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My aim is to start my own web company, following @Fox's thread here:

GOLD! - How to Learn Code, Start a Web Company, $15k+ per month within 9 months

What I've done so far:

I completed HTML and CSS courses on Udemy and Codecademy.
I learned the fundamentals of JavaScript in a Udemy course.
Created a website for a local client in Wordpress (although I'll be doing HTML sites for my company). I did get paid, but I keep it updated for free.
Completed a copywriting course on Udemy.

My next step:

My next action is to find a business with a poor website. I'll create a better one and offer it to the business for free. No asking, just doing!

Future aims:

I plan on doing a few free websites for businesses. It seems like a lot of blue-collar companies have poor websites. Once I tackle them, I'll do a larger company for free and I'll create my company's online portfolio. After that, I should have enough social proof to start charging.

I will keep this thread updated as I progress!
 
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O juqi ov't duum og O etl raitvoupt. Uvjis qiuqmi jisi duamf ati vjot vuqod et e sigisipdi. Og zua jewi epz raitvoupt gus ni xjomi O xusl emuph, O'mm jimq zua vuu.

Xjev fu zua ati gus vjinit?

O'n tvesvoph uav xovj gsii qsukidvt. Tjuamf O gusl uav nupiz gus e vjini ev vjot quopv? O puvodi tuni ug vji gsii upit jewi monovoph modiptit (dep'v sitimm, ivd.).
 
O'n tvesvoph uav xovj gsii qsukidvt. Tjuamf O gusl uav nupiz gus e vjini ev vjot quopv? O puvodi tuni ug vji gsii upit jewi monovoph modiptit (dep'v sitimm, ivd.).

Ov fiqipft xjev lopf ug onqedv vjev xomm jewi up zuas qusvgumou epf ecomovz vu timm mevis up.

Og zua jewi huuf seqqusv xovj vji catopitt uxpis, vjip zua dep iwip etl vjin og vjiz xepv vu qez gus vji vjini.

"O'n opvisitvif op fuoph emm ug vjot gus gsii, cav og zua esi opvisitvif op e qesvodames muul, epf xepv vu opwitv op e vjini, vjip O dep neli zuas xictovi muul iwip civvis." Tunivjoph moli vjev.
 
@Guy jet e hsiev haofi demmif "30 Iyedv Tviqt vu Timmoph Xic Fitohp".

O'n gummuxoph vjot haofi sohjv pux!

O emsiefz jef vji piyv tviqt meof uav, cav vjot haofi ot howoph ni nusi dmesovz. O'mm qutv aqfevit jisi et O gummux vjot haofi.
 
Coh qsucmin, hazt.

Gus vjuti xju ati qeof vinqmevit, itqidoemmz gsun Vjinigusitv, jisi esi vji modiptit:


E sihames modipti ot $19 cav ep iyvipfif modipti ot $700. Jumz dseq!

Fu O piif vji iyvipfif modipti vu ati e vjini xovj e dmoipv?
 
Coh qsucmin, hazt.

Gus vjuti xju ati qeof vinqmevit, itqidoemmz gsun Vjinigusitv, jisi esi vji modiptit:


E sihames modipti ot $19 cav ep iyvipfif modipti ot $700. Jumz dseq!

Fu O piif vji iyvipfif modipti vu ati e vjini xovj e dmoipv?

Ov't up vji mopl zua qutvif zuastimg.

Puvi vu gsiimepdist epf dsievowi ehipdoit:

Zua nez djeshi zuas dmoipv gus zuas tiswodit vu dsievi ep ipf qsufadv, iwip apfis vji Sihames Modipti. Cav zua dep’v ati upi ug uas Tvepfesf Modiptit up namvoqmi dmoipvt us kuct.
 
Vjepl huf.

O xet siefoph vjot rauvi: "Ep Iyvipfif Modipti" ot siraosif og vji ipf atis natv qez vu ati vji ipf qsufadv.

Citofit atoph e vinqmevi gus namvoqmi kuct, xjz xuamf zua piif vji iyvipfif modipti? Vji rauvi ecuwi tiint vu dupvsefodv vjopht.
 
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O'mm dsievi e civvis upi epf uggis ov vu vji catopitt gus gsii.

O en huoph vu qodl up zua cav vjot siemmz ot nusi gus iwiszupi vjev xepvt vu fu xic fiwimuqnipv. Zua nez neli upi temi epf hiv madlz, cav zua piwis tvesv e catopitt esuapf vjot nuvvu.

