Each Thursday, I’m highlighting a work-from-home job or business.
Job Description: A website designer or developer works with clients to create a website or to redesign an existing website.
Education: None necessary, but a background in graphic design would be a plus.
Skills: The ability to navigate web-based applications (such as html) and web-design software, as well as the creativity to design eye-catching website is a must in this job.
Job outlook: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says that demand for website designers will be growing as interactive media increases.
Possible employers: Check your local area for website design companies or consider starting your own business.
Preparation: Refresh your website design skills by taking a class from your local university or through your county’s adult education courses. Make sure your computer equipment is robust enough to handle the design work and upgrade your equipment or software if necessary.
Get your foot in the door: Offer to do the first few website designs at a reduced rate. Don’t forget to advertise on the client site your company as the designer.
Testimony: Tiffany, a website designer from Colorado Springs, Colo., recommends that anyone interested in starting a website design business develop a marketing and publicity plan from the get-go. “Otherwise, you might spend years spreading the word before your business truly takes off,” says Tiffany. “Save up to invest in marketing right off the bat, and have a key core of clients who are willing to promote you and toot your horn for you. The effects are twice as big as you promoting yourself.”
Until next time,
Sarah
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