{"id":71,"date":"2008-07-23T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/?p=71"},"modified":"2008-07-26T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T20:56:22","slug":"business-of-web-design-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/2008\/business-of-web-design-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Business of Web Design – Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ‘Business of Web Design’ is an audio book\/podcast series that teaches you how to start and build a home based web design business.<\/p>\n

I am still currently in the process of fleshing out all the details, but I do have a lot down on paper. <\/p>\n

That said, I am very close to being ready to record the first (of many) sessions and I expect to have something out this week.<\/p>\n

Update – Good news everyone! I’ve just released the first session.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Introduction:<\/h4>\n

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About the style of the course<\/h4>\n

The audio sessions (podcast) will be created in a natural conversational style, rather than being like a dry lecture. <\/p>\n

… I’ve listened to audio books before and though they are professional, they tend to be too formal sounding and so I typically end up falling asleep.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, I decided that a conversational style would be a better way of doing this. And so when I will sit down to record the sessions, with my notes in hand, I will imagine that you are sitting here beside me (with a coffee perhaps) as I go over the subject at hand.<\/p>\n

The Three Basic Sections<\/h4>\n

The book can be roughly divided into three major sections:<\/p>\n

1. Startup of the business<\/h4>\n
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  • Learning about business types (incorporations, sole proprietorships etc )<\/li>\n
  • What skills do you need? Do you need to be a ‘hot-shot’ web designer?<\/li>\n
  • How much money do you need? Should you buy high end software and hardware?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    2. Managing and building the business<\/h4>\n
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    • Getting clients and getting paid<\/li>\n
    • When and how to expand your business<\/li>\n
    • How to write out contracts, invoices etc…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      3. Professional web design project management<\/h4>\n
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      • Managing your clients<\/li>\n
      • Understanding the web development work-flow<\/li>\n
      • Using a CMS and templates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        I will be releasing chapters\/sessions say … once a week or so. Each session will get it’s own post so that if you subscribe to the magazine’s RSS feed, you will be notified each time.<\/p>\n

        Why listen to me?<\/h4>\n

        When any so called expert comes out of the woodwork to offer their sage advice, the first question you have to ask yourself is: why should I listen to them? <\/p>\n

        … I always found it strange that people would listen to a fat man about how to loose weight!<\/p>\n

        About me:<\/h4>\n

        I’ve been designing web sites since 1994. I’ve been running companies since I was 19 years old – and I haven’t looked back since. <\/p>\n

        I’ve been a freelancer, contractor and web design business owner with employees and assistants working for me. In short, I have 18 years experience (and a relaxed secure lifestyle) to show for it.<\/p>\n

        Yes, I’ve made many mistakes along the way, but I’ve also managed a few good moves too. I can’t show you how to become filthy rich (because I am not there yet) but I can show you how to become financially independent by starting and running a profitable and fun web design business.<\/p>\n

        Let me know what you think!<\/h4>\n

        If you have any questions, if you want something specifically answered, please post a comment and let me know.<\/p>\n

        Thanks,<\/p>\n

        Stefan Mischook<\/p>\n

        www.killersites.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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        I am still currently in the process of fleshing out all the details, but I do have a lot down on paper. I am very close to being ready to record the first (of many) sessions and I expect to have something out this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,16,32,1],"tags":[194,184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}