Recently, Smashing Magazine posted a contest looking for guest authors to their online magazine. I figured why not, it was worth a shot. The entry proved to be a little more difficult that I first imagined, because the rules stated that you could either write a 1200 character post or a top 10 list. I elected to write the 1200 character post. Anyone that has done any writing will know how hard it is to keep within 1200 characters (not words, but characters) and say anything meaningful, but it was an excellent excersize for me in being brief and to the point. Too many words just clutter things up.

Because the target audience of the magazine is other designers, freelancers and self-employed, I decided to write about what would be dear to all of their hearts - my secret to getting clients. So far it’s looking OK, there are a couple of other entries that were posted that are also pretty good too so we’ll have to see. It would be nice to win, because the prize is a new Apple Macbook Air! I’m not a Mac user myself, nothing against them and I have used them in the past, just never got one because PC’s were always a way better deal, and I’m used to them (especially from a previous career of being a PC Technician). However, I could be made into a believer yet…

Anyhow, if you want to check out my post it’s here.