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The good news: It sounds like you've done a lot and are relatively internet competent. The bad news: You're not an expert yet. I would say you could easily do
by noahc 16y ago
The good news: It sounds like you've done a lot and are relatively internet competent.
The bad news: You're not an expert yet.
I would say you could easily do online marketing, wordpress installs, SEO, etc. Basically, anything a small business would need. The key here is finding the right small business.
Here's what I look for when contacting small businesses to do contract work:
1. They sell to larger audience than the local area. This means having a web presence actually matters, because everyone doesn't already know about them.
2. It might be hard to tell from the outside, but look for businesses that could potentially have their crap together.
3. Call them and tell them you were looking at their website and saw some ways you could improve it. Ask if they'd be interested in hearing about it. IF THEY ASK HOW MUCH RIGHT AWAY...RUN! RUN! RUN! You don't want these people.
I was able to bill $35/hour on my first project like this. That works out to working about 30 hours/month (billable) to get the $1000. Depending on where you live $35/hour may or may not be the right price to start at. I just did what was considered a good wage around here and took it to a multiple of 2.5. I'd start higher rather than lower on whatever number you use.