There’s plenty of reason to be optimistic
When you first start your web design business, it’s usually because you’ve got your first client. Someone you know, or someone who knows someone you know, found out that you could design a website and so you agreed to do it for “less than what that other guy wants to charge! Jeez, he’s ripping you off!” You will probably look back on your first site years from now and laugh in shame at how bad you were at the beginning. Not to worry! The guy who paid you got exactly what he paid for. If he wanted, or rather, needed a better website, he would have paid more for it. This is good news for you, because it allows you to get into a wonderful business that helps other businesses become more successful, and if you work hard, you can enjoy a fair amount of success yourself.
With millions of websites being developed, there’s room for hundreds of thousands of web designers. The more experienced you are, the better you’ll serve your clients, and the more you can charge them. But first thing’s first, you’ve got to put in the time. There are no shortcuts in business and there’s no such thing as luck. The harder you work, the “luckier” you’ll get.
Remember, knowledge is power in our society, and therefore you must invest in yourself by acquiring (and continuously sharpening) skills. The web technologies available today are truly exciting! AJAX and the whole web 2.0 movement is actually interesting, even, dare I say, fun to learn.
More to come!
Getting Your Business Started | Comments (0)Starting your web design business
So, you’ve decided to start your own web design business, huh? First of all, congratulations! Secondly, get ready to work hard, because nothing in life will succeed unless you’re willing to work hard for it.
When I first started WorldLight Media, I remember working harder than I’ve ever worked at any other job I’d had. Longer hours every day, six or seven days a week; I literally ate, slept, and breathed web design. But there was something different that kept me going day after day, month after month: Passion. I actually LOVED what I was doing, and therefore I could work for hours on end without wearing down.
After two years of going at it full time, not much has changed in terms of how hard I work. Only now am I getting the revelation of “working smarter, not harder”. I used to think that was a license to be lazy in exchange for knowledge. Now I know that I can never be lazy, because it only leads to failure. However, I am working smarter, so that my hard work doesn’t just add increases to the value of my company, it MULTIPLIES exponentially, so that my hard work pays off with greater and greater returns.
There’s one resource that I can recommend that can be truly beneficial: Tailored Podcast - Brendon Sinclairs Business Mix
I’ve started listening to these podcasts several times a week, and each one changes the way I do business. I first heard of Brendon Sinclair by reading articles on Sitepoint.com, which incidentally is another invaluable resource for any level of web designer.
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