Sadly at least in the UK the web design market has completly fallen through.
The trouble is that you can't explain in newbie terms that the person who will do you a website for £7/hour won't do a good job of it, you then have to explain web standards, browser conformity and you end up giving them a lecture in computing for free.
What you need to do is alienate yourselves from this stupid breed of 'ooh i can use dreamweaver, i'll make websites for money' crew. You need to set yourself up as a registered business. You also need to drop clients who think it's a good idea to go with a £7/hour web monkey from down the road... if you don't you start to compete with people who will beat you because they would rather make their few £ working infront of dreamweaver than down at macdonalds.
The trouble is that you can't explain in newbie terms that the person who will do you a website for £7/hour won't do a good job of it, you then have to explain web standards, browser conformity and you end up giving them a lecture in computing for free.
What you need to do is alienate yourselves from this stupid breed of 'ooh i can use dreamweaver, i'll make websites for money' crew. You need to set yourself up as a registered business. You also need to drop clients who think it's a good idea to go with a £7/hour web monkey from down the road... if you don't you start to compete with people who will beat you because they would rather make their few £ working infront of dreamweaver than down at macdonalds.