How to Start a Home-Based Web Design Business

by Jim Smith

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.

Genres: Business, Website Design, Internet, Technology, Design, Web, Computers

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

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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.

Reviews

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Chris Seltzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[John Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not particularly superbly written (not necessarily bad either), but highly informative if you're looking to get into this field.

[Andy Gagnon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was surprised at how useful this book is. Lots of good stuff about contracts and every problems with clients.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference. Lots of helpful info.