Re: FN-FORUM Promotional opportunities for freelancers

date posted 28th October 2001 11:29

Maurice
As you suggest yourself, your tec skills may be poor, but surely you can
spell?

I had a quick look at one of your sites aimed at large ladies. This is what
I found within 15 secs of arriving:

1) "and via it's various and developing resources" - should be 'its'

2) "gives you the facts strait" - should be 'straight'

3) "This web site welcomes contributes" - should be 'contributions'

HTH

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice S Clarke" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: "Freelancers" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 5:17 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Promotional opportunities for freelancers


>
> I am somewhat insulted by the slagging off by
> a few members of the list over my post as if
> I am some sort of con artist, with amateur
> standards out to make a quick buck off the
> back of naive and unsuspecting professional
> web developers.
>
> True I got into the web some years back part time
> and ran a small business OWNING web sites and
> doing some occasional web design work alongside
> a full time day job. I have no formal training
> or design qualifications.
>
> Selling a web site earlier this year to the USA I had
> the financial boost to go full time, and since then
> have taken on more clients, ditched a lot of
> own web sites being developed and now working
> on a new travel site. To me web design is important
> but more vital is the concept of the web site -
> www.goingonvacation.net is a great idea albeit
> list Members may(will) cringe at the design, point
> is IT WORKS commercial.
>
> I often cringe and superbly designed web sites which
> must have cost a fortune to design that fail to make
> it commercially - great for the designer who got a fat
> fee and free reign to expose clever talents - good
> luck, it's not my field or way of doing things, I
> never slag off individuals work, just make comments
> overall, for that I do not expect to be slagged for
> having and making an opinion.
>
> Sure my tec skills are poor I have never suggested
> otherwise - I started www.web-sights.co.uk in 1997
> originally as a sort of freelancers web site, very
> few UK designers used the service and I dropped the
> idea in 99, in more recent times I have revitalized
> the site, and am getting some decent traffic to it.
>
> In the last month for example I have picked up 2 clients
> and quoted for others, but I well know the potential for
> the site for getting traffic and genuine enquires for
> web work I lack the skills for and do not want to develop,
> Freelancer abounds with talent - perhaps all rushed off
> their feet with work!!!.
>
> If the group thinks this is all a con then I shall expect
> nil response, just a load of abuse. The offer was made in
> good faith, as I know that some web developers are superb
> at web design but lack marketing power and influence.
>
> I may be a crap designer, but make a very good manager
> and marketer, and potentially a useful friend.
>
> Maurice S Clarke
> Web Design, management and consultancy
> Derby House
> 5 The Green
> Martham
> Great Yarmouth
> Norfolk NR29 4AH
> Tel 01493 748126
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> http://www.web-sights.co.uk
>
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