website publisher

How many times have you had a client come to you and say “I want my site to look just like [insert any well designed site here], and I can pay you $200 to do it.”? Thanks, but no thanks.
I’m a member at quite a few forums, e.g., SitePoint Forums, Website Publisher Forums, The Blog Experiment Forums and have been around the web for more than few years now and there is no shortage of topics discussing why design clients are always looking to get a Ferrari, but only willing to pay an amount that will get them a used Honda.
So I ask, why is a web developer so inferior to other professions? Why will you expect a web developer to work on peanuts yet pay a car mechanic $75 an hour or more and think nothing of it? What makes a web developer any different?
Hopefully I can make an attempt to answer these questions with this article and explain why I don’t do much design work anymore for anyone other than myself.

Craiglist

Nearly any business that wants to sell more services or products will find Craigslist a useful tool for advertising. It makes no difference if these are currently being sold online or in a physical location. Adding Craigslist to an advertising budget adds another source of potential profits