“Why are you telling everyone how to do your job!? Won’t that mean they won’t hire you?“

That’s possible. But the folks that I know and work with are, for the most part, scientists, nature centers, and people working to broaden inclusion in STEM. So, I want them to succeed. I want them to succeed even if they don’t give me money.

The purpose of my Unsolicited Advice Column is to help you assess if you need someone external to help with your website re-design, or if you can do it yourself. And it also makes the process of what I do more transparent, so you know what to expect if you hire me.

• A Website is Not a Pizza: questions to ponder before you build
• What’s a content analysis: assess what you already have
• “How much is this gonna cost, anyway?”: what you’re purchasing with a web designer/developer
• Why host your website with a third-party vendor?