News, updates, bloggish stuff, but mostly just selfies.
Random Thing of the Week
This week has just been full of work. We had to take down beta for a little bit because we had some data corruption issues, and have been trying to get it back up and running for a while now. It has been a lot of work, so most of this week is just that. We are also...
New ‘Places’ Feature!
We're working on implementing a new feature that allows users to use a single account to log into multiple company accounts and accounts that they own. We waffled on how best to implement this feature, but in the end we decided to go with the single login as opposed...
Random Thing Of The Week
Are you someone who works to live or lives to work? I used to be someone who lived to work, but I would prefer to be someone who works to live. So many times I've been called a workaholic, but the truth is, unless you can keep your priorities straight and your...
Value-based Pricing vs. Cost-based Pricing in Web and App Development
Whether you’re taking the plunge into freelancing and consulting or running a studio, there is one question that always looms over you: how am I going to price my services? This is one of the questions I’ve answered more than almost anything else over the years. There...
Estimates Feature Addition
Improved Estimation Tool Added Today We decided today to make an addition to the estimates management system. In addition to being able to add features and pages with both time and percent of time hours, we also added the ability to add project wide costs as either a...
Random thing we did this week…
What was our random thing for a random Tuesday? Work on a blueberry farm! With all this work inside, in front of a computer, it is time to get outside and focus on something other than building a website. The perfect opportunity came up recently with the LongShot...
4 Simple Rules to Live By in Contract Negotiation
Disclaimer: This obviously isn’t every rule in the web business bible, but every designer/developer should consider adopting these rules when starting out. Contract negotiation is the single biggest area where beginner designers can get seriously screwed. A bad...
Printing Functionality Looking Great
Printing is a big deal, and we know it! One of the last features for this next release is the print functionality. We finished up the designs for these items today, and they are looking great! We wanted to have some print functions that would allow you to have meeting...
6 Essential Tools for Web Designers & Developers
The essential tools for any web designer/developer and why we love them. I started by asking, what are the top five pieces of software we use that make us more profitable? What are the first programs we open at the beginning of the day and the last ones we close at...
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We are the BrainLeaf team, and we can help prevent years of frustration, lost profit, and stress for web and app developers and designers as they grow their businesses. What’s this blog about? This space is a community for marketing, web, and app studios, agencies and...
