How To Survive and Profit In A Crowded Design Marketplace
It’s an absolute fact that there are tons of web designers in today’s marketplace. Freelancers and design agencies are popping up almost on a daily basis.
The competition is so fierce you may be even wondering if it is at all possible to earn a living with a web design business.
In this article I want to demystify the myths and show you that it is not only possible to survive but how you can also thrive and profit in the ultra-competitive web design ‘jungle’.
I’ll point out some reasons why the web design market is still hot and lucrative and also show you how you can strengthen and solidify your design business.
Here’s Why Web Design Is Still A Lucrative Market
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Free PSD Template: CleanCut
This is a “clean cut” free PSD template suitable for many types of websites. A flexible home page layout easily allows you to customize it by adding your own logo, images, and content. This photoshop layout can also be great for practicing your design skills.
Feel free to download the template via the link below:
- Unlimited usage rights with no restrictions
- Use for commercial projects or personal
- No link back required
In short, you can use this psd template however you like.
Preview Full Size | Click Here To Download (Adobe Photoshop .PSD file: 6.01MB)
Please let us know if you like this layout and what type of designs you would like to see in the future.
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How To Get Other People’s Money To Pay For Your Promotions
If you are a freelance web designer or small design firm you probably don’t have a boat load of money to spend on marketing activities. But imagine if there was a way for you to get a well known company to pay for all your marketing and promote your design business on their dime?
Imagine some other company shelling out $5000 to promote YOUR design business?
Well that is exactly what happened to me recently and I’d like to share with you exactly how I got sponsorship from a larger business in my area.
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The Hidden Secret To Successful Marketing: Simplicity & Consistency
Many freelancers and design agencies are on a never-ending quest for that one magic-bullet that will take away all the effort they need to put in on marketing and attract an endless stream of clients for life.
So they embark on a journey to read and learn all they can and then implement all kinds of marketing strategies , all over the place, but all done half-heartedly.
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How Do You Treat Your BEST Customers?
The fact is most businesses treat their best customers something like this:
Take Money and Forget !!!
Take for example the loyal T-Mobil customer, the one who pays all his cell phone bills on time and has a long term contract running for over 10 years. He generates more revenue for the company than the one who keeps breaking and changing contracts.
