Site Bread and Butter work - The Web and Graphic Designer's loss
of EASY dollars
With the provision of a local ‘Control Panel’, on your computer
ready to adjust the slightest of web site changes, additions or
corrections; Web Designers or even traditional Graphic Designers
can use, web hosting company, M6.net’s newest creation to bring
in extra income; to reverse that loss of EASY dollars.
What is it that website clients really want from their web
designers?
After the creation of a client’s website, the web designer
usually goes away hoping that the client will not destroy his
design, believing they will; after he has pointed the client to
FrontPage or Dreamweaver to maintain it. Web site clients do not
really want to maintain or update their websites, most
businesses have not got the time to ‘play’ around, they just
want the site finished and updated from time to time.
This is exactly what happens with traditional Graphic Designers;
clients want to know that from time to time they can come back
and update, or change totally, the content without the general
design changing; quickly, and for a regular price, not a one off
higher price as they were charged for the original job.
As a graphic or web designer, you will be in the position to
offer your clients web hosting. They trust your decisions and
love your work, but they don’t really want to start something
with you, then have to deal with someone independent to run
their website, or update it or change it in anyway, after you
have finished and left them. If you could host them under your
own web hosting account (with a multiple website hosting
account) and control yours and their websites all from the same
control panel on your own account, you would be offering yet
another regular client service.
You can charge them for web hosting, which they will have had to
do anyway, but for a better price and more resources than their
previous web host; and you can earn more by doing ‘web’ bread
and butter work, as you have been doing for years as a Designer.
This bread and butter work, as most Designers know, is a very
substantial part of a studio’s income, and with the use of the
control panel, can be approached as just another design
‘service’ provided to your regular clients.
Just think, Graphic Design campaigns; and Graphic Design bread
and butter work; Web design website campaigns; and, website
bread and butter work; four incomes from services and a ‘side
plate’ of web hosting fees.
As a Graphic or Web Designer, there is no more fear of the
client destroying your ‘master’ creation; loss of that
easy-money in updates and corrections to the ‘junior’ in the
clients office; but the plus is the relaxation knowing that this
is just an extension to the service you have been providing for
years.
Leave the support to the web host; get your clients to pay for
your account; and sit back knowing you’ve got more brainless
updates, and corrections for YOUR office junior, ensuring that
nice and steady flow of web bread and butter income.
The control panel will be coming out next week, WITH A FREE
ONLINE MANUAL, approximately 21st November 2001; if you wish to
be informed of the release, just email us at sales@m6.net and
ask for Clayton, who will provide you with ANY info you require.
This is the next level for Graphic and Web Designers, ensuring
your designs will last; that they wont be destroyed by the
client; guaranteeing that your online Port Folio remains a
‘killer’ and not killed; and finally providing you with the
right to earn on those site changes.
