Richard Gao
Contributor
This thread is a more specific continuation from my previous thread: Starting Web Design/Development Issues
I am 16 and I am looking to do some web design as a hustle, I tried getting started on Upwork, but they ask for ID and say you must be 18+ to enter.
I am kind of stuck on what to do now. I have tried to do some cold emailing and offering to design websites for free for small local businesses with no results, (given, I have not honed my cold emailing skills and have just started doing it, so I will keep this thread updated on that.) I can't do cold calls at the moment due to racking up costs on my cell phone bill, so I would appreciate some advice on the topic.
Here's one of my cold email samples:
Subject line:
hey, trying to contact you, an inquiry, etc
Email:
Hey there, I live locally and I've seen (your business) around a few times, although the place is great, the website could use some work. A redesigned website can let your customers know and find your services easier (or insert any other benefit here). Luckily, I'm a web designer offering you to design your website for free.
If you're interested, contact me and we can talk.
Thanks,
Richard
I don't just copy/paste the same thing each time, but my emails usually follow along this format. I just found out this probably isn't the best way to email, so I'm doing some more research on cold emailing now.
Thanks for the advice.
I am 16 and I am looking to do some web design as a hustle, I tried getting started on Upwork, but they ask for ID and say you must be 18+ to enter.
I am kind of stuck on what to do now. I have tried to do some cold emailing and offering to design websites for free for small local businesses with no results, (given, I have not honed my cold emailing skills and have just started doing it, so I will keep this thread updated on that.) I can't do cold calls at the moment due to racking up costs on my cell phone bill, so I would appreciate some advice on the topic.
Here's one of my cold email samples:
Subject line:
hey, trying to contact you, an inquiry, etc
Email:
Hey there, I live locally and I've seen (your business) around a few times, although the place is great, the website could use some work. A redesigned website can let your customers know and find your services easier (or insert any other benefit here). Luckily, I'm a web designer offering you to design your website for free.
If you're interested, contact me and we can talk.
Thanks,
Richard
I don't just copy/paste the same thing each time, but my emails usually follow along this format. I just found out this probably isn't the best way to email, so I'm doing some more research on cold emailing now.
Thanks for the advice.
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