Re: FN-FORUM Decisions, decisions

date posted 13th July 2001 14:36

not far off there davey :-) its a little quiet at the min amongst the SME's
but I think that may be down to the holidays. I dont think though
realistically that a new company could turn that amount over in a short
space of time so I too would go for the foreign option and when that is
expended then start one up afterwards perhaps..?

Regards
Damian Thomas
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Eckersall" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Decisions, decisions


> if your just planning on just design then your going to find it hard to
get
> SME's to let go of their cash - the economy is in a slowdown, plus
business'
> have actually realised the fact that just having a website isnt a
> justifiable cost. although damien in wales seems to be doing well, but i
> suspect he has a deal with the devil! :)
>
> imo you need to start looking at providing solutions that will save
> companies cash or raise their sales - since option 2 is dodgy ground,
option
> 1 would be the best way forward.
>
> plus if your mainly design you might want to talk to some of the more
> technical companies out there - one company i know employs only developers
> and outsources its design work to save wage bills in lean time, this works
> as at a time when most new media companies are shrinking they are growing
> and have a large turnover. it might be to your advantage to talk to such
> companies, or even approach struggling companies about replacing their
> design team by outsourcing to you.
>
> if i was in your shoes however i'd take the jobs on the continent!
>
> dave ecky
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Gidney" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:06 AM
> Subject: FN-FORUM Decisions, decisions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> I wonder if I could seek your advice on a pretty important
> decision... My main man and I have recently come back to the UK from
> working abroad at a European Union Instititution. We had admin. jobs
> there, with some web design and administration thrown in.
> Consequently our web skills are mainly in the areas of using
> Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Tables, layers, page construction and
> image manipulation are the sort of thing we're used to (nothing
> particularly flashy).
>
> We' ve moved back with the aim to setting up a small web design
> agency (just the 2 of us) in our area (Hertfordshire), selling to
> SMEs. We've done lots of research into the subject but just can't
> seem come up with realistic sales targets as it's not really clear
> how much money, if any, SMEs are willing to spend on getting their
> business online. Also, freelance rates for our skill levels are not
> forthcoming.
>
> And to further complicate things, we've just had offers of jobs back
> on the continent, earning £2,500 nett per month each, and are faced
> with the question of whether we could realistically earn the same
> (£5,000 per month) between us running the envisaged company. We'd
> really like to give the web design company a go if it's a realistic
> prospect!
>
> Any tips, opinions or experiences would be greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jo Gidney
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