The Business of Web Design: How to Grow your Ecommerce Web Design Business (Skillshare)

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The Business of Web Design: How to Grow your Ecommerce Web Design Business (Skillshare)

Learn how to grow your web design business online. Join UX consultant Paul Boag for a 75-minute course on core concepts and tactics that will help you stand out and survive in today’s highly competitive web design industry. This class is perfect for both freelance developers, designers, agencies, and small web design teams.

It will help you take advantage of the opportunity to build, grow, and maintain a client base online — while, in the process, defining your speciality, increasing profitability, and working on more rewarding projects.
Short lessons cover:

  • The importance of specialising
  • Why ecommerce is an excellent choice
  • How to attract ecommerce clients
  • How to build ecommerce sites quickly and efficiently
  • How to move away from single projects and start working with your ecommerce clients on an ongoing basis

All you need to get started is a web design business that you’re eager to grow. By the end of this class, you’ll create your own landing page for your ecommerce web design business so you can get started right away!
Get Growing: Your Free Guide to a Better Ecommerce Business
For further ideas, help and insights download the free e-book (PDF, ePub and .mobi) "Grow Vol. 1: A Beginner's guide to growing your design or development business" featuring 11 chapters from covering everything from finding your first client, to pitching and contracts. It also includes Paul's chapter on the value of great customer service.
Ecommerce Web Design Business Landing Page
Having watched all eight lessons you will have all the knowledge and insight to start, or improve, your own ecommerce focused web design business.
Your assignment is to create a landing page for your new, or existing, ecommerce web design business.
This should be a single page and clearly showcase the business, it's niche, it's services and how it will help clients with their ecommerce projects.
Some key things to include:

  • Services offered
  • How you are different
  • Why a client should choose you
  • How you have helped previous ecommerce clients
  • Your in-depth knowledge of the ecommerce and it's related trends
  • Ways to get in touch
  • A clear call to action
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