Thinking of Going Into Business?
Now I've transformed my webdesign site into a blog that tells people what they need to know to start a webdesign business. I like being able to tell people the tricks of the trade that took me many months to learn. It isn't an easy process to get it all together, so I like being able to help others.
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Contents of this lens:
Plan Your Business
...writing a business plan helps organize your efforts.
Here are the sections of a business plan:
Business Description
1. Location
2. Legal Structure
3. Nature of Business
4. Owner's Resumé
5. Business History
6. Goals
Products and Services
1. Products
2. Services
3. Advertising
4. Suppliers
5. Production
6. Quality
8. Costs
Market Information
1. Market Areas
2. Market Trends
3. Target Markets
4. Competition
5. Niches
Marketing Strategy
1. Mission Statements
2. 1 to 3 Year Marketing Goals
3. Marketing Strategies
4. Marketing Timeline
5. Marketing Budget
Pricing
1. Direct Expenses Per Unit
2. Monthly Overhead
3. Pricing Strategies
Facilities
1. Location, Size, and Zoning
2. Age and Condition
3. Expansion Opportunities
Management and Personnel
1. Management Expertise
2. Key Personnel
3. Organization Chart
4. Staffing Plan
5. Sub-Contracting Plan
Benefits to Community
1. Jobs Created
2. Building Rehabilitation
3. Meeting Community Needs
4. Increased Community Tax Base
Financial Management
1. Record Keeping
2. Bookkeeping
3. Start-Up Costs
4. Financing Plan
5. One Year Cash Flow Projection
Conclusion
1. Statement of Commitment
2. Restatement of Goals & Objectives
Get More Training
Their current class offerings include:
CSS
Designing Websites using HTML
FP Themes - Eliminate the "Canned Look"
DreamWeaverMX
Introduction to JavaScript
Expression Web Designer
PHP
SEO The Write Way
FrontPage 2002/2000
FrontPage 2003
SQL for Database-driven web sites
The Power of cPanel
Grant Writing
Learn which font works best
Access
More Prospects, More Revenue: Using eMarketing to Grow your Business
Adobe InDesign
PowerPoint
Basic Virtual Office Assistance
QuickBooks
Basic Drawing/Layout in Word
Quicken
Ebooks for Fun & Profit
Typography
Effective Newsletters for Your Business
Word
Excel
Plus a variety of Photoshop, Flash and other graphics classes.
Get Legal
...make your business respectable.
Books To Help You Learn
...in this business, you can never learn enough.
Start a Knowledge Base
...keep track of the cool things you learn about web design.
Keep Up With News on the Industry
- Smashing Magazine
- Smashing Magazine is a weblog dedicated to web-developers and designers.
- bunnyhero dev
- Blog about Flash CS3 and web development.
- Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials
- Web Designer Wall topics focus on web design, tutorials, and modern design trends.
- Tutorialized
- Links to hundreds of tutorials on topics of interest to web designers.
- Vitamin
- A resource for web designers, developers and entrepreneurs.
- UX Magazine
- The user-experience magazine.
- WordPress Training
- WordPress training videos and blog tutorials.
- Ten Web Development Tips I Wish I’d Known Two Years Ago
- Hindsight = 20/20... we're all in a learning process as web designers, and every now and then we find a new technique that saves us a lot of time and effort. This article attempts to help guide new web designers on the path.
- PromotionWorld : 7 vital knacks of professional web designer while designing creative website
- What should a professional web designer know how to do?
- 6 Steps To Bake SEO Into The Web Design Process
- Despite tough economic times, and advertising budgets being pulled back in almost every sector I know of, companies are still ...
The Web Design Business Poll
... please choose one answer.
Add your web design site link here
...vote for designs you like best.
Here's what we're going to do here... I'm listing web design sites, and you can add yours if you like. Then we can vote on the ones we like best.
Note: This is only for sites owned by professional web designers, it is not for sites about how to start a design business, or for sites about html editors and the like. The intent here it to show how other web designers choose to present their business on the web.
Webdesign Bookmark Paradise. All links you need or we add them ! No Spam, no pop-up sites.
We search and test the best for you, spam + popup more...5 points
http://www.silver-stream-productions.com
Silver Stream Productions is Multimedia Company lo more...1 point
Website Design | Chicago Website Design | Illinois Web Design | Weblinx, Inc.
Chicago Website Design Company. Chicago Web Design more...0 points
http://www.352media.com/
352 Media Group is a professional Atlanta web desi more...0 points
Website Design, Graphic Design and Internet Marketing Services
SavvyDog's Website Design and Graphic Design smash more...0 points
Intellisites - Albany Web Design
Albany web design, web sites, database development more...0 points
Rise Creative Group - Orlando, Florida Web Design - Website Designers
Discover Orlando, Florida's premier website design more...0 points
TwoThink | Web Development, Graphic Design, Hi-Definition Video Production, Search Engine Optimization and Marketing in Orlando
Orlando, Florida's Top Creative Design Agency, Two more...0 points
Professional Web Development Company
Solexy company is a professional provider of web d more...0 points
Articles from my Klamath Design blog
... on how to start a web design business
- Web Design Ideas
- If you're planning a career as a web designer you should start as soon as possible to collect your favorite designs to keep as inspiration. Here are some sites that collect great web design treasures.
- Graphic Background with Whitespace for Text
- Code for a web page with a graphic in the background, and whitespace for the text area.
- Backups Can Save Your Web Design Business
- Backing up your web design business files may save you from a business information blackout.
- Applying For A Business License
- Web design businesses need to get business licenses to operate legally.
- Redesigning Web Sites, Proposals and Portfolios
- Sales pitches to prospective redesign clients should be well thought out using proposals and portfolios.
- Free Sample Service Invoice For Web Design Businesses
- Free service invoice for web design business owners.
- Why I Started My Web Design Business
- Starting a web design business came as a surprise to me, but it was profitable and worth doing.
- The New Web Designer In Town
- If you want to start a web design business, learn everything you can about it first.
Starting a Web Design Business
The Downside of Design
...good idea to read all perspectives before starting.
- What I Hate About Becoming a Designer | Jeremy Adam Davis
- It's been a year since I started to get more into the design aspect of computers but I'd like to share some things that frustrate me as I make this
Web Design News
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- Starting A Home Based Web Design Business
- Klamath Design helps people starting a web design business. My tips for home based web design businesses come from my experience as a former web design business owner.
Your comments are welcome...
Let me know what you think.
LindaJM wrote...
in reply to Lara - I'm glad you asked! I'm about to start a ten-posting section on my blog, Klamath Design, that will start with an article on creating a marketing plan.
Joan4 wrote...
Great lens! You have such a broad range of knowledge and experience! Thank you for sharing!
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