Web Designer Advantage
All you have to do is submit some templates or themes to the various open source communities and free template sites, and make sure your link is at the footer of all your work. And those templates and themes will be downloaded hundreds or thousands of times. It becomes viral, because many people leave the link to you on their website. And all of a sudden you have backlinks.
You have just discovered the web designer's viral marketing strategy.
You can decide which license you'll use to release your work: Public Domain, Creative Commons, or GNU public. Personally, I submitted a few as Creative Commons, but mostly I just release them as Public Domain in the true spirit of giving. And believe me it pays off, big time.
Remember the old saying, the more you give, the more you get? People like generous people. If you are generous with your site's visitors, if you instill trust in them, by giving them lots of value, and a reason to come visit your site, they will want to do business with you, or they will recommend you to someone who does.
So you budding web designers out there: get your free templates and themes submitted to as many free template sites as possible. Remember to leave your link in the footer of every template or theme you produce and just give away lots of free stuff, but then charge accordingly when someone does want to hire you.
Regarding what to charge - well that's a topic for another day. Just remember to never sell yourself short.
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