Starting a web design business - how do I attract customers?

I've just started up a web design business, and am looking for some good ways to get customers. It's aimed at individuals who want clean and simple websites, what methods should I use to advertise it for free?

Also here is the address, is there anything you would change with the design of the site to make it more appealing to customers?

http://cleanwebsitedesigns.com/

Thanks

Your website is a showcase showing your clients what they can expect. Search engine ranking and position is a important factor your clients will be looking for, optimize your showcase website for highest possible search engine placement.

Meta tags analysis.

Description: Found no description meta tag.
The description meta tag is used by most of the search engines. Consider to add a description meta tag.
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Keywords: Found no keywords meta tag.
The keyword meta tag is still used by some search engines. Consider to add a keyword meta tag.
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Robots: Found no robots meta tag.
This tag is not really required but helps spiders to index the web page.
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Author: Found no author meta tag.
This tag is not really required but helps for your (company) name recognizing.

The important things in any type of marketing are :

鈥?Establishing trust and rapport with the customer
鈥?Understanding customers' requrements
鈥?Providing real benefits and not mere promises
鈥?Having your very own USP (unique selling proposition)
to sustain the competiton.
鈥?Using low cost but effective means of advertizing & marketing .

Life is becoming faster & faster, nobody has time to visit to your site.No matter how great the products you're selling are, people aren't going to beat a path to your door to get them. You need to bring the products to the customers.So DIRECT marketing is the BEST strategy.

I work as a webdesigner and here are my advice for you,

1. Take out the box around Clean Website Design and Put W and D in uppercase

2. Put some colors, black and white does not attract the eyes. If you want to keep the black and white then make a logo and put it as a light background or put it at the side.

3. Make the left side navigation bar a little more organized, try putting the buttons in a table.

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