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Getting Better Clients
- Introduction
- What We'll Cover: Defining Terms
- The Problem With Freelancing
- Introducing the Three Racing Flags
- The Green Flag
- The Yellow Flag
- The Red Flag
- Clients From Hell
- Bad News and Good News
- Creating Your 10 Commandments
- Stand By Your Pricing
- You Are Worth It
- Defensive Tactics for Freelancers
- Do Your Homework, Go Forth, and Conquer
Work From Home Like a Boss
- Course Promo
- Meet Ron
- What to Expect
- Stigma and Distrust
- It's Harder Than It Sounds
- Unique Challenges
- Stake a Claim
- Mark Your Territory
- Equip Yourself
- Creating Your Morning Routine
- A Sustainable Schedule
- Basic Time Management
- Chunking and Blocking
- Drawing a Line Between Work and Home
- Boundaries With Email
- Guarding Property and Time
- Company Culture
- Nights, Weekends, and Break Time
- Have Better Meetings
- Clean Your Office
- Technology and Digital Tools
- Make Working Out a Priority
- Stretching and Immobility
- Two Types of Walks
- Get Out of the House
- Third Places and Socializing
- Enclothed Cognition
- Depression
- Family and Pets
- Staying Inspired
- Get a Hobby
- Final Thoughts
Talks & Interviews
- Marketing Is Not Overhead: What Law Firm Owners Get Wrong About Their Marketing Budgets
- Stop Listening to What Clients Say They Want
- How Can Writers Make the Most of Substack?
- Ron Stauffer on the Arizona Business Podcast
- Accessibility for Web Designers
- Ron Stauffer on 560 KBLU: Chamber Chatter
- How to Get Better Clients
- Beyond SEO: What to Do With Your Website Visitors
Writing
2023
- My Storytelling Degree Presentation in 20 Slides
- My Advice on Education and Entrepreneurship For High Schoolers
- When Starting a Business, Get To That First Dollar As Fast As Possible
- Your Brother is Dead: The Phone Call That Changed My Life Forever
- How I Met Weird Al Yankovic
- Growing A Beard: A Social Experiment
- Solving The World's Problems While Running
- I’m Not Okay, and That Needs To Be Okay
- The Uber Eats “$25 Off” Promo Proves There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
- Laid-Off Tech Workers: Now’s The Time to Start Your Own Business
- Want To Start A Business? Here Are 7 Things To Do Right Now To Get Started
- Freelancers: Please, Track All Your Time, Starting Right Now
- Being a Digital Nomad Sucks. Stop Pretending It Doesn’t.
2022
2020
2018
- "Pops" Williams, Who Lives On The Streets
- Column: Names Changes and Stonewalling in Yosemite National Park
- Yosemite National Park Draws Professionals and Volunteers
- After Three Years and a $40 Million Renovation, Yosemite's Mariposa Grove Reopens
- The Annual Bison Roundup at Tallgrass
- The Humble Beginnings of Stockton's Own Billionaire, Alex Spanos
- We Must Change the Way We Talk and Report About Suicide
- Profile on Butterfly Pavilion CEO, Patrick Tennyson
- Time to Testify at the State Capitol
- Net Neutrality is Dead. What Comes Next?
- Video: Why Use Online Video For Your Business?
- Video: What is Twitter And Should You Use It?
- Local Historian Brings “Forgotten” WWI History to Life at Longmont Museum
- Social Injustice at Ink Coffee in Denver
- Music At Every Stage of Life
- Three Giants Breaking Up The Healthcare Monopoly
- My Earliest Radio Memory
2017
2016
- Understanding Ride Share Insurance for Uber and Lyft Drivers
- Insurance For ATVs, Four-Wheelers, and Off-Road Vehicles
- Drop the Bat; Run to First (Lessons From a T-Ball Coach)
- Understanding Umbrella Insurance
- On Silly Job Titles
- Insurance for Boats and Marine Vehicles
- Classic Car & Antique Car Insurance
- Townhome & Condo Insurance For HOAs
- We're Moving: Boulder or Bust!
2015
2014
- My First Time Flying 3,000 Feet High in the Air in a Hang Glider
- Wow, I Didn't Know You Sang!
- My Policy On Blog Comments
- When I Met Astronaut Charlie Duke
- The Easiest Way To Make A Million Dollars
- Random Thoughts / A New Approach
- When I Met Brian Dennehy
- Watching Apple's Groundhog Day (The Apple Watch Announced)
- Read My Posts at the Colorado Springs Independent
- It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a... Drone?
- The Dancing Fox Lodge in Woodland Park
- Waldo Canyon Fire Survivors: Ken & Kris Rose
- Waldo Canyon Fire Survivors: Jerry & Tina Pati
- Steve Wozniak in Colorado Springs
- Should I Join a Toastmasters Club?
