Okay, this is not new. But Web Design Business is still in demand as more and more people realize the importance of Internet exposure for a business.

The Business Idea

Design websites for business(s) and charge either by project or by hour.

Benefits and the Market

A good thing about this business is, you can start this business with a computer at home. Start-up cost can be very low and the market is very large. More and more business(s) are going to need websites in order to survive in the future. Therefore, the demand is still increasing.

Another good thing about Web Design Business is your clients will help you a lot with the word-of-mouth marketing. As other people ask your clients about who did their websites, they will advertise for you.

What you need

You need a computer and a website with some portfolios. You cannot start a web design business if you don't have a website yourself. If you know a bit about web design you should have an idea of the kind of computer you need.

Ideas to get Started

• Register a domain.
• Build an attractive website. Show off your web designing skills.
• Have screenshots of your previous work. If you don't have any experience, create some sample websites and take screenshots of them. Post them on the website as your portfolio.
• Develop Web design packages. i.e. domain and web hosting registration (I recommend not to provide web hosting service, but recommend them to use existing web hosting service providers such as GoDaddy), sample static website design, dynamic website design (blogs, forums, CMS, Joomla, Portal, e-commerce). It's a good idea to have demo sites for each of the categories.
• Once when you have your website all set, have your business cards ready.
• Go out around your town and start looking for business(s) that don't already have a website. Explain to them the importance of web exposure for their business.

Conclusion

Web Design Business is not hard to run, but the quality of your service is very important as word-of-mouth marketing is a free bonus to this type of business - good quality of service will expand your business exponentially, and vice versa.

Try to start small. Focus locally first. When your income increases, then you can consider advertise on the Internet and expand your business.

Think hard about Why Should People Choose You Not Other Web Design Companies? Explain to your prospects about the advantages of your service such as (for example) that your websites come search engine optimized...etc.

Think hard, work hard, and expect success.

P.S. It is a very good idea to have a backlink (something like "designed by your company") on every project that you do. This will build up the backlinks to your business website, increasing page rank in the long run.

P.P.S. If you have a blog on your business website, with all the backlinks that you get (mentioned above), organic traffic to your website will build up over time exponentially. Monetizing your blog will be an easy task with traffic.