Business Motivation

It’s coming up to that time again where I want to start doing some extra work. Over the last couple of months it’s just not really been feasible, with the additional pressures of relaunching the main work site as well as two smaller sites, so extra work would’ve been just insane.

Thankfully that’s now all over and done with, so I’m back to looking for more new things to be doing. I’ve had some interesting feelers from a couple of sources, and over the next two weeks I also plan to be doing some self promotion as well, sending out letters, going to do some visits, that kind of thing.

It should be interesting – but I know I need to keep myself motivated on this one. This year hasn’t been all that great motivation-wise – although that’s a whole seperate post- and one thing that has hit me hard was the evidence of my own piss-poor judgement of other people as I’ve one client who still hasn’t paid me, three months down the line. I’ve tried reminders, and generally stayed in touch, but there’s been nothing forthcoming out of him. Thankfully (well, semi-thankfully) the invoice for that one went through Parasol, so in theory it’s Parasol that should be chasing him for payment, rather than me. That doesn’t seem to actually be the case – although I wouldn’t know for sure, as Parasol are utterly shit at communication too – so it may end up going through Small Claims Court before long.

Anyway, yes, the main challenge is going to be about keeping myself motivated to get new work. Right now I just want to catch up on some sleep, but I know I need to set some time aside, sort out potential sites, and probably also redesign my company site as well as updating my profile with the various sites I’m registered on.

Should be interesting, if nothing else. And a provider of some D4D™ content along the way too, I should think. You lucky people…