Good old fashioned "beating the bushes" at the beginning.  Phone calls,
visits, asking LOTS of potential clients for every one that materializes.
After a while, word of mouth begins to bring in business, but traditional
advertising is still very effective (if you can afford the $$ up front..

Thanks,
Keith D Sellars
WebGraffix
www.webgraffix.com

"Making database sites seem easy"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Adler" <doglover(at)cgmailbox.com>
To: "HTML Basics List" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Getting Started


> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm just wondering how all of you got started in finding customers for
your
> web design businesses.  Did people find you mostly through search engines?
> Through local advertising?  Through word of mouth (and if so how did this
> get started)? Or through something else?
>
> I'm still pretty much a beginner, but I can easily design a basic website
> and am charging very little for it.  The problem is no one I know wants a
> website or knows anyone who does.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Beth
> www.bethadler.com  in the process of moving to:
> www.teddybearwebdesign.com
>
>
>

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