I need an advice
 

Hello!
I'm new here. I've been browsing tons of forums for an idea of what to do. I was laid off from my job about 3 month ago. I've been looking for a job since then, but did not even get a single interview. I worked as a web designer for a publishing company for the last 5 years. Looks like www.geekboards.com is an active forum with active members and may be someone has some experience working as a freelance web designer. May be "Introductions" category is not the most appropriate for this question, but I want to try anyways to get some opinions before I go ahead with my life. I'm wondering if it is possible in the current economy to find work for a freelance web designer and make enough to pay for rent and groceries. I was able to find a small project on craigslist and I developed a website for a company. It was a small project and took me only a week to complete. I got paid $800 for 1 week of work which is not bad. Please people give me some ideas. I have 2 kids and my wife is out of work as well. Thank you in advance.

Have you considered developing your own sites and selling advertising on them or maybe going the affiliate marketing route? Success could go both ways, maybe the earnings would be tiny or they could be enormous. The thing is, what are you doing in your "spare" time anyhow? When you have nothing else to do you could spend time developing your own sites and over time they might turn into revenue generators for you.

I would recommend doing this too. It's something I eventually want to do, but first I am working on getting my personal webpage up, just to take that first step.

Spare time is a huge opportunity. If you watch a lot of TV, surf the net, go out to movies, shop when you aren't really in need of something, eat, etc. etc. you are using up free time. Instead, if you use that time to develop your own projects and stay focused on your success, it will make a big difference. Schedules also help with that.

Hi ralperfetelry,

Check out Elance.com, I think this would be right up your alley.

You can get hired for tech jobs specific to your skills... there are a ton of people out there looking for someone else to do the work for them.

Matt