Hello!
I'm new here. I've been browsing tons of forums for an idea of what to do. I was laid off from my job about 3 month ago. I've been looking for a job since then, but did not even get a single interview. I worked as a web designer for a publishing company for the last 5 years. Looks like www.purebasic.fr is an active forum with active members and may be someone has some experience working as a freelance web designer. May be "Coding Questions" category is not the most appropriate for this question, but I want to try anyways to get some opinions before I go ahead with my life. I'm wondering if it is possible in the current economy to find work for a freelance web designer and make enough to pay for rent and groceries. I was able to find a small project on craigslist and I developed a website for a company. It was a small project and took me only a week to complete. I got paid $800 for 1 week of work which is not bad. Please people give me some ideas. I have 2 kids and my wife is out of work as well. Thank you in advance.
I need an advice
If you're a web developer then you should develop an online portfolio to show to potential clients. That would help establish your experience.
This is also a really good website for freelance web development. One of the best, in my opinion. It might be a good place to start:
http://authenticjobs.com
This is also a really good website for freelance web development. One of the best, in my opinion. It might be a good place to start:
http://authenticjobs.com
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Re: I need an advice
Hi,acipseimmerma wrote:Hello!
I'm new here. I've been browsing tons of forums for an idea of what to do. I was laid off from my job about 3 month ago. I've been looking for a job since then, but did not even get a single interview. I worked as a web designer for a publishing company for the last 5 years. Looks like www.purebasic.fr is an active forum with active members and may be someone has some experience working as a freelance web designer. May be "Coding Questions" category is not the most appropriate for this question, but I want to try anyways to get some opinions before I go ahead with my life. I'm wondering if it is possible in the current economy to find work for a freelance web designer and make enough to pay for rent and groceries. I was able to find a small project on craigslist and I developed a website for a company. It was a small project and took me only a week to complete. I got paid $800 for 1 week of work which is not bad. Please people give me some ideas. I have 2 kids and my wife is out of work as well. Thank you in advance.
There are a few websites where you can 'bid' on jobs. But I agree with Mistrel a portfolio of your coding is always a good selling point so people can see what level of quality of work you are capable of. Infact producing your own website (if you don't already have one is important).
A couple of websites where you can bid on work:
GetAFreelancer.com - A website design work
Full website work,with small flash,budget 50usd, if you can do the work at this price,then make your bid, Regards. Report violation. Job Type: Banner Design ...
http://www.getafreelancer.com/projects/ ... -work.html - 33k
Design Quote: Graphic and Web Design Jobs, Bids, Quotes, Leads ...
Post jobs for free quote. Browse web design leads and place your bid. ... DesignQuote.net has allowed me to focus on development of projects rather than hunting down work. ... Hire web site designers, graphic designers, web programmers. ...
www.designquote.net/ - 26k - Cached - Similar pages
Free Web Design Bids
If the projects you want to bid on are sold out, change your alerts to send you .... $1001 - $2500 Website and Print Design for Christian Magazine (Sanford FL) Bids: 1/8 ... I prefer to work with designers located: within the U.S. ...
www.freewebdesignbid.com/ - 110k - Cached - Similar pages
Programming Bids: Freelance IT Programming, Web Design, CGI,Perl ...
... Custom Web Design, CGI,Perl,PHP,ASP Programmers, IT Freelancers, Computer Programming Work, Freelance Website Design, CGI,Perl, PHP,ASP,C++ Bid, Quote, ...
www.programmingbids.com/ - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
European Freelance Marketplace. Custom Web Design, Programming ...
Get custom web design. Freelancers bid on outsourced projects. Outsourcing to India, Romania, Ukraine and many ... We're willing to work hard on EUF." csoftgroup , CSOFTGROUP ... Outsourced Website Design projects Website Design (22) ...
www.eufreelance.com/ - 70k - Cached - Similar pages
Rent A Coder - Affiliate website design work required. i have ...
web site design. By dwallguy on Mar 24. Max Bid: Open to fair suggestions ... Graphic Design (Includes graphics work, logo design and 3d modeling) ...
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/mi ... Id=1118445 - 60k - Cached - Similar pages
ScriptLance.com Custom Freelance Programming. Outsource web ...
Quick 10usd For Website Clone · Ebay Buy It Now Script · E Commerce Assistance ... Web Dev - And Other Misc. Work · Add Javascript To Css Menu .... Project Name, Budget, Bids, Avg Bid, Job Type, Posted. New Logo Design, $10-45 ...
www.scriptlance.com/ - 62k - Cached - Similar pages
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Peter.