Valhalla Island

Matt Brett recently blogged about an article on Freelance Switch, “Taking Care of Your Online Persona“. There’s a list of 7 rules you should follow, all lame and Matt Brett calls them out.

I couldn’t care less if you think my work or work ethics are sub par because I swear or post pictures of my cats ballsack on Flickr. If that kind of thing would turn you off working with me, you’re probably not the kind of person I would want to deal with anyway.

He couldn’t be more spot on. In my short experience with business I’ve found people spend too much time trying to land clients they don’t want anyway. I don’t want to go out of my way to not swear so I might one day have a chance at getting a client that’s offended by swearing.

Here’s one of Freelance Switch’s rules:

Definitely avoid having your personal blog on your business website unless it’s about business (trust me, your clients are not interested in many beers you had on the weekend).

I think that’s exactly what the perfect client would be interested in, that and beautiful, standards based websites.