Hi Like many folks I have been playing around with site building for a while but having a non related full time job, how can I start working for money in this field? Yes build a few free sites here and there but after that? How do you get jobs even if they are temporary to get an income out of it? Thanks for your input Patrick

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From what I've seen from some of my professional web designer friends, is that they make as site for a local company that doesn't have a site, and then present it to them. They do get rejected many times, but they get a profit from it. Another thing you could do is first improve your web design skills.

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Since your current employer is in a different field, they shouldn't mind if you do some stuff on the side. But it would be a good idea to check.

Start building a portfolio. This is important. Contact people you know who perhaps have a webpage, but a very simple one. Or people you know who have their own businesses and so on, networking is important. Get people to let you design their sites. I suggest that you do this part-time and stay on with your current employer until you have a decent portfolio.

After that it's all up to you. Being a freelance webdesigner starting out on your own can be rough, and getting work can be hard. So check that you can pull in customers before trying to make a living out of it.

Like in most freelance businesses networking is incredibly important. Go to all those business-network get-togethers, meet the local entrpeneurs, hand out business cards.


You might want to find a good hoster and a good webdesigner in case you don't want to do all of the hosting all of the time, same for design.

 

 

 

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