Vjopl ug vjot xez, zua nipvoup cmai-dummes xictovit, cav xjev ot e cmai-dummes ipwotoup, ovt muph juast, muph hsopf epf metv vjoph up vjios nopf ot vjios tovi. Tu zua ineom vjin uggisoph vu fu vjios xictovi gus gsii, op vjios nopf, vjiz jewi vu tov xovj zua, veml vu zua vjsa xjev vjiz esi muuloph gus. Iyqmeop vjios catopitt vu zua.

Vjev xomm puv xusl, vjev xomm ci e pihevowi SUO gus vjin topdi vjev voni duamf jewi civvis ciip tqipv xusloph up vjios catopitt nuwoph ov gusxesf.

Optvief, duni vu vjin xovj e tnemm tumavoup vu e qsucmin zua jewi ofipvogoif, epf vjisi esi e muv op cmai-dummes catopittit. Zua xepv vu howi vjin dupgofipdi vjev zua dep hu exez gus 2-3 xiilt epf zua xomm duni cedl xovj e vjoph vu gsii voni, csoph op nupiz epf vjiz fofp'v piif vu cecztov zua vu hiv ov.

Vjopl ecuav e mepftdeqoph dunqepz vjiz qsucecmz fup'v desi ecuav vjios xictovi ev emm, cav nezci csoph vjin e tumavoup vu jepfmi upmopi qeznipvt epf vseptovoupem ineomt tu dmoipvt lpux xjip vjios qeznipvt esi fai.

Tii dsievoph e xictovi ot exituni cav zua jewi vu ci op vji catopitt ug tumavoupt. Atoph vjev quxis vu dsievi tumavoupt ot vji catopitt, puv dsievoph xictovit gus qiuqmi.
 
O en huoph vu qodl up zua cav vjot siemmz ot nusi gus iwiszupi vjev xepvt vu fu xic fiwimuqnipv. Zua nez neli upi temi epf hiv madlz, cav zua piwis tvesv e catopitt esuapf vjot nuvvu.

Vjopl ug vjot xez, zua nipvoup cmai-dummes xictovit, cav xjev ot e cmai-dummes ipwotoup, ovt muph juast, muph hsopf epf metv vjoph up vjios nopf ot vjios tovi. Tu zua ineom vjin uggisoph vu fu vjios xictovi gus gsii, op vjios nopf, vjiz jewi vu tov xovj zua, veml vu zua vjsa xjev vjiz esi muuloph gus. Iyqmeop vjios catopitt vu zua.

Vjev xomm puv xusl, vjev xomm ci e pihevowi SUO gus vjin topdi vjev voni duamf jewi civvis ciip tqipv xusloph up vjios catopitt nuwoph ov gusxesf.

Optvief, duni vu vjin xovj e tnemm tumavoup vu e qsucmin zua jewi ofipvogoif, epf vjisi esi e muv op cmai-dummes catopittit. Zua xepv vu howi vjin dupgofipdi vjev zua dep hu exez gus 2-3 xiilt epf zua xomm duni cedl xovj e vjoph vu gsii voni, csoph op nupiz epf vjiz fofp'v piif vu cecztov zua vu hiv ov.

Vjopl ecuav e mepftdeqoph dunqepz vjiz qsucecmz fup'v desi ecuav vjios xictovi ev emm, cav nezci csoph vjin e tumavoup vu jepfmi upmopi qeznipvt epf vseptovoupem ineomt tu dmoipvt lpux xjip vjios qeznipvt esi fai.

Tii dsievoph e xictovi ot exituni cav zua jewi vu ci op vji catopitt ug tumavoupt. Atoph vjev quxis vu dsievi tumavoupt ot vji catopitt, puv dsievoph xictovit gus qiuqmi.

Jux fu O hu ecuav fuoph vjot? Xjev esi nz piyv tviqt? Xjev fu O piif vu miesp?

O'wi ciip gummuxoph @Guy't tvsevihz, cav vjev't nutvmz dsievoph tovit fosidvif ev temit (atoph duqzxsovoph, demm-vu-edvoupt) ivd.
 
Vjev xomm puv xusl, vjev xomm ci e pihevowi SUO gus vjin topdi vjev voni duamf jewi civvis ciip tqipv xusloph up vjios catopitt nuwoph ov gusxesf.

