That’s a great idea, holding the session to an hour. It might be interesting to go one step further and make a really simple billboard-style website at the same time, just to get the juices flowing. Ideally, if I can get the process down to being able to deploy on-the-spot, that would be awesome.

I have actually picked up a massage therapist client, coincidentally.

If you have a website, feel free to post it in the comments…I’m collecting a geographical database of people who are servicing people getting started on the internet

It seems you’re running into the same thing that spurred me into starting to do some freelancing. I’m a massage therapist and former engineer and I do web design. I try to sell other therapists on the “get a web site, it’s your best advertising ROI” idea. Most of them agree that that would be right, but I’ve had several say “I have no idea where to start, could you help me.” So, my niche is for small, template based sites for sole proprieters who need some hand holding. The ala carte pricing is still something I’m working on. One thing I do is have them come to my office with their business credit card and sit with them for an hour and register their domain name and set up web hosting. I have a hosting service that I use that is reliable and cost effective, they don’t get to choose. If their 1st choice domain name is taken, we can run through a few alternates right then to find one that’s available. I then bill them for the equivalent of an hour of my time. They like the hand holding and, by limiting it to an hour, I can do it cost effectively for both of us.

I realize that templates and site builders are available for free, but my clients aren’t tech savvy enough (at this point) or too fearful to utilize them, so I’m helping them get started. It is a high maintenance client base, but there is a big need.