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Running A Web Design Business

You can run your own web design business from home and make exceptionally good money – all you need is a computer and an internet connection.

My name is Rob Cubbon and I have been running a successful web design business since 2006 which turns in more profit year after year.

How do I do it? Well, it's not because I'm the best designer in the world, that's for sure. ;) Here are some essential questions I'll answer for you:

  • What software and hardware you will need to start and grow the business?
  • How do you get clients? How you handle clients on email, on the phone in real life?
  • Do you need contracts? If so, what you put in a contract.
  • How do you get paid? What are the best ways to ensure you get paid properly and on time?

If you really want to make money running a web design business then you'll have to offer a premium service to the best type of clients and I can show you how to do that.

In order to build a company that offers complete digital solutions rather than being an overworked freelancer you will need to learn the following:

  • How to start The first essential tasks necessary to start your web design business.
  • How to continue The basic principles behind the business.
  • Getting work Should you signup on bidding sites, cold call or concentrate on your site to bring in business?
  • Dealing with clients How much information, what to say and when to say it.
  • Numerous tried-and-tested email transcripts to simply paste into your client emails.
  • What to charge A simple sliding scale of charges and lists of extras to provide so you can charge premium rates.
  • How to branch out How to offer logo design, print design, SEO and marketing services to your clients to expand your business…
  • How to specialize … and ways to pinpoint your interests so you because the go-to business in a certain field.
  • And, meet the designers. Direct advice from over 40 successful independent web designers.

This isn't just my business model. I surveyed over 40 different independent designers from the mega-successful to those just starting out. Some names you may know, like David Airey, Chris Spooner and John O'Nolan. They answered questions like how much you should charge, how much time you should spend marketing, how you should get work and many more.

In fact I collate their answers and display them graphically to give you a complete picture of the life of a web design business owner.

Leaving work and running my own web design business from home changed my life for the better. It can change yours too.

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Subjects Art & Design
Tags Design Web Design

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I learnt a lot of knowledge about operating a web design business.

This course is well worth your time if you are interested in starting your own online web design business.

:) This course had lots of information about starting a web design business - including information from a survey from many existing web designers.

I have been running my own marketing and web design business for a few years and still managed to get some nuggets out of this course.

Think of this as a kind of Web Design Business Management course.

It's not flashy; it's not technical; but it will reliably give you some proven insights into how to run your web design business for short, medium and long term success - and positive client interactions.

Rob is one of the biggest authorities on starting a web design business and has contributed significantly to the online conversation on freelance design.

A very frank and honest course on how to really run a Web Design business.

I am in the process of starting a web and graphic design business.

I have owned my own design business for 20 years but still found much to learn from this course.

He literally goes from the very moment you decide you want to create a web design business to literally how to improve every single aspect involved with it in the end.

I'm serious about starting a web design business so I invested in three Udemy courses on the subject.

What Rob does is convert those things to the web design business very nicely and very well.

If you want to start or you already a web design business, I really recomend you this course.

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running a web design

This course, on Running A Web Design Business, is great for a beginner or someone experienced.

As someone who has experience running a web design business, I picked up several useful tips that made it worthwhile taking the course.

He provides insights in a variety of areas pertaining to running a web design business.

I'd name this course "Advise on Running A Web Design Business" I'm a Computer Systems Engineer with more than 20 years of expertise and several certifications under my arm.

Rob, the instructor, does an excellent job leading students through the various aspects of running a web design business.

Thank you so much for teaching the basics and the fundamentals of running a web design business from home.

If you are interested in running a web design business this class should be considered a 'must have', and after taking it I did not hesitate to sign up for additional classes focused on complementary skills.

There is a wealth of helpful information throughout the lessons, and the content really helped to answer many of the questions I had about some of the specifics of running a web design business.

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highly recommend

Highly recommend it!

Highly recommended!

I highly recommend it to anyone looking to start a web design business.

I would highly recommend this course!

I highly recommend it!

Highly recommended.

I highly recommend it if you are getting into the web design business.

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other courses

I truly believe I will benefit greatly from the knowledge learned in this course as well as Rob's other courses.

It answers many of the issues left out from other courses.

I felt the other courses were slightly better but this still deserves 5 stars and I'm glad I bought it.

I've been aware of Rob Cubbon for a couple of years and have purchased some of his other courses and the content is always superb.

This is the course I've been looking for, and it costs less than half of other courses I looked at.

I'm looking forward to completing the other courses that Rob is offering on Udemy.

great course This is mostly an ad to sell his other courses.

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Rob Cubbon has done an excellent job with teaching this course!

Rob Cubbon really knows his subject material AND has very good presentation skills.

However, Rob Cubbon made a fantastic job with this training leaving no stones unturned.

Rob Cubbon provides a lot of value in this course.

I've been following Rob Cubbon's web for a while and I know this course will meet my expectation no matter what.

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starting out

For anyone starting out, this is invaluable, I have no hesitation in recommending this.

This course offers fundamental lessons to those starting out as freelance web designers or considering this field.

I'm just starting out with my web design business from home and this course laid out the steps and ins and outs on how to run it successfully.

Great tips for starting out.....

Very Good Advice on how to work and he gives good tools and he somehow motivate me to do more thank you for that It's okay, the information is a bit on the surface but I guess it's appropriate if you're actually only just starting out.

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dealing with

I know this will save me a lot of headache in the future especially the dealing with the clients part.

This course provides you with proven strategies and tactics for dealing with the whole range of the Web Design business.

He mentions the basic, but necessary concerns in dealing with clients--making contracts, asking questions about the purpose of the project, completion date, and how to get out of problematic situations.

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Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.

Graphic & Web Design $54k

Web Design Specialist/Web Coordinator $60k

Graphic Design | Web Design | Web Content $61k

Freelance Web Design $71k

Web and Graphic Design $71k

Web UX Design $74k

Web Design Specialist 2 $75k

Web Design Contractor $77k

Interactive and Web Design $89k

Web Design, Web Development $90k

Web Design Specialist 1 $108k

Senior Web Design $119k

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Rating 4.6 based on 147 ratings
Length 6.5 total hours
Starts On Demand (Start anytime)
Cost $12
From Udemy
Instructor Rob Cubbon
Download Videos Only via the Udemy mobile app
Language English
Subjects Art & Design
Tags Design Web Design

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