How To Land Clients as a Freelance Web Designer

http://www.mlwebco.com - How To Land Clients as a Freelance Web Designer - In this video I share my experience and give advice on how to go about landing clients and growing your freelance consulting business.

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• Landing clients
• freelance clients
• web design clients
• how to land clients

[Fobok]

Great video! Isn't much of an option for me, as part of the reason I'm going into business is I don't have much ability to get a job somewhere else due to transportation issues.

[mlwebco]

I hear ya. If you put in the time, create a nice portfolio, network with a lot of people, etc. there's a lot of work that can be found online.

[ghanes14]

I seen this and had to put my other stuff aside to watch, it's a question I've been wondering a while!

My girlfriend keeps telling me to look for internship jobs, but I live in a smaller town and there's none around, and haven't really heard of any web design companies within a few hours from here.

When one starts looking to get employed as a web designer, which skills an experience do companies look for most?

[mlwebco]

Yeah, I totally understand that in some areas, the web design market isn't as big as in others. Intership would be ideal if you could get one. But you can do what I did. When I started, I learned everything on my own, took me 2 years before my first job. Just build your portfolio, and get work on elance (dot) com. It's all about hustle. If you put in the work. Don't sleep, work, work, work. You'll build a nice portfolio and people will notice it. ;)

[Whatisright]

Great tips on how to sell yourself without the hassle of ADs. I wouldn't have thought to just stick with clients after you leave.

[mlwebco]

Oh yea, it's a win win situation for you. If you leave a company, you're most likely leaving to advance your career, get a better high paying job, push yourself further. I recommend, always keep good relationships with your employers. When you resign. Be kind and offer your part-time design services at 20-hours a week for like $50 an hour. That's not a bad second job.

[jsmith19810808081]

@ghanes14 I am now for the fun of it developing services in Java but want to start on C#

I am also myself going back into the Computer Science stuff I didn't delve into as much at University as much as I could have, was more about application development, but even for designers it's good to have an understanding of what the developers do, because their the ones that usually design the infrastructure to what you make look good if that makes any sense?

Finally good luck, wish you all the best.

[jsmith19810808081]

@ghanes14 Yea don't isolate yourself to one particular area. I myself am an employed developer (not designer), I like developing the backend systems but appreciate good designers, tried the nice pretty stuff myself but gave up on that part.

I mean at the moment doing allot of database information systems research though which is quite boring but kind of think I need to do that to aim for a piece of work I have started doing for a separate company, but my foundations probably in PHP

[MrMfloor]

There are many facets to web design.....the user interface, coding, programming....what areas should I specialize in? or do I need to know all? Thanks

[specialk1st]

@snaggypaggy what a negative perspective you have!

[VegaOmega23]

great stuff man. this really is helpful for us up and coming web people.

[estmmn]

I like this video.

Leave companies but keep the relationships.

I've left 2 companies and I didn't get good relationship with them.

Also I like when you say one must use the resources at their job.

Definitely, the company will have enough hardware, software and bandwidth and also many clients/customers that you can link with.

[TheDeenUknow]

Thanks alot, your videos really worked for me.

[webcoredesign]

Useful video. Good stuff! :-)

[jazzmatik]

Do you think going to school for web designing is essential to find work? Also, do you have to be a good visual artist to get into this field? Thanks.

[TheRyder21]

black graphic designer....there is hope