Here's the deal - I have been searching these forums (around the web) for years looking for a real newb business guy that needs help. There aren't many real people out there.
So it takes me an hour or so to build a good search engine friendly layout, slap up some content and get 50 - 100 keyword phrases in the top ten for a small business. Most small businesses just can't afford a pro so the competition is really easy.
The hardest part is talking people out of an El cheapo $8.00 a month host that dooms most sites from the start.
So, get a good IIS host, a deciated IP, and make sure the DNS is correct - couple of hours work you're at the top - why not - beats wasting time replying to most of these scammers......lol
Hell most companies can't afford me anyway - (like this guy I told him I'd slap up a quickie and when he could afford to pay I'd finish - bad turn in the ecconomy lately - he's not finished - but what does he care......lol) Not much skin off my back - I was bored took me a few hours to play......lol - here's a report a week after launch -
http://www.finedesigncloset.com/seo/menu.htm
Kind of got carried away with the seo - can't help myself sometimes - it was supposed to be a local business - "closet manufacturer" -
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...earch&aq=f&oq=
Yes I have big clients but after I get them at the top it only takes a couple hours a day to maintain them. I sit at this damn PC 14 hours a day.....lol
Did a freebie once that actually hired me later .... that's very rare......lol
I can't take on another real client right now - sold too many hours a month, but I always like to play - ego thing I guess.
Never did a meat site - easy, not much problem, not 200 employees jobs on the line, no marketing dept to get fired, hell it sounds like a fun one.