- Analyzing Website Visitor Behavior: Mobile vs. Desktop Users
2013
- Using QR Codes - It's As Easy As 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
- Guest Post: What Baseball Means to Me
- SEO Test For Employers Hiring Internet Marketers
- Understanding a URL Structure (With Query Parameters)
- My Speech on SEO at Revenue North Colorado Springs
- It's Pronounced "Stauffer" -- "Au" as in "Faucet"
- Leadership Pikes Peak Alumni Stories - Police Chief Pete Carey
- My First Experience Pitching A Business Idea
- When I Met General Martin Dempsey
- A Father's Perspective on Homebirth
- Steve Jobs Forecasts the Future of the Web
- Guest Post: Parkour is Not a Crime
- 15 Questions with Amanda Obringer, Senior Web Designer
- Free Parking in Downtown Colorado Springs
- My Experience Going Back To School, 10 Years Later
- "Would You Like To Drive Home In A Ford Today?"
- 2013 Colorado Springs Business Journal Rising Stars
- The Best Ad of Super Bowl 2013
- I'm a Sucker for Print Magazines
2012
- Rackspace Cloud U Certification
- My Trip in a Hot Air Balloon: A Modern Trip In An Ancient Vehicle
- Business Lessons from TV's "Shark Tank"
- Communication: The Pinnacle of Human Achievement
- Google AdWords Certification
- Is Google Evil?
- Interview With City Councilman Tim Leigh - Faces of Downtown
- Parking Problems in Downtown Colorado Springs
- NFC Payments are a Dumb, Dumb Idea
- Video: Things I Learned At My First Video Shoot
- How Not to Connect on LinkedIn
- City Councilman Tim Leigh
- Customer Quote: The Cloud
- Lessons From a Customer
- Ron's Rants: Copyright Notices
- Never Sit in the Same Chair
- Should I Join a BNI Chapter?
- Video: Why Use Online Video?
- My Email with Hugh Syme
- How To Upload A Video On Youtube
- Video: What is Twitter?
- How Many Golf Balls Can Fit in a School Bus?
2011
- Apple Certified Associate
- The Limits of Technology: When eHarmony Failed
- You Are What You Wear
- The CAN-SPAM Act in Plain English
- Why Have a Website?
- The Most Important Word A Business Owner Can Learn
- Adding Windows Media to a Mac
- How To Take A Picture Of A Text Message On An iPhone
- Utterly Useless Marketing Terms
- My Favorite T-Shirt: Free Tibet!*
- Why NOT To Use A .CO Domain
- What is "Dogfooding"?
- Don't Buy the Cheap Pens!
- Getting the Job, Part 1: Resume Best Practices
- Music, Multitasking and Me
- What Marketing Is NOT
- Help! I moved a window off my screen!
- Ashley Photography
- Blank Canvas Syndrome
- The Drive That Gets Lost
- My Best (and Worst) Marketing Story Ever
- Your Internet Speed Explained: Megabits vs. Megabytes
- Definition Of A "Content Farm"
- Inbound Marketing Certified Professional
- Business Lessons From The Godfather
- Keyboard Shortcut For "Don't Save"
- iCal Can't Verify The Identity Of The Server
2010
- Square Card Reader
- The Most Important Parts Of An eCommerce Website
- Google Wave - The Email Killer (Not)
- Video: Interview With 37signals' Jason Fried
- Looking Back: One Year As A Business Owner
- Does Anybody Use Tag Clouds?
- 2010 Mac Gems
- Things That Bug Me About Apple Products
- A Font In My Own Handwriting
- Don't Judge A Car By Its Cover
- My Dad Has Joined The Mac Cult
- Video: 1970s Fig Newton Commercial
- Canceling My Wells Fargo Account
- Domain Checklist: 5 Questions To Ask About Your Domain
- Video: Steven Colbert Interviews Eric Schmidt
- Measuring Sound Quality
- Video: Time-Lapse Video of Me at Work
- Yes, This Is an iPad. Now Leave Me Alone.
- What I Mean When I Say "Cool"
- It's Time To Go Electronic (For Real)
- The Burn In Listerine - A Brilliant Marketing Ploy
- Take Me Off Your Text Message List!
- Remember Those Disposable DVDs?
- Kozmo.com - Overdue for Extinction
- Ace Hardware Is Awesome
- My Most Powerful Business Tool: The iPhone
- The Roadside Tamale Man
- Apple's iPhone 4 Press Conference
- Book Review: Purple Cow by Seth Godin
- Understanding Your Internet Bill
- The Annoying Front Door Guy At Best Buy
- Make My Website #1 In Google
- Tumblr in Under One Hour
- MacWorld's Shortened URLs
- Remember AOL Keywords?
- Moving To Colorado Springs, Colorado - A Strange Experience