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Great points, but I differ on a few: >You don't need a website. I may be the exception, but I would be extremely reluctant to hire a contract web developer wh

Great points, but I differ on a few: >You don't need a website. I may be the exception, but I would be extremely reluctant to hire a contract web developer who did not have a website. >You don't need a detailed contract. Agreed in the sense that you don't need 30 pages of "...heretofore referred to as The Client...", but you do need to explicitly spell out a project timeline and payment schedule. I also strongly suggest requiring a 50% deposit up-front.

kaisdavis 16y ago
Hi PonyGumbo > Contract I completely agree. DO have a document outlining cost, payment, timeline, and what you charge per-hour for support / over-time work. Don't overthink it and write out a detailed contract before you even have customer #1. > Website I've never put up a website for my work / business, and never had a client ask. What purpose would the site have? I don't think it would be cost/time-effective in terms of lead generation, so it would just be a listing of the skills I have and examples of other work. I'd rather spend the 1/10/100 hours I'll spend on the site meeting with potential customers and learning about their problems. Maybe it's the different audiences. I'm working with small business owners on marketing campaigns. You or the submitter my be working with a different audiences who places a lot of value on a website. Me? I think I'd spend 50 hours 'optimizing' it and never get a lead, so I nixed the site and just talked to customers instead.