[thelist] Freelance Web Designer
Alastair Murdoch
alastair at mtbtuned.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Apr 3 16:26:50 CDT 2001
I'd have to agree with putting a price on what you do. I made the mistake
when I started off six mionths ago after I graduated of doing sites 'on the
cheap' or free for local businesses. Now I find it difficult when they
refer someone to us to justify the 'real' cost to a new client who's been
told about 'how good (read: cheap) we are'.
Another point. I also thought that the best way to get a good portfolio was
to offer a good site to clients for free/not much. Downside is that smaller
clients aren't always clued up about the internet, can't always run the
wonderful e-commerce idea they suggested to you (as I painfully found out),
and getting information out of them can be like pulling teeth.
Result for me. Six months down the line, a portfolio of sites that don't
show what (i think) I'm capable of, and not much cash to show for it either.
I liked the idea of working for myself, but I also viewed it as a means to
build a portfolio for myself to move into a proper paid job (my background
is in engineering, so no design degree etc. to help me)
Still, I'm slowly getting more work/bigger clients. Also learning how to
put proposals together properly (stops me losing out) and hopefully I'll get
a job or a few big sites nefore all my cash runs out :)
Cheers
Alastair
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