Call me when you get to Nashville, I probably will need some more work by spring :-)
On 12/8/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am just myself and I wouldn't have it any other way!!! > I get up at noon, screw around or do whatever and then work at night. I > charge what I want and can make as much as I want. > > You do lose things like insurance and 401k but you also should be making more > $$ to help cover it. > > The biggest issue I see with coders is that they are coders and not business > people and have a hard time getting their own business. Personally I love the > challenge of keeping food in my fridge and $$ in my pocket. I'll admit at > first it was tough, I had to make a few sites for next to nothing just to get > a portfolio started but now it's a totally different game. Once you get a few > clients and if you do a good job then the referrals start coming in and > things happen on their own. I haven't gone out or after jobs in over 2 years, > they just keep piling on. I don't think I have gotten under 15 sites back > ordered at any point for the last few years. > > Personally, I hate doing big sites, I like the lil business sites that you > can usually get in and done in 1 -2 weeks and get paid. A lot of people skip > over lil sites thinking that they aren't worth it but if you are a decent > coder you can make a ton!! Say the average site is 4k and takes a week to > build, well thats 12k a month or if it takes longer.. say 2 weeks thats still > around 8k a month. > > But you also got to think long term in things you do and what kind of sites > you want to do. I usually have 3-4 days a month I block off to do small site > updates for people, for example today and tomorrow I am doing that on 3 sites > and I should pull in around $4,500 for them over a 2 day period. > > You also have to think about doing small things that clients love. For > example if you go to my site look at the top right corner (the flash ad), I > am doing that for a holiday special for my clients for $250 which is the ad > and an admin section added to their site where they can change the ad when > they want or turn it on and off. Really thats a great deal for them and in > the long run when the client wants a new ad made they will most likely call > me and pay me to do it which ads up. > > The down side for me is that I just have too much business and this spring I > am gunna pack up and move to nashville and probably start expanding the > business and hiring people. I say down side because right now there is just > so much work that I can't do it all or get caught up and then get stresses > and cranky (and then come on here all pissy to relieve my stress lol). > > If you do choose to go on your own just know that there is plenty of business > available out there!! But you will need to learn how to compete for business > and your biggest competitor will be graphic designers with no html skills at > all and so learned how to educate the potential customer is pretty vital. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
