I've been a toying with the idea of offering website creation and marketing services for local companies, but always have this one problem stopping me, and that is: how much skill really is needed?
What I mean is, I have at least basic knowledge of html/php/css and know my way around Wordpress. If I really wanted, I guess I could create WP sites/templates from scratch, but prefer to use templates that I customize (sometimes very drastically) for my own projects, but is that enough?
I don't consider myself as a coder in any way, shape or form and I am not a graphic designer either, eventhough I can come up with decent stuff on Photoshop if needed. You could say I somewhat rely on templates, presets and other ready-made material be it in coding or graphics, but can customize them very well to fit the needs of the project in hand.
Now the potential clients would be businesses NOT working in technology/internet field, therefore maybe not as "demanding" with their web presence as advertising agencies or such would be.
Some of this doubt stems from the fact that I am prefectionist of the highest degree and demand from myself to make the kind of pages on my own that usually take a whole web design company to do.
I would love to hear some thoughts from people already in the web design/marketing business or with some real experience from this.
Thanks.
What I mean is, I have at least basic knowledge of html/php/css and know my way around Wordpress. If I really wanted, I guess I could create WP sites/templates from scratch, but prefer to use templates that I customize (sometimes very drastically) for my own projects, but is that enough?
I don't consider myself as a coder in any way, shape or form and I am not a graphic designer either, eventhough I can come up with decent stuff on Photoshop if needed. You could say I somewhat rely on templates, presets and other ready-made material be it in coding or graphics, but can customize them very well to fit the needs of the project in hand.
Now the potential clients would be businesses NOT working in technology/internet field, therefore maybe not as "demanding" with their web presence as advertising agencies or such would be.
Some of this doubt stems from the fact that I am prefectionist of the highest degree and demand from myself to make the kind of pages on my own that usually take a whole web design company to do.
I would love to hear some thoughts from people already in the web design/marketing business or with some real experience from this.
Thanks.