Comments on: How to become a Freelance Web Designer

By: Faye Lynch

Faye Lynch — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:22 +0000

Hello. I’m 19 years of age and should have been in university by now waiting to be a scientist…except I moved out too young and had to get a job and I have now discovered that yes I want to work and want to try really hard in what I do yet I want to enjoy my job and I want to control the hours I work…alot of people have mentioned about freelancing so I thought about something I would like to do and I remember from being at school I loved designing websites in ICT albeit I was working on a program that helped design websites rather than work with html language ect therefore-this part I know nothing about… I dont know whether to sign up part time at my local college or to buy a book or what the course will cover or what to look for….I just know that I enjoy designing on computers-any ideas? Faye

By: First of Many? « judahroux

First of Many? « judahroux — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:08:55 +0000

[...] I found this great site of a fellow web designer who posted an article regarding freelance web design. I would definitely say after reading that, that it’s good advice to begin [...]

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:45:37 +0000

I think I might be thinking of this the wrong way, but the bit I don’t understand is where you keep your websites and what do you do with them once they are finished?

By: Indika

Indika — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:59:59 +0000

Wow, very very nice article, very useful, Thank you very much

By: Andy Morley

Andy Morley — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:36:26 +0000

Hi Dave, a very nice article I think it will be very valuable for people starting out trying to get into our industry or people thinking of branching out into Freelancing.

For the actual work processes and how to to the job I think your post is ideal.

However I have found a lot of people in the industry have a large number of skills in Web Design but very little knowledge in business and even how to set up a business. I have started writing a few blog posts about how to become a freelancer, Part 1 is about setting up a company in the UK and the two main types of business, (Sole Trader and Ltd)

Have a look – How To Become A Freelance Designer.

Thanks – Andy.

By: Web Basics

Web Basics — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:07:53 +0000

Hi David,

Oops… Correction…

I said “Like you said in the article”

I meant “Like you said in your comment above”

Warm regards

Ade

By: Web Basics

Web Basics — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:20:04 +0000

Hi David,

Great article, thanks for sharing… Sound advice for a change!

I genuinely believe that most people fail, D.I.Y web designers anyway, because of a combination of the seemingly confused evolution of the www and something you mentioned… being out dated material.

Of course there is plenty of good info out there but Mr. Google and his friends does insist on serving up ‘aged’ information which in this case is a bad thing!

I had such a bad experience sucking up all that stuff when I started out that I eventually went on to create Web Basics Developer Training over at http://www.webbasicsroadmap.com. Which is still growing today!

Like you said in the article, you have to be careful when you’re starting out. Be warned!

Warm regards

Web Basics

By: david

david — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:59:28 +0000

I bought “How to Start a Home-based Web Design Business” yesterday, by a guy called Jim Smith. Its supposed to be good but it won’t contain UK-oriented legal/financial information – which is my main reason for wanting it – cos its written by an American.

I’ve checked the link u provided & will have a think about it, but I’ve a feeling it’ll be similar to the book I’ve just bought. ie:- lacking the main information I want out of it.

Cheers anyway dude.

By: Dave Woods

Dave Woods — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:13:47 +0000

Hi David, unfortunately that’s really something that I’ve picked up as I’ve gone along so I’m not sure of any resources for that side of things. This year though, as I’m now working from home fulltime I intend to get an accountant to take a look at my tax return as I believe there’s a whole load of things that you can claim for including part of your utility bills so am pretty sure I’ll save money by paying an accountant.

The only book that I can think that might help is this one:
http://freelancefolder.com/book/

I’ve not read it personally but have heard good things about it. Hope that helps?

By: david

david — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:20:31 +0000

all i need to know about is the financial, legal & business side of web design (like tax, IR35 & whatnot). all the other stuff – the skills, portfolio, etc – i’m ok on

do you know of anywhere that explains all this stuff for UK web designers? a book would be ideal (or preferably a handful of them)

[ better still would be a book that also includes tips on how to make websites pay for themselves using ad's, referrals, etc. though i understand if that's classed as a different subject ]

anyway, if u could give me any links or pointers i’d appreciate it