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Since: May 16, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:55 pm
Post subject: starting a web business
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Hello All,
I would like to start a web design business, and wanted to know if you
all had any advice? Also, where can I get information about:
1. contracts - what should I guarantee them in return for their fee?
2. pricing - how much? what's the price structure? Is there
maintenance involved? For a fee or per update, or just a monthly fee?
What about deposits, how much should i charge up front?
anything else you can think of would be appreciated. I'm probably
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:55 pm
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Forging a path through the alt.www.webmaster jungle, armed only with a
rusty Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2)
Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax), Doug burst into a clearing and said:
> Hello All,
How do you do?
> I would like to start a web design business ...
To start a business you need in-depth knowledge of two things:
o the trade/service/market you will operate
o how to run a business
They can be bought (hired) if you have capital.
They can be learned if you have time.
> ...
> anything else you can think of would be appreciated.
Everything else is ancillary to the above.
> I'm probably forgetting a lot.
Then you are not ready.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:55 pm
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William Tasso <SpamBlocked.TakeThisOut@tbdata.com> wrote:
> Doug burst into a clearing and said:
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>> I would like to start a web design business ...
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>> I'm probably forgetting a lot.
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> Then you are not ready.
Yesh, master Jedi.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:55 pm
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 9:55 pm
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GreyWyvern wrote:
> William Tasso <SpamBlocked.TakeThisOut@tbdata.com> wrote:
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>> Doug burst into a clearing and said:
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>>> I would like to start a web design business ...
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>>> I'm probably forgetting a lot.
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>> Then you are not ready.
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> Yesh, master Jedi.
You jest, but I owe Mr Tasso an awful lot....I have learned a lot from
him over the years....He's another AWW regular who will receive some
beers from me if we ever meet....
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:55 am
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Fat Sam wrote:
> but I owe Mr Tasso an awful lot....I have learned a lot from him over
> the years....He's another AWW regular who will receive some beers from
> me if we ever meet....
I expect William to re-open the meet-up thread any time.... ... ... now!
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:55 am
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Ignoramus21310 wrote:
> I am sorry, the questions that you are asking are suggestive of the
> possibility that you have very little background in web design
> business. What is your background?
Top posting scum.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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Ignoramus21310 wrote:
> I am sorry, the questions that you are asking are suggestive of the
> possibility that you have very little background in web design
> business. What is your background?
i am a professor of computer science, but I have done plenty of web
pages. Matter of fact, I redesigned our divisions web pages, and have a
site of my own up and running using PHP/XOOPS. Web page design is no
big deal, it's the business part I am concerned with.
I was hoping for some guidance from this group, but apparently that's
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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Ignoramus5574 wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 14:41:53 GMT, Doug <dougd99 DeleteThis @XXXXremovetheXearthlink.net> wrote:
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> You see, you are asking extremely broad questions that boil down to
> asking "how to succeed in business". There is no definitive or short
> answer. Expecting such would be unrealistic.
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> There are all kinds of arrangements in web design, including hourly
> rates or fee per project or possibly others.
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> There are all kinds of ways that people use to obtain clients. Such as
> through friends, cold calling, recruiters, web advertising, etc.
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> My own experience regarding adventures like this is that it helps to
> get started (like get a client through friends etc), and theh to keep
> an open mind for various possibilities.
>
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804
Netscape/7.2 (ax), Doug stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and said:
> ...
> Web page design is no big deal ...
it's not, but you only have to take a brief look around to see that a
grasp of trivial site building techniques is apparently beyond the
capabilities of most hacks.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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William Tasso wrote:
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> it's not, but you only have to take a brief look around to see that a
> grasp of trivial site building techniques is apparently beyond the
> capabilities of most hacks.
True. I can assure you that I am far beyond the capabilities of most
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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Doug wrote:
> William Tasso wrote:
[Web page design is no big deal]
>> it's not, but you only have to take a brief look around to see that a
>> grasp of trivial site building techniques is apparently beyond the
>> capabilities of most hacks.
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> True. I can assure you that I am far beyond the capabilities of most
> hacks.
URL? 
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:55 am
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Using a pointed stick and some pebbles, Doug scraped this into the dirt:
> I can assure you that I am far beyond the capabilities of most hacks.
"Hey Boo Boo, I'm smarter than the average hack" 
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