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So what are you taking from that article?


There are some people that make a nice living from selling themes, but it's not easy money that for sure. It's a jungle out there.. I have found this article: http://www.premiumwp.com/the-1-million-dollar-themeforest-pr...


You are so right. I agree with every word. Competition is very important and a real helper to the us the users.


10X. We are trying to do our best :)


Finding your first client is always an hard mission. You need to be creative and sometimes think out of the box. Mainly your first clients will come to you from mouth to ear and they will probably be friends or friends of friends. My advice is to ask for low price then the market at the beginning, it will gain those clients that will want to earn your low price. Give the best service you can and they will pass your name to their friends. That way in no time you will be able to collect some happy clients and build your portfolio. Good Luck!


Also, don't underestimate the value of making sure a client is happy. My first client required little more than setting up a WordPress theme and doing some design tweaks. I bent over backwards for them, and now about half of my clients are referrals from that first client.

I'm not saying that you should do everything for everyone, because some people will be unreasonable; when you're first starting out it's probably in your best interest to be a little more flexible.


Agree, at the end of the day your happy clients will be the best advertising for you, so happy client is the most important thing for sure.

Also I would say that using platforms such as FB and publish there to all your friends that you are starting your own business may help you spread the word.


Very interesting. I think that Win8 is much much better to use especially when you have a touch screen.


It is so scary to think what Google can do to your business in no time, from a successful website with lots of traffic into a website no one can find. This is why kids you should all try and play clean, wearing your white hat to work :)


Can't understand how it going to work. In my opinion the banks will kill the Bitcoin before it will really start working, I don't see how they are going to let it succeed.


Good one. Going to try it for sure.


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