Comments on: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Scoring Web Design Clients

By: JNsites

JNsites — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:29:33 +0000

Thanks for the great post, as a web designer I feel like I spend to much of my time looking for clients.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:17:47 +0000

Thanks for all of the great info Kayla. I am bookmarking this particular article, and I have been impressed with the website in general. There is a lot of good stuff here! Thanks for your work.

By: Nakia

Nakia — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:59:03 +0000

Kudos to Kayla! Young or old if you know what the hell your talking about no one can mess with you! Different things work for different people. Being able to do things your own defined way makes you rock! There are great articles on your blog, I’ll keep coming back for sure! Keep up the good work!!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:21:24 +0000

Kayla, I totally agree with you. I think Karen is out of line with her comment. I, myself, am only 22 years old, and I would have to say that (not bragging of course) that I am more professional with my web development than a lot of other companies that do it on an enterprise level. Some of the young and upcoming developers are the most talented. They know what how to better handle the Web 2.0 stuff, and yet create simple and elegant sites. True, it may not be for any big names, but we can still learn just as much.

Kayla, keep it up. This is my first time really visiting this site, but I like what I see, so I’ll be visiting more! Thanks for the post!

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:48:53 +0000

Karen — it is unbelievable how many times I have to stress this. I’ve been freelancing for years. It doesn’t matter if I did it in high school of if I did it at age 30 — I’ve been successfully freelancing, web designing, and developing for years, and have had clients consistently for years. I might also note that my portfolio has just gone under a revamp, and that’s why it’s not stock full of my projects. If you’ve started later in the field– well hey–there’s a good indication of why you might be older than I am when getting into this level of the field.

School projects are in my portfolio to expand my variety, and who are you to judge that a client project vs. a school project is any different in displaying what I can do with the software and themes at hand? My articles are obviously legitimate enough for some top blogs in the community, and to top it off, many top people in the community are in their early 20’s, while being some of the most influential people on the web.. Jacob Cass, 21..Vitaly Friedman 24 or 25, Micheal Dunlop, 21 — you get the idea.

I can tell this is your first time coming to Webitect because you have seen nothing of value except for this post, my age, and my half of a portfolio I have up. If you leave a rude comment based on the points I make– then so be it, I encourage that sort of criticism. What I find appalling is people (such as yourself) immediately judging me, and my network, solely on may age and who I am. I’m incredibly proud that I can be making a living doing this at such a young age while balancing schoolwork.

Basically Karen, what I’m saying is: I’m not stupid because I’m young.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:01:44 +0000

Career advice from a 20-year old? Um… I think not. Come back and talk to us when you’ve got some real experience, and a portfolio that includes something other than very basic school projects. You need to be reading web design articles, not writing them.

Did you lift this info directly from one of your classes/textbooks?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:38:18 +0000

Great post! A lot of good points.

Just in case you missed it, point 9 says “Professionalism of of the utmost importance.” Probably should be “Professionalism is of the utmost importance.”

Thanks!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:25:28 +0000

Good article. Other effective ways of finding new clients are seminars, business workshops and gatherings at local business networks.

By: Maicon Sobczak

Maicon Sobczak — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:50:14 +0000

Crucial aspects to think when creating a portfolio and living like a freelancer. Thanks for share.

By: Ujjwol

Ujjwol — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:11:31 +0000

Hey, where did you get those pictures ?
Can you share the sources ?