So you think you want to start your own desktop publishing or graphic design business? You think you've got what it takes to work from home, be your own boss, and deliver the goods. But you aren't sure where to start, how to get customers, how to sell yourself or your design services. Start right here.

What You Can Learn From This Course on How to Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business
This free course will show you how to evaluate your skills and expertise, establish yourself as a legitimate business, find clients, and do what it takes to start making money doing something you enjoy — freelance desktop publishing and graphic design.

Only you can decide if and when you are ready to start your desktop publishing business but this course will give you a better understanding of what it takes to do freelance graphic design and desktop publishing production. If you follow the lessons and do the assignments in the Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business course, by the end you will have some useful tools such as:

• a working business plan
• the beginnings of a marketing plan
• an hourly rate and pricing plan
• a name for your business
• a freelance contract tailored to your needs

Four Ways to Learn How to Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business
There are two online versions and two email versions of this course. Simply bookmark Page 1 or Page 2, below, then do the steps or lessons whenever you want or sign up for one of the email courses for daily or weekly email lessons and a more structured approach with regular reminders.

1. How to Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business in 10 Steps - online
2. Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business - 17 lessons online
3. Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business in 10 Weeks - weekly email lessons
4. Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business in 17 Days - keep reading to find out how to sign up for the daily email lessons.

Sign up below for the 17 class daily course. Your first lesson will arrive shortly after subscribing. If you miss or lose a lesson, retrieve missing lessons for the Start a Desktop Publishing or Graphic Design Business Course here.

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