anallawalla - 2:59 am on Jan 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

Check out the various user groups in Hampton Roads - Google for Umbrella Hampton Roads.

Although you describe yourself as a webmaster, you are in a position to be more marketable as an SEO/SEM specialist. Other webmasters can build sites; you can build sites that will be found.

I firmly believe that all WW users have enough knowledge freely available here to learn from and make a comfortable living if they follow these steps:

* Learn efficient HTML coding, e.g. CSS. Throw out FrontPage.
* Fix your own sites
* Learn SEO
* SEO own sites
* Learn PPC
* Read WW at least one hour a day
* Post at least once a day, helping others
* Try Affiliate programs, AdSense and the like
* Get own PPC account purely for practice.
* Network in various physical or online venues and be known as the SEM guru.
* Decide if you want to work for yourself or a boss.

Doesn't matter where you live - I live in Australia and 99%-100% of my work (6 days a week at present) comes from the US or UK.