jasonic — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:33:49 +0000

Ive been running my own website online-matchmakers.co.uk for a couple of years now, this is where I initially gained my experience. I then created Freelancesolutions.com which is a freelance site. From this I got lots of work from a webmaster that had visited this site and liked the design. My point is that having really good example sites is a very good way of advertising your skills and may get you job offers. I am in the UK.

dvduval — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:49:38 +0000

I've been freelancing for a long while, but only in the last 6 months can I say I do this for a living. It feels great.

KarenArt — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:47:17 +0000

clientcenters that was funny!! LOL!

Abhishek Reddy — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:34:12 +0000

lol, clientcenters

I don't make anything from the label of "freelancer". I don't have any work, even. But as long as I'm unqualified for my main career interest (physics), I'll keep on trying.

clientcenters — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 22:02:48 +0000

How many freelance webdesigners does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Four....

1 to design the lightbulb. 2 to program the backend of the lightbulb. 1 to create animation for the lightswitch.

Suzanne — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:24:39 +0000

I've been running my own business for years, I have clients from all over the world, some local as well. Word of mouth and good customer relations make the difference. Rich? No. But I make a liveable wage on parttime hours for now while I raise my kids.

openmind — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:20:18 +0000

KarenArt wrote: How many freelance webdesigners does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
3
One to screw it in, another to say there's a better way to do it take the lightbulb out and screw it back in again, and a third to say the first two were totally wrong... lightbulbs never work right anyway and proceed to sell you an oil lantern.

LMAO!

How many idiots does it take to change a lightbulb?

100 - 1 to hold the lightbulb and 99 to turn the ceiling round!!

Sorry bout that...

I make a living from various areas of my web businesses. I have multiple income strems including hosting, design, development work, affiliate schemes and selling my soul I'm in the UK btw...

KarenArt — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:19:20 +0000

For some reason when I read the title I thought this was going to be a ...screw in the lightbulb joke.

How many freelance webdesigners does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
3
One to screw it in, another to say there's a better way to do it take the lightbulb out and screw it back in again, and a third to say the first two were totally wrong... lightbulbs never work right anyway and proceed to sell you an oil lantern.

Ok enough goofyness....

I wouldn't say that I'm getting rich off being a web designer. It definately does help pay the bills though.
I don't rely on local people to buy my websites though. I sell my designs to artists I've met on-line in different groups. I also (when I've got the extra cash and want more sales) advertise in a couple smaller artist's magazines.
I couldn't imagine trying to make a living simply relying on local people and buisnesses.

That what you wanted to know?