Report. In this return appearance on the Matt Report, Curtis shares how and why his rule of no weeknight TV watching, reading business books, finding clients that view hiring a WordPress developer as an investment, and being candid with clients about understanding software bugs has helped double his income.

Communication is the essential factor to having a successful local or remote outsourcing relationship. If you decide you want to use a source from a place like Elance or oDesk, you need to set up a solid process to find the qualified individual.

As an experienced developer Curtis has a sweet spot for plugin documentation. A plugin with great documentation is a valuable gem. While auto-generated documentation is not enough.

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Here’s what you can expect in the interview

(times correspond to video)

1:30 How did Curtis double his income?

6:00 Create a product from a presentation

7:30 Splitting time between business tasks vs using the overlapping technique

10:00 Building a team-virtual or in person

14:00 Outsourcing work to O-desk-putting a process in place to find good match

20:00 Point of failure when delegating

22:00 Hiring a project manager

24:00 Being a developer “in demand” and asking the right questions

26:00 Working with clients that view their website as an investment instead of an expense

31:00 Curtis’ advice when you realize the client’s project will take longer time and more money

36:00 Pay for the business tools that will save you development time

38:30 What makes a well built product that an advanced developer would purchase

41:00 What is a reasonable response time for support to advanced developer

Books and Resources Mentioned

Get Clients Now-CJ Hayden

Book Yourself Solid-Michael Port

Getting Real

View Curtis McHale’s original Matt Report interview in November 2012

Scrivener-for composing long content

Overlap Technique

Contact Curtis

curtismchale.ca

sfndesign.ca

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