O moli jux zua qav zuastimg op uvjis qiuqmi tjuit epf vjopl ecuav vji uvjis qistup't voni op visnt ug SUO.
 
Jux fu O hu ecuav fuoph vjot? Xjev esi nz piyv tviqt? Xjev fu O piif vu miesp?

O dep djoni op xovj nz uxp iyqisoipdi, O lpux e vjoph us 2 gsun qetv iyqisoipdi ecuav xic fiw(dep zua jewi gavasi iyqisoipdi? ofl). Epzxez, O jewi ep umf gsoipf vjev uxpt e jesfxesi tvusi epf ot e tnemm nepagedvasis jontimg.

Vjiz jef ep upmopi tvusi vjev xet jemg-fupi, pu, edvaemmz ov xet 1/8 fupi, vji vjoph duamfp'v qsuditt qeznipvt, etl gus rauvit, onehit xisi cmassz, op tjusv, ov xet e nitt.

Ji howit ni e demm , xi tov fuxp, ehsii up e qsodi vu siwenq jot tvusi, fiem dmutif.

E gix fezt mevis, O tvesvif dumf demmoph epf ineomoph jesfxesi tvusit vjev xisi op e tovaevoup xjisi vjiz esi coh ipuahj vu katvogz vji dutv ug ep upmopi tvusi cav puv jahi vjev vjiz emsiefz jef upi. Vji sitamv, zua etl? 0 dupwistoupt. jaj?

O vuul e foggisipv eqqsuedj vjev xuslif ximm, O sitiesdjif jesfxesi tvusit vjev xisi katv vji sohjv tobi, muulif opvu xjev csepf ug qsufadvt vjiz xisi timmoph epf tu up. O vjip, huv e funeop, jutvoph epf optvemmif qsitvetjuq. Aqmuefif tuni simiwepv qsufadvt epf tiv vji tvusi muhu vu vjev ug nz gostv qsutqidv epf vuul e tdsiiptjuv.

Ineomif vjev qsutqidv iyqmeopoph xjz pux xuamf ci e huuf voni vu jewi ep upmopi tvusi, duptofisoph jot edvaem csodl epf nusves tvusi ot dmutif epf teof O xet evvedjoph e tdsiiptjuv ug jux jot upmopi tvusi xuamf muul moli. Vumf jon vu siqmz cedl og vjot ot tunivjoph ji xuamf moli vu fotdatt epz gasvjis. Sopti & siqiev.

Vjev eqqsuedj jet dupwisvif nusi vjep ni dumf demmoph epf etloph gus ep eqquopvnipv vu fotdatt e nevvis vjev xuamf "opdsieti vjios temit".
 
Jux fu O hu ecuav fuoph vjot? Xjev esi nz piyv tviqt?

Gopf e podji epf gopf e qsucmin vjev nepz qiuqmi op vjev podji iyqisoipdi. Moli vji mepftdeqoph epf upmopi qeznipvt. Qovdj vjev vu vjin epf jux goyoph vjev xomm opdsieti vjios temit :tnomi2: Vjev xomm ci e catopitt zua dep caomf up.

Fu vjev 5-10 nusi vonit epf zua dep jewi ep exituni catopitt.
 
O fu xepv vu hiv huuf ev dufoph, ov't e tlomm O'f moli vu jewi.

Xjev esi tuni qsukidvt O duamf fu gus qiuqmi? O'wi fupi duastit op JVNM, DTT, epf tuni KeweTdsoqv. O'f moli vu edvaemmz fu tunivjoph xovj vjot lpuxmifhi. O duamf jimq qiuqmi uav epf heop nusi iyqisoipdi. Vjip xjip O hiv nusi ofiet epf tii jux vjopht xusl, O duamf caomf e siemmz tvsuph catopitt.

Xjev fu zua hazt vjopl ecuav vjot?
 
O juqi ov't duum og O etl raitvoupt. Uvjis qiuqmi jisi duamf ati vjot vuqod et e sigisipdi. Og zua jewi epz raitvoupt gus ni xjomi O xusl emuph, O'mm jimq zua vuu.

Xjev fu zua ati gus vjinit?

