Hi Doyle - well, there's a point there... if you're going to be selling web services, it does help to have a good, innate concept of the web.
BUT... it does depend who you're selling to. Are you selling to non savvy businesses, or are you selling your design skills to agencies. We, for example, sell a lot to design agencies.
So - let's assume that you're good at visual design and markup, but not marketing. Who's interested in your services?
1. Small design agencies who can design but can't afford full time web designers/developers.
2. Small marketing firms who know how to market, but again, can't afford full time web guys.
3. Businesses who simply need an online presence, regardless of performance. May have their own marketing guys or outsource it, and you simply do what you know.
4. And what about going through the usual employment agencies as a web designer?
Of course, the approach varies according to where you're coming from. If you worked for a big web company and have decided to strike out alone, then you'll have different knowledge and likelihood of success than a guy who did a university course, graduated this summer and is now hoping to make it big with no real industry experience.
One real key thing is this: you look new, you have no portfolio, no address, and no phone number. Would you buy from yourself on that basis? Does this mean it's a part time thing at the moment? If you're a full service company, which you appear to want to be, will a client be able to get hold of you in a hurry when they have a major announcement to make? What if their website goes down?
