I got 45 new submissions to my Web Designers listings this month. Some look really good. I did end up refusing one because it had no information on it whatsoever, but the rest made the cut.
One thing that Web designers and aspiring freelancers should remember is that this business is very competitive. I have only been posting these profiles for a few months, and I've already received over 200 submissions. In order to get noticed in the sea of Web designers out there, you need to create a site and portfolio that fills a need. While many of the submissions are awesome, and I would hire them in a second, there are others that have some glaring issues:
- Always spell check your submissions. Yes, it's a Web form, but you can write your answers in a word processing program first. One submission stated that they did proof-reading, and I found 3 typos in the submission.
- Make sure your URLs have "http://" at the front. You're a Web designer, you should know that a URL that doesn't have http:// at the front won't work inside an anchor tag.
- Be cautious in your use of superlatives. Just because you state that your design company is the "best" or "world-class" or "outstanding" doesn't mean that your customers will believe it.
- Provide information that adds value. Submitting your site URL as your portfolio and saying nothing about your site other that the name is the best way to not get listed, as I don't want to waste my readers' time with a profile that says nothing.
Please note: The Web Designer listing pages include links to external sites that have not been reviewed or approved by Jennifer Kyrnin or About.com.
I’m told that there are many offering templates for Joomla!
Basically the customer poses the problem, and people write in saying how they would charge for the template.
Is there a similar scheme for CSS templates?