How to Start a Teenage Business As a Website Designer
Web design is an ideal business for teenagers, especially teens who already do graphic and web design as a hobby. This can be an enjoyable, lucrative way to make extra money to buy yourself a car, the clothes you want or to save for college. Starting a teen website design business requires talent and a bit of planning.
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Evaluate your interests and talents to decide what type of website design you want to do. Go with what you find most enjoyable. For instance, you can design website templates, the HTML coding for websites, install databases or create custom scripts for websites.
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Teach yourself how to do the type of web design you're interested in. Learn through practice and trial and error, if necessary. Check out library books on design, watch free Internet video tutorials and read free design guides from websites like Jessett.com.
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Create a portfolio for your web design business. Use a variety of examples to really highlight your talent and capabilities. For instance, if you want to design web templates, make one ideal for a clothing business, one for a personal blog and another to showcase a modeling portfolio.
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Specialize in a niche--a target market--or the type of customer with whom you want to work. For example, you can design websites for local service businesses, install shopping cart software for online retailers or create flash intros for personal websites, blogs or ezines.
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Visit Business.gov or contact your local small business development center to find out whether you need to obtain business permits. You may need to collect taxes on the website design services you sell or get an assumed name certificate (DBA).
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Promote your website design business. Resort to word-of-mouth, flier and coupon distribution, sending promotional emails to local businesses that may need your services and posting classified ads on sites like Craigslist.
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