trying to be a freelance web designer

hello guys, this is the first time i've posted on the forum though
i have read threads on it quite a lot,What i need is a little help.

I am just trying to start of doing freelance web design/coding though
i have been hand coding for around 5 years now.
I have been emailing people now for about 4 weeks trying to get a bit of
experience but the best i've got is "we will log your email for future reference"
i only have two sites on my portfolio and they are not great as i
mainly only done the php/mysql and perl work on them so theres not a lot
to see.
It would be great if any one could give me a little advice
or maybe i could do a bit of work for someone,i dont mind doing
some free jobs as long as i can put them on my portfolio and i would be
gaining experience too.I hope you can help me and thanks in advance

my web page is www.lmdwebdesign.co.uk

I would say you defiently need a bigger portfolio

If you will work for free to build your portfolio I have some non-profit non-commercial webstes you could make

I will host them, buy domains etc, If you want to make them

hi
Thanks for replying, yeah i would be interested in any experience.
What sort of site would they be?would they be the sort of subject
that i could use on my portfolio?

Thanks,

The most important thing is to have something to show the client. Even if you dont know what the heck you are doing. I've gotten many webdesign jobs that i talked my way into, all you need is something to show.

This is the proposition: You've just become a www.Wickedwd.com associate. As such you may show the portfolio on my site as your own. You get the credit, you get the glory.

Example: hi client, yes i have experience i've worked with this company before and now i've branched of with lmd.co.uk, but let me show you some past work, we can do all sorts of stuff for your site, and it'll only cost you...

The beauty is you keep the money, my site will get you in the door. I'll even help you if you need a logo or something.

In return all i ask is that you help me with this problem

I'm in desperate need for some sort of reservation system in which someone can reserve a slot by clicking a certain time span (maybe 15 minutes) in a day and by doing so that time span square turns black or some color so that others cannot choose the same time.

What I want is exactly what is at: http://www.ciecpr.com/schedule/index.htm

But its in PHP and i'm a Coldfusion developer so i dont know how to use it. But you're not you're a PHP developer and exactly what i need. If you can please go to this site and click 'View' then source and help me out i'd be much abliged.


So what do you say?


PS Some free advice. Don't say you did a site for friends on your site, it makes you look small. Simply say it was for a company, remember the client needs to be impressed.

very neat.

that site is template though

if you want to go that route just go on ebay and buy a bunch of templates and say you designed them

actually wicked all the sites in your portfolio are templates

I bought the same pack of templates off ebay of 2.00

here is one of your portfolio sites sitting on my server

http://www.ferretmarketing.com/hostinglink/

True. But here's the difference you paid for yours mine were free.

I just put those on my site to have something to show, i really work for another bigger co., but they pay crap, so i'm a freelancer that doesn't bother putting his real stuff on his site, since it's just to show clients that Wicked really exists and i'm not some crazy guy trying to steal their money. Plus the other stuff bears the big co. logo, bad for business.

the offer is still on the table anybody figure out the reservation system at http://www.ciecpr.com/schedule/index.htm
and i'll return the favor, either through free hosting, design, or even $ if you don't go overboard.

Check you later,
Alas

Ps hey, the graphic art is all original though, you could say they are nice you meanie.

thye are pretty good templates

i got them 50 for 2 USD

I don't mean to be blunt here... but, you can bid to do projects over at scriptlance.

How it works is people post projects.... you bid, like $20 lets say, if they pick you you work out payment and you make the script its actually quite a cool website.

Its hard to get picked.... but I am sure once you do a few projects and your points go up more people will accept your bids

I think IMD forgot he started this thread, lol.

Hey thats sounds cool, but can i offer someone $ on that site to do what im asking for?

hello sorry guys i've been working thats why i havent been
back on to look at my post,Billking if that offer was to me sure
i would like to do your email for you,just contact me on
lmd@lmdwebdesign.co.uk
Thanks,