Im considering a career change

[altwebdesign]

into web consultancy / project management.

By this I mean negotiating with clients about their requirements, what will work for them, what wont and most importantly, why!

Then also project management, including planning, construction and evaluating a whole web project.

Maybe working full time for someone else or finding a reliable development partner.

Like what i do now only more in depth and minus the design and programming!

Anyone know if theres much demand for this out there?

 

[akirk]

yes, but it is not a large market.

we do this already, so for some clients we act as consultants instead of supplier (for example if there might be a conflict of interest in being supplier - which happens occasionally), however it is not likely to be profitable unless dealing with large spend projects - when usually the client / web company will provide project management anyway.

a good web company will do this anyway, so a common question from the client might be - if you are so expert that you can do this, why are you not supplying the end result...

but yes, feasible

Alasdair

 

[gordano]

Why not grow your business by outsourcing the programming to India / other lower cost countries, then market your web solutions to the UK.

You can recruit freelancers offshore for a few dollars per hour, then your time would be more profitably employed marketing and project managing.

into web consultancy / project management.

By this I mean negotiating with clients about their requirements, what will work for them, what wont and most importantly, why!

Then also project management, including planning, construction and evaluating a whole web project.

Maybe working full time for someone else or finding a reliable development partner.

Like what i do now only more in depth and minus the design and programming!

Anyone know if theres much demand for this out there?

 

[altwebdesign]

Why not grow your business by outsourcing the programming to India / other lower cost countries, then market your web solutions to the UK.

You can recruit freelancers offshore for a few dollars per hour, then your time would be more profitably employed marketing and project managing.

I am very very fussy about outsourcing, there are a lot of factors that work against it, i guess it's just a case of finding the right company.