http://theideamechanic.com I help people sell Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:20:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theideamechanic.com/stories-and-wordpress-indieconf-2011/ http://theideamechanic.com/stories-and-wordpress-indieconf-2011/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:57:02 +0000 Doug Foster http://theideamechanic.com/?p=7377

indieConf is a conference for independent web professionals – designers, developers, and everyone in between. It's not really a web TECHNOLOGY conference, it's more of a conference for people who USE web technology to earn a living. Founder Michael Kimsal explains ... "I've been a web freelancer for years. I love web stuff and I love tech conferences. Unfortunately most tech conferences are heavy on tech but light on issues I face every day. I have far more challenges with clients and collections than CSS and catch-blocks. So I decided to start a conference where the focus was on topics I needed to know more about: project management, marketing, contracts, legal issues, financial/tax topics, budgeting and more. I needed these things, and from what I could tell by talking to colleagues, others did too ..." I love stories. And I love WordPress. This year at indieConf 2011 I talked about how using stories and WordPress can help you sell your product, service, or point of view: What? You don’t use WordPress to tell stories? You lose ...]]> http://theideamechanic.com/stories-and-wordpress-indieconf-2011/feed/ 0