I suck at ideas

Depending on how much you charge, I'm always looking for another programmer to do things for me. Not right in this moment because I'm sorting some things out but in a week or two for sure.

 

And sing....because I got High...because I got high...

 

Hook yourself up with an idea person. Personally I'm more of an idea person my friend and business partner is more of a programmer. It works out beautifully and we just alternate adsense/affiliate links to distribute the $ rather than a more formal way of doing business.

 

What do you all think of visvivadesign.com? Vis viva is Latin for Living Force.

 

how about i sell typefate.com great domain for web designing company

 

Dude, good ideas have taken me years to think up. And my best ideas come from a mix of different things that I know. Mix up what you are good at, programming and something else - an interest perhaps? You'll be rich soon enough.

 

A few good places to get ideas are: go to Ebay, and see what the most popular searches there are, pick one, and market it... Google Trends is good for this as well.... check out the most popular products at Amazon.... cruise to Ezine and see whats hot at the moment.... should get you some ideas flowing....

 

and how its related to designing? Also he is a coder not designer.

 

Hey Jacob,

Why don't you offer your services as a programmer here. Marketers are always looking for people with your skills. Just add something to the special offer or services for hire section.

I'm sure you'll get a good response.

Kat Fuschillo

 

Make a new website about bacon recipes and put fliers up a your local bars with a catchphrase that draws them to your site. People love bacon. And a site with bacon recipes would make you some dough.

 

Keep making pages... elance .com guru .com and rentacoder .com

 

Jacob - I have been trying for years to come up with that great site that really works. I am still waiting... I think you have a lot of good advice here. The best luck I have had with the net is my corporate site that brings in business for my core business. You might want to think of something similar for your services. Create a site that has information you collect that is pertinant to web site design. Include information about what you have done - market yourself. Pick a domain that works for what you are marketing. I do automation. So my site is automationnc.com It has a projects section, articles, etc. It is my company brochure. It brings in work. that is good. Now my success at branching off into other web ventures... yuck. My best is PLCMentor.com and is for training in my core business area. I have over 1700 members - thats great! the problem is it has cost way too much for the number of PAYING members that I have. Good luck and keep at it.

 

go as a freelance .if u know programming excellent opportunities are there!

 

I am pretty sure there is no problem starting your own company at 17. Take action and do it

 

Hi,

Why don't you have a read at existing ideas and try and put your own twists and turns on it to make your technique.

 

Yeah! I forgot about that. I tried to when I first joined here, but you must have a certain amount of posts to post in those forums. Now that I have that requirement that will be a good idea. Thank you.

staffsergeantpeterson, that sounds good too.


Well I registered my domain name. I'm going to do tutorials, sell templates I have made, along with a few scripts, and free quotes.

I am stuck though. I have devised two designs that are both good for web design. A dark one, which represents an imaginative designer and a light one, which represents professionalism.

I really like the dark one, I'm thinking about leaving that one up for a couple of months and then switching to the light colored one and see how people take to each one.

 

Alright, it isn't all the way finished. I still have to add content, and optimize it to be a little bit quicker. Other than that I'm pretty much done. What do you all think? http://www.visvivadesign.com The "Services" page has a separate template, and the portfolio has a flash one.

 

Good start! You need to add a way out of your portfolio section and add some of the stuff you have worked on in the past. You might want to start a couple sites in the different platforms you mention having experience in to show what you can do. Stay on the forum and offer advice in the development area. Good luck!

Oh and incorporate. Legalzoom is a good inexpensive way to do that fast.

 

Nice URL, just don't post it here if you haven't bought it yet. Someone might grab it before you get a chance.

When you get your portfolio site going make sure to link it here so we can have a look.

 

Failure is the route to success. Don't just give up because a few of your websites sucked. You're 17, same age I was when I started out. Research, find out WHY you're sites died a slow, horrible and painful yet pathetic death. Learn better marketing strategies, learn how to climb the ranks in Google better. Research your keywords and your competitors keywords, find out where their traffic is coming from. These are all the things that a basic web developer needs to do. We all have bad times, mine in the last week actually because my traffic isn't high enough for the work I've put in but a bit of friendly advise pointed me in the right direction. My point is that I and probably 90% of other people on this forum have been in the same boat as you are in right now.