About Web Design Business

Setting up in Web Design
My 10-step guide to starting out as a professional web designer/developer
Outsourcing: How to use freelance talent effectively
Learning to outsource effectively is a key skill for a professional web design outfit
Pricing and selling web design
Advice on how much to charge for your services - offering value without selling yourself short
8 Great Reasons for Raising Your Prices (even in a Recession!)
A lot of web designers and developers undercharge, due to a combination of underconfidence and lack of understanding about brand. In fact, charging more can make your life much easier. This article explains how.
Tips on Structuring and Timing Payments from Clients
Explores the impact of various approaches of structuring payments from clients, on cash flow, risk & insurance, and maximising engagement.

Recommended Business Tools for Web Designers

10 Free Ways to Promote your Business Online

A quick round-up of 10 essential sites that'll let you promote your (or your client's) local business on the web - for free.

Basecamp

I love Basecamp for 2 reasons. It's not only a great example of making a complex process simple through good web application design, plus it's a very useful service for web designers & developers to boot.

Basecamp lets me quickly and easily manage projects with clients and developers in different parts of the world, by helping me easily:

Basecamp is free to try out, and I thoroughly recommend checking it out if you have client projects that are even moderately complex.

Basecamp project management and collaboration

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Index: The Business of Web Design
List of articles on running a successful web design business.
Setting up in Web Design
My 10-step guide to starting out as a professional web designer/developer
Outsourcing: How to use freelance talent effectively
Learning to outsource effectively is a key skill for a professional web design outfit
Pricing and selling web design
Advice on how much to charge for your services - offering value without selling yourself short
8 Great Reasons for Raising Your Prices (even in a Recession!)
A lot of web designers and developers undercharge, due to a combination of underconfidence and lack of understanding about brand. In fact, charging more can make your life much easier. This article explains how.
Tips on Structuring and Timing Payments from Clients
Explores the impact of various approaches of structuring payments from clients, on cash flow, risk & insurance, and maximising engagement.