Are you a web designer struggling to find new clients at moment? You are certainly not alone! The web design industry is competitive and the economy is pretty bad still, so being a web designer you need to look for other ways to generate the income. If you think about it you actually have the advantage over people in many other sectors, thanks to the Internet and broadband. Stop thinking that you have to design the websites for local businesses. That’s the old way of web designing. Have you thought about starting your own WordPress theme website design service? Well this is just one of many ways you can ‘work’ other than designing websites the traditional way.

Starting a WordPress theme website design service is simple and if you already know HTML and CSS (you should if you are a web designer) then you just need to learn a little bit of PHP. It’s similar to Javascript so you should have no problem with it. But like most things, you will learn better by doing, so dig right in there and start building a couple of WordPress themes. These can be used to build links to your website shop later and can also be put In your portfolio section. Never make the mistake of starting a WordPress theme website design service and don’t have anything to show people – this is the worst thing you can. How can you expect people to contact you if you haven’t done anything in the past?

The other thing you need to do is think big and long. Unless you are looking for hit-and-run type of money making opportunity, you should have a business plan and don’t expect to see dramatic results in a week or so. Work at your own pace and focus on your goals. If possible, try to come up with something that no one else is offering at moment or cannot offer ever. This will set your service apart from them. For example, you can focus on wedding businesses alone and create WordPress themes for this sector only. Doing so will give people in this sector more confident about choosing you over the others. And the group can never be too small, because it’s on the Internet. In fact, the more target your niche is, the quicker and better it will be.

Its also good to have some kind of partnership with companies that offer reliable but cheap web hosting services. That way, you can extend your help with your future clients. A good referral won’t hurt for sure.