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I want to be a consultant offering a service to small companies & startups, and I want to be in a field where I will have plenty of work. I'm taking classes to learn web development, thinking I can build web/mobile sites for startups. But I realize that once you make a site for a client you get paid and are done. No more money from them. Then I think of doing marketing and advertising and that's an ongoing thing where companies keep paying me to do their advertising for them. So I'm wondering should I stay with web development or switch to marketing and advertising? Does one area grow faster than the other, or have more headaches than the other? Or are they both just fine?

I agree with Jason, but for a different reason.

One if you do web development, you'll still have to market yourself.

Two as a consultant, if I'm going to refer someone to a developer, I want one who has an understanding of marketing too, because a web site isn't just about being pretty, it also needs to convert into leads.


Answered 8 years ago

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