Physical product engineering encompasses some of the more difficult career types to jump into freelancing with. This group includes disciplines such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, optical engineering, industrial design, and similar. Unlike with freelance software engineering or other professions altogether, there aren't a lot of support structures in place for these pros. There also isn't a lot of guidance available on the subject! That's why Erin McDermott distilled her many years of experience in sales, marketing, and freelance hardware engineering into this book. It's not just marketing-speak applied to hardware. McDermott, herself, runs an optical engineering firm, Spire Starter, and writes from personal experience of building a company and starting from zero. When starting out, freelancers can be overwhelmed wondering how they'll survive. They probably didn't take a college course in how to provide hardware engineering services as a business owner. They probably never even saw a book on the subject before this one. Every part of making a living as a freelancer can be perplexing at first. What are the steps involved? How do you make sure you don't go hungry? Where do you find prospective clients? How do you get these strangers to want to pay you? A variety of skills are needed to survive as a freelance engineer, but the most important one is the ability to connect with paying clients. In turn, building brand is one of the most impactful activities in attracting those paying clients. It's also something an engineer can begin at any stage of his or her career - even before graduation. That's why this book focuses on that first vital step a freelancer needs to succeed: building their brand in order to attract paying clients to them. As a warning: this book is not about the typical MBA definition of building brand. There is no help within on picking your company colors, nor your mascot. It's not even about designing physical products to look snazzy. No, this book is all about building a solid understanding in the minds of others about what value your engineering skills can bring them. That is the key that leads those that need your services to you.

More than half-a-million business leaders have discovered the power of the StoryBrand Framework, created by New York Times best-selling author and marketing expert Donald Miller. And they are making millions. If you use the wrong words to talk about your product, nobody will buy it. Marketers and business owners struggle to effectively connect with their customers, costing them and their companies millions in lost revenue. In a world filled with constant, on-demand distractions, it has become near-impossible for business owners to effectively cut through the noise to reach their customers, something Donald Miller knows first-hand. In this book, he shares the proven system he has created to help you engage and truly influence customers. The StoryBrand process is a proven solution to the struggle business leaders face when talking about their companies. Without a clear, distinct message, customers will not understand what you can do for them and are unwilling to engage, causing you to lose potential sales, opportunities for customer engagement, and much more. In Building a StoryBrand, Donald Miller teaches marketers and business owners to use the seven universal elements of powerful stories to dramatically improve how they connect with customers and grow their businesses. His proven process has helped thousands of companies engage with their existing customers, giving them the ultimate competitive advantage. Building a StoryBrand does this by teaching you: The seven universal story points all humans respond to; The real reason customers make purchases; How to simplify a brand message so people understand it; and How to create the most effective messaging for websites, brochures, and social media. Whether you are the marketing director of a multibillion-dollar company, the owner of a small business, a politician running for office, or the lead singer of a rock band, Building a StoryBrand will forever transform the way you talk about who you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.

Freelancing Is Difficult. Are You Ready For This Rewarding Challenge? After the shutdown of his marketing firm, Jason Montoya unexpectedly had numerous business owners and non-profit leaders requesting his help to solve their organization's communication problems. Facing numerous challenges as a new freelancer, he quickly integrated his business insights to move through the many familiar obstacles he faced. He then began sharing with other freelancers a framework of eight vital achievements, see below, that took him to a state of personal and vocational flourishing. Behind these covers, he dives into these mile markers, unveils a blueprint and shares personal stories to help guide and equip other freelancers in their difficult but rewarding journey.

Learn how to build cross-platform applications with Vue.js KEY FEATURES ● Build fast, interactive, and user-friendly web applications with Vue.js. ● Use Vue.js to build applications that can be deployed to multiple platforms, such as the web, mobile, and desktop. ● Gain the skills and knowledge you need to start a career in Vue.js application development. DESCRIPTION Vue.js is a rapidly growing frontend framework with a large and active community. It is a great choice for developers who are looking for a modern, lightweight, and versatile framework to build web applications. This book teaches you how to design and build client-side applications using Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework. It starts with a solid foundation in the Vue framework, its core principles, and HTML and CSS. Then, it covers the latest Vue.js ecosystem, including Vue CLI, Pinia, Vue Router, and Composition API. Next, it shows you how to use server-side rendering with Nuxt.js, how to build a web interface, how to test your code, and how to integrate your application with a back end. Finally, it teaches you how to write good quality, maintainable code that adheres to industry standards and best practices. By the end of this book, you will be a skilled Vue.js developer with the confidence to build high-quality, maintainable applications that meet the needs of your users. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Get familiar with the different responsibilities of front-end developers, such as designing user interfaces, developing user interactions, and testing front-end applications. ● Learn how to use Vue.js to build applications for different purposes and in different environments. ● Explore the latest tools in the Vue.js ecosystem, such as Pinia, VueRouter, Quasar, and Nuxt.js. ● Integrate Vue.js with different API types, CSS frameworks, and data models. ● Learn how to answer common Vue.js interview questions and ace your next job interview. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is a great resource for graduates, aspiring or junior front-end developers, and back-end developers who want to learn how to build component-based web applications with Vue.js. Readers will need to have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to get started. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introducing Front-End Development with Vue.js 2. Working in Vue.js Roles 3. HTML, CSS, and JS/TS for Extra Credit 4. Understanding the Vue.js Instance 5. Designing Component-Based UIs and Single Page Applications 6. Using the Composition API to Manage Component Logic 7. Creating and Setting Up a Vue.js Application with Vue CLI and Vite 8. Adding a CSS Framework to the Mix – TailwindCSS, Bootstrap or Foundation 9. Building User Interfaces with Components 10. Routing Between Pages with VueRouter 11. Interacting with the UI Using Events 12. Building Forms and Handling User Input 13. Managing State with Pinia and API Communication 14. Testing Vue.js Applications 15. Server-Side Rendering with Nuxt.js 16. Building Multi-tenanted Apps With Quasar 17. Interview Questions

Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

If You Don’t Define Your Brand, Someone Else Will Define It for You Your small business is a brand. You as a business person are a brand! Imagine using a time-tested,strategic method to build your brandwith best practices for online marketing and more! Brand and marketing strategist Karen Tiber Leland helps entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, and executives create a brand by design instead of default, gain greater influence in their industries and companies, and become thought leaders in their fields. The Brand Mapping Strategy uses proven strategies, best practices and anecdotes from real life brand-building successes to give readers the tools they need to design, build, and accelerate a successful brand. Readers will be able to: Develop an overall blueprint for their brand using the Brand Mapping Process® Determine which online tactics (and in what combination) will work for their brand Expand the current brand outreach and contribution to a bigger audience in their industry, community, or the world at large Become a thought or industry leader, using clear positioning, a specific strategy for brand building, and a method for implementation Leverage content effectively and efficiently to build their brand Develop a marketing and social media strategy using the right platform

Promote your business with clarity, ease, and authenticity. The Human Centered Brand is a practical branding guide for service based businesses and creatives, that helps you grow meaningful relationships with your clients and your audience. If you're a writer, marketing consultant, creative agency owner, lawyer, illustrator, designer, developer, psychotherapist, personal trainer, dentist, painter, musician, bookkeeper, or other type of service business owner, the methods described in this book will assist you in expressing yourself naturally and creating a resonant, remarkable, and sustainable brand. Read this book to learn: Why conventional branding approaches don't work for service based businesses. How to identify your core values and use them in your business and marketing decisions. Different ways you can make your business unique among all the competition. How to express yourself verbally through your website, emails, articles, videos, talks, podcasts... What makes your "ideal clients" truly ideal, and how to connect with real people who appreciate you as you are. How to craft an effective tagline. What are the most important elements of a visual brand identity, and how to use them to design your own brand. How to craft an exceptional client experience and impress your clients with your professionalism. How your brand relates to your business model, pricing, company culture, fashion style, and social impact. Whether you're a complete beginner or have lots of experience with marketing and design, you'll get new insights about your own brand, and fresh ideas you'll want to implement right away. The companion workbook, checklists, templates, and other bonuses ensure that you not only learn new information, but create a custom brand strategy on your own. Learn more at humancenteredbrand.com

This guide from New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller, is a must-have for any marketing professional or small business owner who wants grow their business. It will teach you how to create and implement a sales funnel that will increase traffic and drive sales. Every day, your company is losing sales simply because you do not have a clear path to attract new customers. You’re not alone. Based on proven principles from Building a StoryBrand , this 5-part checklist is the ultimate resource for marketing professionals and business owners as they cultivate a sales funnel that flows across key customer touchpoints to effectively develop, strengthen, and communicate their brand’s story to the marketplace. In this book, you will learn: The three stages of customer relationships. How to create and implement the one marketing plan you will never regret. How to develop a sales funnel that attracts the right customers to your business. The power of email and how to create campaigns that result in customer traffic and a growth in brand awareness. The keys to wireframing a website that commands attention and generates conversions. The inability to attract and convert new customers is costing business owners valuable opportunities to grow their brand. This prevents companies, both big and small, from making the sales that are crucial to their survival. With Marketing Made Simple, you will learn everything you need to know to take your business to the next level.

Whether you build websites as a hobby or already have a few clients, this book is the ultimate resource for starting a freelance web design business. We've combined the wisdom of successful freelance web designers into one go-to reference book.

CEO From Home is an essential guide to starting, acquiring, or continuing to run a business on your own terms while working from home. Aspiring and current CEOs can learn from these pages how to successfully run a virtual business. In this book you will learn: • Your CEO type • Key HR strategies for the best team and culture in a virtual environment • Running a business working as little as five hours per week • Quickly and easily growing your customer base and business • Countless tools and shortcuts to save time and money CEO From Home is a timely response and guide for working virtually in a post-COVID business environment. Authored by two professionals with real-world experience in virtually running a marketing and human resources outsourcing business, CEO From Home provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies to run a business on your terms from your home.