Freelance Web Design Business - Why Not Start One?

Posted for month of March, 2008

Are you interested in starting a freelance web design business? Why work for someone else, when you can work for yourself as a freelance web designer! There are profits to be made in web design, because let’s face it… we belong to a “digital” age. It’s a computer world out there, so why not take your share of it? Freelance web designing has its benefits certainly. We’ve interviewed Bryan from After5PC.net. He’s one of the freelance web designers we have relied on many times in the past, and he says that:

Freelance web designing has allowed me to be in control of myself. I am my own boss! I decide how much work I can accept. I decide when I want to take a vacation and spend time with my family. I can work anywhere I want to, provided I have a computer or a laptop, and an internet connection! All the profits go to me, and in turn, I can pass on discounts or savings to my clients.

Are you interested in learning more about web design? It’s a good niche to making money on the web. Here are some popular books that you can read about this subject:

Practical Drupal: Evaluating and Using a Web Content Management System (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 5 times
Practical Drupal: Evaluating and Using a Web Content Management System
Practical Drupal: Evaluating and Using a Web Content Management System (Paperback)
By Niall Mansfield

Buy new: $39.95
$39.95
Customer tags: drupal(14), cms(8), drupal cms(8), content management system(6), webdesign(5), cms drupal

 

Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 4 times
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance (Paperback)
By Jim Thatcher

Buy new: $49.99
$31.49
35 used and new from $21.25
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Customer tags: accessibility(10), webdesign(4), web design(4), web standards(4), web accessibility(2), web standards accessibility, design, web, webaccessibility, standards, webstandards, web development

 

Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML: Modern Guide and Reference (Beginning: from Novice to Professional) (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 3 times
Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML: Modern Guide and Reference (Beginning: from Novice to Professional)
Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML: Modern Guide and Reference (Beginning: from Novice to Professional) (Paperback)
By David Schultz

Buy new: $19.79
39 used and new from $14.98
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Customer tags: html(4), css(3), webdesign(3), xhtml(3), webstandards(3), javascript(2), web standards(2), web development(2), beginning xhtml, web design

 

The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience
The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience (Paperback)
By Douglas K. van Duyne

35 used and new from $8.94
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Customer tags: user experience(5), patterns(5), web design(5), user interface design(3), web site design(3), reference(3), webdesign(2), work, usability, web, design

 

Institutionalization of Usability: A Step-by-Step Guide (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
Institutionalization of Usability: A Step-by-Step Guide
Institutionalization of Usability: A Step-by-Step Guide (Paperback)
By Eric Schaffer

Buy new: $49.99
$42.49
22 used and new from $20.65
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Customer tags: webdesign(2), usability(2), software development, user research, human-computer interaction, usability testing, information systems

 

Adobe GoLive CS Classroom in a Book, Revised Edition (Classroom in a Book) (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
Adobe GoLive CS Classroom in a Book, Revised Edition (Classroom in a Book)
Adobe GoLive CS Classroom in a Book, Revised Edition (Classroom in a Book) (Paperback)
By Adobe Creative Team

Buy new: $34.40
54 used and new from $0.80
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Customer tags: golive(6), web design(3), adobe(3), webdesign(2), internet, web how-to, book, computer, web development

 

Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition)
Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
By Jeffrey Zeldman

Buy new: $49.99
$31.49
45 used and new from $22.50
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Customer tags: web design(14), web standards(14), css(12), xhtml(10), web development(8), accessibility(7), webstandards(5), webdesign(2), web(2), design(2), css design, development

 

CSS Pocket Reference (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
CSS Pocket Reference
CSS Pocket Reference (Paperback)
By Eric A. Meyer

26 used and new from $0.63
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Customer tags: css(6), web design(3), oreilly(2), webdesign(2), pocket reference - oreilly, computer science, coding

 

Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) (Paperback) tagged "webdesign" 2 times
Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
Beginning Rails: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) (Paperback)
By Jeffrey Allan Hardy

Buy new: $34.99
$25.42
86 used and new from $2.15
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Customer tags: ruby on rails(13), rails(12), ruby(9), apress(7), webdev(7), ror(6), open source(6), programming(6), agile(3), webdesign(2), bad broken ruby code examples, agile development

 

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One Response to “Freelance Web Design Business - Why Not Start One?”

  1. Comment by Matt Butts on March 24th, 2008 2:25 pm

    Thanks for the great information. *stumbles*

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