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Thanks for the essay on beginning web development . Some great info to take from this, most importantly to do your homework and know what questions to ask going in.
It seems like most of you advise to keep work at home. Unless business is doing really well, it will probably stay that way aside from a few client training sessions and pitch meetings.
It's a good question. Obviously it would have to be worth it for us to learn a new language, so we'd probably seek companies with English speaking associates to make things easier. Alternatively, perhaps there is a company or third-party that is seeking someone to work with another American company's developers. There are several situations that lend themselves to this type of scenario. The important thing here is the dynamics of this industry lend us the option of working from anywhere, and we want to maximize that opportunity.
You won't be landing many clients from behind a monitor..
Dylan, I have some advice.. a bit legal, rest is financial.
If you are really REALLY serious about this, I suggest you establish a partnership wud cost u less that 1000 $.
Next, you overheads will be very low.. The company exists mainly only in name.
Next you will have to send letters ( on your company's printed paper or something ) to the general manager or MD to upcoming companies that can afford to hire you but dosnt have a site still.
And you MUST have a competitive pricing .. astonishing portfolio. There is a lot of potential in education and law fields. There are many good small group of advocates looking for a site.
Sadly however.. if you have profit in mind, I advice you not to physically go globe trotting.. unless payed by company. It would be much MORE profitable to stay in your place.. with low overheads ( litrally none).
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And regarding our priorities, travel and establishing quality relationships are our main concerns at the moment. We actually expect to lose money at first.
Well nothing wrong in it. But I will put my tip in it.
Charge 2.5 times more then the costs that you are gonna incur because the customer support is really a mess. Believe me. I have developed more then 1000 sites but the most painful part was the support part. When they cannot know how to hold a mouse move the cursor and then click on the "Click me" button.
Thanks for your input. Luckily I have not experienced much of this. However, my work deals with many overseas clients (lots of Japanese and Spanish) and I gotta tell you, some of their directions can be less than understandable. And for some reason lots of them forget what features we've sold them.
You bring up a good point about the support being mission critical. Ongoing maintenance is key and while providing these clients the ability to manage content themselves, we are going to welcome any incoming work and "upsell" as much as possible. The maintenance department at my current work brings in a large chunk of our company's income, so we are going to try to recognize this fact and plan accordingly.
. Some great info to take from this, most importantly to do your homework and know what questions to ask going in. 
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