How to market myself as Web Developer in US Market?

by bawany
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Hello, i am a Web designer and i own and manage the web design, and development agency, uptill now we are getting our projects from Elance and other freelancing websites, and WF and other such forums, but i want to go big now and was trying to figure out the best way to market my services in US market. So i would like some experts advice what can be the methods and possible strategies i can follow to bring in some good budget projects for my team to work on. Would offline marketing would be better or online?

Would love to hear some feedback and suggestions by successful marketers and other web development agency owners.
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  • Profile picture of the author gfrankwick
    Originally Posted by bawany View Post

    Hello, i am a Web designer and i own and manage the web design, and development agency, uptill now we are getting our projects from Elance and other freelancing websites, and WF and other such forums, but i want to go big now and was trying to figure out the best way to market my services in US market. So i would like some experts advice what can be the methods and possible strategies i can follow to bring in some good budget projects for my team to work on. Would offline marketing would be better or online?

    Would love to hear some feedback and suggestions by successful marketers and other web development agency owners.
    Honestly the question of offline or online really depends on you and the market you would like to go after. I have seen some people succeed in the online world and I myself have done very well offline, but that is the niche I know.

    If you want to start offline I cannot say enough, get your feet on the ground and start running. Use Google, Facebook, or Manta to start searching for businesses in your area and either pick up the phone or start stopping. Introduce yourself as someone that would like to help them, don't start by trying to sell the world. Good luck!
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    Thanks for your response Tony, one of the issue is i am not in USA myself, we did tried to reach the business via phone and email, but were not able to get good enough response, so i was thinking for offline marketing. I had in mind to hire Sales representative in US or offer commission %, can you suggest me any strategy.

    The fact is we do have high quality skills in web development but i don't have skills in selling my services at the rates it really worth.
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      Originally Posted by bawany View Post

      Thanks for your response Tony, one of the issue is i am not in USA myself, we did tried to reach the business via phone and email, but were not able to get good enough response, so i was thinking for offline marketing. I had in mind to hire Sales representative in US or offer commission %, can you suggest me any strategy.

      The fact is we do have high quality skills in web development but i don't have skills in selling my services at the rates it really worth.
      You can definitely try to hire out the sales but I will warn you that if you can't sell the product yourself, you may have a hard time finding good sales staff. Remember in most cases many sales farms are not skilled in the web design marketing aspect, they are skilled in selling. With that being said you will need to train the sales staff on your product and how to sell it.

      I would truly focus on learning as much about sales as possible, and in your case, telemarketing to businesses. There are a lot of good free resources on the forums to help.

      It will seem trying and slow at first but keep calling and trying to make the sale. In the long run if you can develop that skill and at least know how to train the sales staff, you would be much better off.

      I really hope you succeed, so please use the resources on the forum and feel free to ask for help.
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    Originally Posted by bawany View Post

    Hello, i am a Web designer and i own and manage the web design, and development agency, uptill now we are getting our projects from Elance and other freelancing websites, and WF and other such forums, but i want to go big now and was trying to figure out the best way to market my services in US market. So i would like some experts advice what can be the methods and possible strategies i can follow to bring in some good budget projects for my team to work on. Would offline marketing would be better or online?

    Would love to hear some feedback and suggestions by successful marketers and other web development agency owners.
    Hi Bawany
    As you told that you have web development skills and dont have marketing skills so just follow these simple steps to promote your business in USA

    1- design your portfolio site as you can design (Include your all contact information)
    2- get help from different sources for promote your portfolio site in USA as they have knowledge about it how to promote and where to promote

    3- Promote yourself on social media sites like Facebook groups (you can get help by Facebook ads)

    in this way within 1 month you will have many contacts in your desired country. This is my personal experience.
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      Originally Posted by khansaccounts View Post

      Hi Bawany
      As you told that you have web development skills and dont have marketing skills so just follow these simple steps to promote your business in USA

      1- design your portfolio site as you can design (Include your all contact information)
      2- get help from different sources for promote your portfolio site in USA as they have knowledge about it how to promote and where to promote

      3- Promote yourself on social media sites like Facebook groups (you can get help by Facebook ads)

      in this way within 1 month you will have many contacts in your desired country. This is my personal experience.
      Hello Khan,

      I do already have my portfolio website, with 100+ projects portfolio, can you please give me bit more info on the point

      2- get help from different sources for promote your portfolio site in USA
      Different sources like?
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