A Web Designer's Journey to Success!

Update #12

yesterday
i took action! i finally maned up and posted my job on 3 forums.
that's not much but that was enough to get me started.
i was doing useless/extra stuff and that was driving me crazy so i think this was a chain breaker.
today i'm gonna design a beautiful landing page as my sample and upload that to my site.
let's see where this will lead to.
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IM stage: ACTION
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

goo99p said:

Update #12

yesterday
i took action! i finally maned up and posted my job on 3 forums.
that's not much but that was enough to get me started.
i was doing useless/extra stuff and that was driving me crazy so i think this was a chain breaker.
today i'm gonna design a beautiful landing page as my sample and upload that to my site.
let's see where this will lead to.
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IM stage: ACTION
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

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Cold calls are your best bet for initial leads

Stick to it, success will come. Best of luck.

Where did you learn web design?

Build a portfolio even with unreal projects, just make a couple of landing pages in PS and Illustrator on Behance or Dribbble or build a portfolio website on namecheap it will cost you 24 dollars a year. If they see your work I'm sure they will take your service seriously.

And see how your competition structure their package offers, segmentation and good price will get you clients, also use Google ads and Facebook ads to bring potential clients.

Dark Sky said:

Where did you learn web design?

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w3schools.com and css-tricks.com are great sources. also Easy tutrial channel on youtube worth watching.
but I actually learned it 2/3 years ago from some pdfs.

Update #13

yesterday
i started working on making a sample project.
source is an image from dribble that i will code to html.
i have plans to code 2 more pages from dribble and 4 other pages from other sources.
then i'm gonna design my own site and host it.
i guess with a more strong portfolio i have better chance of success.
lemme know what you thinks about my journey, that helps me a lot!
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IM stage: designing some sample works
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

Update #14

yesterday
i finished coding sample project #1 and #2.
i also decided not to code project #3 from dribble. instead work on better, more practical projects.
i found and bookmarked 4 other practical landing pages from a competitor's web site.
i want to change their face as much it be hard to detect the similarities. i know it's extra hustle and a mistake...
nothing else. that was a 2hr-work day. but at least better than zero outcome days.
wish me fresh ideas
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IM stage: coding more samples
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

Update #15

yesterday
i figured out i should use a software like bootstrap studio to speed up my work
i got the app (torrented that. i got no money)
i worked with it and heck i don't like it...
i suck at making money
i suck at web development
i suck at everything in this world
some one like me was better to never born at all
but you know what... i won't give up now.
world can close all the shitty roads to me
it can ruin my life for no reason
it can be as unfair as it is right now
it can put me on the EXACT worst situation ever to achieve my dream
but you know what... I WON'T GIVE UP.
i won't stop pushing.
i had days and nights worst than that.
but i will show you how many obstacles i can pass.
life is not fair.
specially for me.
some people may not even understand a shitty life that i'm living.
but i know i'm not the first
so if those people before me did it... I CAN DO IT TOO
wish me motivation, that's all i need right now
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IM stage: having hard times
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

Update

Day #21
first thing first i won't update this thread daily anymore because that a mistake!

after having some hard times in day 15 I used the motivation that came after that to do something productive.
and the result is my fully working, responsive homepage.
address is raybon.xyz if you want to see.
now i'm gonna go for the important part and cold pitch as much customers as i can from today.
i think if i email web masters directly i have a better chance. bc who don't want a world class landing page.

wish me luck
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IM stage: getting started with cold pitching
Total customers: 0
Total earnings: $0

You will make it, seems like you got plenty of time and thats a great resource.