Do You Make Websites? It's Time to Make Some Easy Money!

By Drew Hammond

PHP is the language of all languages to dominate the internet and the majority of it's websites. It is almost considered expected for a host to support PHP scripts nowadays. You and I both know that so I don't really know why I wasted your time with an introduction.

Lets get to the point. With massive amounts of static, boring websites just catching up with the norm in 2008, it has never been a better time to make some cold hard cash as a PHP programmer!

Examine our potential clients: They are middle-aged small business owners who are still banking on techniques used in the dial-up era! Obviously, this isn't cutting it, and I think we can both assume that our clients aren't very "up-to-date" with technology.

This is great! Nothing is better than a small business owner running a 90's style website in the 21st century.

Why? Well, do you remember when the cost for a one page website exceeded $1,000? This is where our client's time machine is stuck.

They assume that upgrading their website will be a very expensive task, but worth it in the long run. The increase in sales they might get will make up for the initial costs in the next year.

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! It's time for us to intervene. Let me share my personal favorite sales pitch when discussing a client's primitive website...

"...Alright sir, well I have plenty of great ideas for your website. But as I'm sure you're fully aware, website development isn't cheap."

"Oh yes, I'm fully aware of that. My wife and I have talked it over, and we have decided that it is a necessary improvement in order to increase our sales numbers. So how much are we talkin' here?"

The business owner is expecting a very high amount. For larger websites, he might even be expecting a five-figure total. Instead of taking advantage of his over-estimations, I'll fire back with something like this...

"For the entire site, my quote is for $1,500. How does that offer sound?"

Before he even opens his mouth, I know I have the contract. It never seems to fail. I have yet to have a single person turn down an offer almost 400% less than what was expected. It just doesn't happen.

So how do I make that extra money back? Selling smaller PHP add-ons. Script for $100, installation for $50. Sell a handful of these babies and you're back to where you started!

It truly has never been this easy to make money as a website designer

If you know anything about website design or PHP, I have thousands of small projects that you can knock out in an hour a piece and make hundreds of dollars every day. They're all waiting for you at http://www.squidoo.com/php-programmers-needed-for-cash Enjoy!

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