With gas prices soaring and the credit crisis worsening, it’s becoming harder and harder to do business as usual. It’s no longer cost effective to drive everywhere to do business, and if it’s hard to keep up with your loan, working out of the office is expensive too. And if you depend on your customers to come to you, it’s likely you’ve noticed a poor turnout lately.

Fortunately, the internet has made running a business from your home easier than ever. But, if you’re going to be successful, you need to do it right, and I have just the tools you need. (more…)

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Here’s a scenario: You want a decent looking website, you want to be able to manage your own content, and you want to keep the price reasonable. So you find a corporate looking web design site that seems to offer it all. “Legit,” you think.

Sure, legit. But more often than not, you’ll be getting a template. It will probably be fairly clean looking, reasonable to manage, but it’ll still be a template. Many other people may have a site that looks similar, if not exactly, like your own. Your ability to leave a memorable impression goes out the door with your visitor. (more…)

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When I first started doing freelance web design, I figured I’d be doing it as way to earn some supplemental income. A year later, I looked back and realized that my web design had kept me fed, clothed, and sheltered.

Clients and prospective web designers always ask me, “Where do you get your business?” To be honest, it seems to just fall into my lap, but there’s a reason for this. (more…)

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