DEVELOP WEBSITES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES

Approach local business persons and sell them on the necessity and financial benefits of having a professional website. Local advertising may get you started as well, but expect to get a large portion of your business from referrals. Charge your clients for the initial design and setup of the website. Work with them to develop a theme for their site based on their unique advantages over the competition. Keep the site simple to start with so that the cost of producing it is not prohibitive to the business. Charge recurring monthly fees for services like web hosting, updates, search engine optimization and submission, traffic, traffic analysis, mailing list production and maintenance. You don’t need to be a master internet programmer to provide needed additional services. There are many free and low cost services of scripts and other resources available to you on the net. You could also offer your clients services such as flash introductions, animated graphics, syndicated content, traffic counters, submission forms, chat rooms, pop-up windows, auto responders and more.