Re: Starting Out

Joyce,

This may sound like a stupid question, but what exactly do you mean 
by hosting the site yourself, as a web designer?  Do you mean keeping 
your own servers and hosting them, or doing all the work with a host 
on behalf of the client?

Thanks,

Maureen A. Barlow

At 3:39 PM -0600 2/26/2000, Taylor-Made wrote:
>Hi Tom,
>
>It isn't easy to get started and it sure does help if you live in a
>populated area.  Word of mouth is by and far the best advertisement for
>one's company.  I got 99% of my business that way.  I used ads in paper and
>on the radio and I even put two ads in a video flyer that came out once a
>month for 12 months.  I received not one call from all these ads.  But
>everytime I get a call for doing a web site, it was referred by a client.

//snipped//

>Good Luck!!  *SMILE*  BTW, are you also going to host these clients?  I have
>found my clients prefer this.  I didn't at first but am extremely happy I
>did.  Extra revenue every month and the client is happy about one-stop web
>design.  Think about it.
>
>Joyce Taylor
>
>PS  If you have a friend that has a buisness, maybe  cutting him/her a price
>break will get the first client and you would have something to add to your
>portfolio to show potential clients.

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