Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:21:00 +0200 From: "Super Star" <candyshop999@gmail.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Lear Financial, How To Become a Web Designer Message-ID: <eb5142cf0801070121q7eaf6307p45d5020d32f90555@mail.gmail.com>
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Lear Financial, How To Become a Web Designer Being a professional web designer offers you many exciting opportunities as well as nice financial rewards. Consider the fact that more Internet users are logging on to the information superhighway daily, and that more people want to utilize the Internet to get their message across, and the answer is obvious -- there's going to be a huge demand for web designers. Now is the chance to position yourself in a highly lucrative and growing field -- professional web design. In this article, I will show you how to become a web designer. To start with, you do not need any formal education or training qualifications to become a freelance web designer. However, they do come in handy as a persuasive tool to use to get some clients. At the least, it shows your competent. Also, it's a great way to learn the ins and outs of the Web design industry. Finally, completing education in web design also offers you the opportunity to expand your education and build your portfolio at the same time -- the work you do in school can be used as examples of your work to potential clients. Either way, you must somehow educate yourself on the basics of good web design. Whether this is done in a formal classroom setting, or through intense study on your own from books, it's obvious that you need to become fluent in coding language, when it comes to building a website. But that's not the only thing you need to learn. Once you learn the technical aspect of web design, next comes the business side of it. For many freelancers, most of their time is spent prospecting for new clients, instead of actually working on projects. If you don't know how to market your skills and attract customers, then it doesn't matter how good web designer you are. If you feel like you cannot make it as a freelancer, but are a very good web designer, you can work for a web design firm. While you probably won't have the opportunity to make as much money, you will be guaranteed work, and don't have to deal with the hassles involved with running a business. One of the best ways to learn how to become a web designer is to be mentored by a good web designer. They can teach you about the different aspects of the Web business, that you aren't likely to find in a classroom setting or from reading in a book. In conclusion, it's a great time to become a web designer. Whether you decide to educate yourself formally, or informally, you must be familiar with the various aspects of web design. Then, you must make a career choice on whether you want to be a freelance web designer, or if you want to work for a firm.
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