Free Web Design to Boost Portfolio?

John said it straight, "Never work for free - ever. Period."

Price your services properly in the first place, and then offer a 25% discount or bonus services to stimulate sales, but NEVER give away your work. If you have decent web skills, you'll get jobs without selling your soul to the Devil with freebies.

Most people fail because they compete on price alone. I'm a writer and I see people offer article and ebook writing for 1 cent per word, thinking they can build on that. But they fail because you can't make a living at 1 cent a word in the US, and they brand themselves as people who will work for slave wages.

I have no idea why so many people are rushing to the bottom of their craft, and ultimate failure, by writing for pennies. As a writer with 30 years experience, I know there is no hope for quality in such cases. There is no point in being the "low price leader" if you can't pay your bills and make a profit.

The same thing applies to building websites. It is just as easy to start at the top if you have the skills, then offer the discounts or bonuses I mentioned. Base your business on quality and service. People in business who know what they're doing are willing to pay for quality and service. Those who want free or cheap are always the worst customers in my experience.

Good idea; you can also invest $37 to join the War Room and put up a Warrior Special Offer for another $40. You can put a Paypal direct sale button in the thread.

Tell other Warriors that you're looking to build up your reputation and need to add to your portfolio so you can offer maybe a 2, 3 or more types of packages.

I think that $77 investment would go a long way. You could also put up a $20 classified ad.

RoD