Are you one of those persons that can design websites but are struggling to get a website to design?

Are you one of those persons that have being marketing their website design skills in Facebook and other social media site and there is no website business to show for the efforts and resources spent so far?

Then continue to read!!!

When I started designing websites about 5 years ago my situation was similar to yours. But over the years, I have found that acquiring website design skills is good and important, but also having websites to design and make some money is most important. To come out of this situation, it is necessary to showcase your website design skills with the right audience, the target market.

A central focus of any professional website designer is how many websites do you have on your schedule to design and paid for?

Everyone always think in terms of how to get more websites to design and become more proficient in website designing.

Asking For Your Website Designing Business

There is a great power in asking for website design business because website designers provide services like consultants, therefore traditional marketing techniques like advertising may not work effectively. It is the quality of your service that creates awareness and advertises your skills and competences. As a website designer, you must identify your target market and always ask them to engage you to provide your website design services.

As a matter of fact, the future of website designing belongs to the ‘askers’.

The future belongs to people who confidently ask for what they want, and especially to speak to their clients.

You can call them up and explain you skills and expertise, showcase the websites you have developed and explain to them that you would love to do even much more for them.

Ask them for the opportunity.

Ask them for more information.

Ask them if they have a website and if they do not have,

Ask them that you will like to develop one for them.

If they have a website, ask that you will like to assist them to improve the website by including some more features and benefits.

The more you ask the more answers you will get and the more business you will receive.

When I began website designing I advertised my expertise in many social media networks, using email and SMS. It is highly unprofitable to advertise in radio, television, newspapers and billboards.

You cannot get a website designing business by simply advertising.

Finally, when I learnt the habit of “asking” mainly from decision makers, making presentations of what I can do, how I do my website design, what I can do for them and so on, I started having more websites to develop.

This transformed my website designing business.

So when you ask, be sure that you have an offering in terms of what they want and need and are willing to pay for it.

Finding A Target Market

It is really important that your clients want and need your expertise and are willing to pay for it.

Some website designers want to specialize in a particular area like blogging, e-commerce, and internet marketing and so on. From my experience from early age in computing it is best to following the trend of computing as it flows.

Since I had many years of experience in Business Computing and had attended some business courses, I combined everything I had learned and put together strategies that became very successful. My strategy was to use social groups like the church, old boys and so on. It worked because I understood them as my target market and I had that’s what people wanted, needed and were willing to pay for.

When I started, I had to develop some websites for free or charge a minimal fee just to get experience and credibility.

I can still do it to get a client.

Sometimes if you are not known in your target market, you must develop some websites for free before you can get paid. Never mind, you are building your reputation and trust which are very essential ingredient for growth in the internet.

You Need Testimonials

Once you have the required expertise and have built your reputation and integrity based on the free websites that you have developed, you ask your clients for testimonials and recommendation

. A satisfied client will definitely recommend you to their friends and associates. The more your clients speak well about you the easier it is for their associates to hire you.

This is the power of testimonials

Always Improve Your Self and Expertise.

Remember that your work is the best advertising.

There is nothing that ultimately replaces your work. It speaks for itself and you must reference your clients to your clients. This is the key to your success.

Therefore, if you do not have any website to refer to, you must develop your own website and refer your clients to it. It is necessary that for each website that you are developing, you must do the best you can and always improve the quality in subsequent ones. Always study other websites and include as many features as required.

To achieve this, you must continue to develop yourself too.

The question most new clients will ask is: which website have you developed?

Be sure you’ve got a good answer for this.

How To Get More Website Business

When you are given a website to develop, be ready to exceed the expectation of your clients. This means, that you must be ready to accept criticisms, suggestions and include features that you know will advertise your expertise even if the client is not paying any extra for this.

If you have the above qualities, It’s amazing to see the number of business that will come when you utilize every opportunity you have to talk to anyone to ask for a website business.

You may ask and the person may not be interested.

Never you loose hope,

ask for his contact and

always keep in touch through email and phone calls.

These are all things you can do to get more website development business as a web designer. Always remember that The future of website design belongs to people who confidently ask for what they want and

these principles can be applied in all consulting business also

Thank you

Augustus Zekaryah

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Augustus is a management, banking and business computing professional with over 20 years of documented success in the field. Augustus is recognized for the application of software to solving business problems, Software Project Management, Enterprise Architecture Strategy, and Delivery of learning solutions with focus on adaptability, Development and execution of business plans, General management and administration, Operations management and Best practice development. Augustus founded and manages FirstPlus Integrated Business Solutions (http://firstplus-ibs.com.ng) as a Software and Business Consulting outfit that specializes in Software development and integration, E-Learning development, Business and Marketing Planning, Consulting and training.Augustus brings to his work a high level of energy, passion, commitment and humour. He is married with children.

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