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Hi all, just a quick hello. I recently started up as a freelance Design Engineer under the name CAD MAN. I'm based on the Docks at Gloucester and do all kinds of things CAD (computer aided design) related, from product design to 3D graphics and technical illustrations.

I've been up and running now for 2 months, I've got one major contract designing products for the Bicycle industry but I'm on the lookout for more work.

I've tried freelancing websites but found people from less prosperous countries are bidding so low it's not worth the trouble. So Business Link have told me to start networking, I've not found any events in my area so I'm starting on-line here. So Give me a shout if you have any questions or need advice about design, I'm always happy to help.

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Welcome aboard Stu.

The website market is pretty saturated, with some overseas developers offering crazy prices.

But you tend to get what you pay for. Having been burnt myself, I would now only use a web developer that I can pick the phone up and speak in the same language, or if need be get in the car and bang on their door!

Kip, a web dev on here generated some trade by doing Twitter backgrounds, which led onto bigger projects. Just need to find a way to stand out from the crowd.

Best of luck with the business, and hope we see you on here as a regular contributer
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Hi Steve,

You're right the internet is a global market place and it's difficult to compete, locally I have to contend with the bigger consultancies too.

I'm also thinking of producing my own products to raise my profile, just something small I can design and even make as a one man band, I'm originally from a mechanical background and miss getting my hands dirty.

The main thing I want to do is try and get small businesses to realise how easy and cost effective it is to design your own products, so many people are buying off the shelf from the Far East, but when there are countless other people doing the same thing it's just a saturated market and it doesn't strengthen brand image.

The UK has always been an innovator so I say lets keep it that way, unique products with unique features, not chinese rubbish with a UK brand.

As you can tell I'm quite passionate about this but this is where my experience lies, I was brought into a small company to replace a product range that was simply supplied and resold with a tottaly new range designed from the ground up. Needless to say that sales and proffit soon outweighed investment and put product development back in the hands of the company.

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