Why are web people based in-house?

Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Higher Ed, Strategy | Tags: | 4 Comments »

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  2. 2 Heidi Cool said at 12:35 AM on January 21st, 2010:

    When I was working in-house as Webmaster for http://www.case.edu I would sometimes work at home but no more than one day a week. Home days were good for building out new sites that already had their plans in place. But being in the office was helpful because I could easily bounce ideas off the people I worked with. And as you indicate, the people we work with come in many flavors, I might need input from media one day while offering a Web solution to our video person the next. While we can accomplish quite a bit via phone and e-mail, sometimes sharing our expertise with our colleagues just works more efficiently in person, where we can share examples, point to something on a computer screen, etc.

    Now that I’m independent I spend most of my time alone with my computer, and clients correspond by e-mail, phone, Facebook and Twitter (they’ve figured out that I don’t check e-mail every 5 minutes). But it’s still helpful to meet face-to-face sometimes, or if we’re long distance I’ll try to use Skype at other tools to forge a closer connection.

  3. 3 Ron Bronson said at 1:28 AM on January 21st, 2010:

    Thanks for the comment, Heidi! I too, used to work from home sometimes depending on where I worked. It was a necessity in some places because of weather and my commute. Nice perspective on the independent side of things too, because you’re right, once you’re on the other side it becomes an issue of time = money and so, you’re far more likely to handle as much as you can outside of the client space. Plus, the relationships can be different and their needs.

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