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How to Start a Home-Based Web Design Business

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This guide helps readers assess personal skills, estimate start-up costs, find and keep customers, and stay profitable with a home-based Web design business.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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Jim Smith

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Jim Smith, the laziest (yet still professional) teacher in town, is a head of school, education consultant, Independent Thinking Associate, speaker and bestselling author.

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January 7, 2016
This is an excellent starter book for anyone kicking around the idea to form a Web Design business. I would go as far to say as: this is the very first book you should read. I had a copy of the third edition and don't know if there are more recent versions but reading a book relating to the internet in 2007, I'm sure you can image how much has changed. Still it's a wealth of information straight from Mr. Jim Smith's own experience through his self-owned business. I felt the straight forward, sample business plan and web design contract at the back of the book made the cost of the book well worth the expense.
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618 reviews3 followers
June 5, 2023
I'm not sure many people are starting web design businesses now a days. Squarespace, shopify, etc. have really done a good job of serving the market for businesses that need a website.

So I suspect that this book is sort of a relic from an earlier era but for the time when it was written it was full of helpful advice.
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3 reviews1 follower
April 2, 2007
Not particularly superbly written (not necessarily bad either), but highly informative if you're looking to get into this field.
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September 12, 2011
I was surprised at how useful this book is. Lots of good stuff about contracts and every problems with clients.
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83 reviews1 follower
October 5, 2013
Excellent reference. Lots of helpful info.
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