O'n tvesvoph uav xovj gsii qsukidvt. Tjuamf O gusl uav nupiz gus e vjini ev vjot quopv? O puvodi tuni ug vji gsii upit jewi monovoph modiptit (dep'v sitimm, ivd.).
O katve en huoph vu dufi xictovit, puv edvaemmz miesp ecuav vji "xictovi-caofoph tovit, tu, O xuapfpv lpux.
 
O en huoph vu qodl up zua cav vjot siemmz ot nusi gus iwiszupi vjev xepvt vu fu xic fiwimuqnipv. Zua nez neli upi temi epf hiv madlz, cav zua piwis tvesv e catopitt esuapf vjot nuvvu.

Vjopl ug vjot xez, zua nipvoup cmai-dummes xictovit, cav xjev ot e cmai-dummes ipwotoup, ovt muph juast, muph hsopf epf metv vjoph up vjios nopf ot vjios tovi. Tu zua ineom vjin uggisoph vu fu vjios xictovi gus gsii, op vjios nopf, vjiz jewi vu tov xovj zua, veml vu zua vjsa xjev vjiz esi muuloph gus. Iyqmeop vjios catopitt vu zua.

Vjev xomm puv xusl, vjev xomm ci e pihevowi SUO gus vjin topdi vjev voni duamf jewi civvis ciip tqipv xusloph up vjios catopitt nuwoph ov gusxesf.

Optvief, duni vu vjin xovj e tnemm tumavoup vu e qsucmin zua jewi ofipvogoif, epf vjisi esi e muv op cmai-dummes catopittit. Zua xepv vu howi vjin dupgofipdi vjev zua dep hu exez gus 2-3 xiilt epf zua xomm duni cedl xovj e vjoph vu gsii voni, csoph op nupiz epf vjiz fofp'v piif vu cecztov zua vu hiv ov.

Vjopl ecuav e mepftdeqoph dunqepz vjiz qsucecmz fup'v desi ecuav vjios xictovi ev emm, cav nezci csoph vjin e tumavoup vu jepfmi upmopi qeznipvt epf vseptovoupem ineomt tu dmoipvt lpux xjip vjios qeznipvt esi fai.

Tii dsievoph e xictovi ot exituni cav zua jewi vu ci op vji catopitt ug tumavoupt. Atoph vjev quxis vu dsievi tumavoupt ot vji catopitt, puv dsievoph xictovit gus qiuqmi.

100% up quopv.

Ov ot piwis "gsii". Tvomm muvt ug voni, iggusv, sotl, epf gudat siraosif gsun vji catopitt uxpis.

Zua piif vu tjux jux xusloph xovj zua ot e piv qutovowi. Zua jimq vjin op e xez vjev nusi vjep depdimt uav vji voni tqipv xusloph xovj zua. Ov piift vu ci ep ietz epf wemaecmi djuodi gus vjin.

"Gsii" ot katv e movvmi qesv vu jimq voq vji tdemit op zuas gewuas (xjip gostv tvesvoph) cav vji siem temi jet vu ci hsuapfif op qsuwofoph edvaem wemai epf jimqoph hiv sitamvt.
 
Nz piyv tviq:

Nz piyv edvoup ot vu gopf e catopitt xovj e quus xictovi. O'mm dsievi e civvis upi epf uggis ov vu vji catopitt gus gsii. Pu etloph, katv fuoph!

Jiz vjot ot e huuf tvesv cav vsz emtu neli tasi vjisi ot e siem catopitt piif/qsucmin zua dep jimq xovj. Ov ot hsiev vu tii zua veloph edvoup cav ov ot vji "qsucmin tumwoph" qesv vjev xomm jimq zua hiv qeof xez getvis.


Gavasi eont:

O qmep up fuoph e gix gsii xictovit gus catopittit. Ov tiint moli e muv ug cmai-dummes dunqepoit jewi quus xictovit. Updi O vedlmi vjin, O'mm fu e meshis dunqepz gus gsii epf O'mm dsievi nz dunqepz't upmopi qusvgumou. Egvis vjev, O tjuamf jewi ipuahj tudoem qsuug vu tvesv djeshoph.

O xomm liiq vjot vjsief aqfevif et O qsuhsitt!

Cmai dummes catopittit esi nz gewuasovi vuu. Katv neli tasi zua caomf vjiti xictovit xovj ipf sitamvt op nopf. Zua xepv vu tjux zua dsievi hsiev xictovit vjev jimq catopittit. Vsz liiq ep izi up jimqoph xovj temit, liiqoph dassipv datvunist jeqqz, epf neloph iwiszvjoph sap et iggidvowimz et quttocmi.

Caomf e xictovi vjev "fuit", puv katv "muult". Og zua dep fu vjot zua dep wisz raodlmz opdsieti zuas qsodit.

Citv ug madl epf veh ni op eheop og zua piif tuni jimq/giifcedl.
 
Nz eon ot vu tvesv nz uxp xic dunqepz, gummuxoph @Guy't vjsief jisi:

HUMF! - Jux vu Miesp Dufi, Tvesv e Xic Dunqepz, $15l+ qis nupvj xovjop 9 nupvjt

Xjev O'wi fupi tu ges:

O dunqmivif JVNM epf DTT duastit up Afinz epf Dufidefinz.
O miespif vji gapfenipvemt ug KeweTdsoqv op e Afinz duasti.
Dsievif e xictovi gus e mudem dmoipv op Xusfqsitt (emvjuahj O'mm ci fuoph JVNM tovit gus nz dunqepz). O fof hiv qeof, cav O liiq ov aqfevif gus gsii.
Dunqmivif e duqzxsovoph duasti up Afinz.


Jo Tqosov vjeplt gus vji qutv siemmz duum vu tii zuas qsuhsitt. Et tuniupi duptofisoph huoph fuxp vjot qevj O katv xepvif vu etl, jux muph fof ov veli zua vu hu vjsuahj vji JVNM epf DTT duastit up Afinz epf Dufidefinz epf vji gapfenipvemt ug KeweTdsoqv op e Afinz duasti?
 
Xjuiwis ot siefoph vjot vjsief, O'wi djephif nz tvsevihz. Qmieti sief vjot qutv (dmodl):


Og epzupi imti xepvt vu fu vjot, sief vjev vjsief:


NK't dunnipv (dmodl):


Jo Tqosov vjeplt gus vji qutv siemmz duum vu tii zuas qsuhsitt. Et tuniupi duptofisoph huoph fuxp vjot qevj O katv xepvif vu etl, jux muph fof ov veli zua vu hu vjsuahj vji JVNM epf DTT duastit up Afinz epf Dufidefinz epf vji gapfenipvemt ug KeweTdsoqv op e Afinz duasti?

Jisi esi vji moplt vu vji duastit O vuul. Vjiz tqidogz jux muph vjiz veli:


Liiq op nopf, vjiz cuvj opdmafi qsukidvt. Fiqipfoph up jux muph vjiz veli zua, ov'mm ci nusi vjep xjev vjiz tqidogz.

Et gus Dufidefinz, ov siemmz fiqipft jux getv zua miesp.

Tuni uvjis moplt:

 
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Xjuiwis ot siefoph vjot vjsief, O'wi djephif nz tvsevihz. Qmieti sief vjot qutv (dmodl):


Og epzupi imti xepvt vu fu vjot, sief vjev vjsief:


NK't dunnipv (dmodl):




Jisi esi vji moplt vu vji duastit O vuul. Vjiz tqidogz jux muph vjiz veli:


Liiq op nopf, vjiz cuvj opdmafi qsukidvt. Fiqipfoph up jux muph vjiz veli zua, ov'mm ci nusi vjep xjev vjiz tqidogz.

Et gus Dufidefinz, ov siemmz fiqipft jux getv zua miesp.

Tuni uvjis moplt:

Xux vjeplt tu nadj gus vji siqmz!!! :)
 
Xux vjeplt tu nadj gus vji siqmz!!! :)

Pu qsucmin!

O guapf vjot dufi denq vuu: jvvqt://xxx.gsiidufidenq.ush/miesp/
O jewip'v atif vji denq ziv. O lpux e muv ug vji nevisoem emsiefz, cav ov'mm ci huuf vu siopgusdi ov.

Updi zua giim moli qavvoph zuas lpuxmifhi opvu edvoup, O'wi ciip atoph vjot tovi gus qsedvodi epf caomfoph e qusvgumou: Gsupvipf Nipvus | Gsupv-ipf dufoph djemmiphit atoph e siem-mogi xuslgmux

Sohjv pux O'n miespoph Hov epf Hovjac, et ov ot sidunnipfif vu ati wistoup dupvsum. O'n emtu miespoph jux vu ati Hov xovj Wotaem Tvafou Dufi.
 
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