Re: Vanishing web design careers...

Eliza well said -- 


In addition, I would add that it well serve Garbanga well to remember
that the internet was not implemented to make money -- it was for
informational purposes, emergiencies in particular, only.

Obviously its evolved well beyond that. But what does or doesnt happen
with your site is entirely up to you. Advertising, marketing and
promotion is part of the game for an individual as well as an
organization. 

For our purposes --- we want to make a living -- but what we do (or end
up doing) encompasses much more than what is seen or experienced on the
internet.

Lisa
--- Eliza and Zoe <halywn(at)xenon.net> wrote:
> At 12:58 9/06/99 -0700, Garbanga wrote:
> >
> >
> >The only people making money nowadays are
> >advertising agencies.  That's who you go to.
> >I hate to say it, but porn is really the only thing
> >making money off the internet (this excludes sites
> >that are simply an online source for an already
> >successful product), and I don't think anyone
> >(myself included) wants to exchange integrity
> >for an extra buck.
> 
> Interesting point of view, and you are intitled to
> your opinion, but I'm
> afraid you are taking the shallow view.
> 
> Marketing on the internet is in it's baby stage
> still.  There is no way of
> knowing where it will be in 10 years time. Look at
> 10 years ago - look at
> now - see a difference?
> 
> Think of the yellow pages.  There are companies out
> there that say "I don't
> get any response from my yellow pages ad" but two
> points here 1) how do
> they KNOW?  Unless they ask every person who phones
> with an enquirery where
> they got the phone number from it's my bet that
> quite a few are phoning out
> of the yellow pages and 2) they don't stop
> advertising in the yellow pages
> regardless.
> 
> I know some people who, before purchasing ANYTHING,
> look to see if the
> company has a web site.  If the company does not
> have a web site, they
> figure that company isn't up to date and go
> elsewhere.  I don't do that
> here in Australia yet, because we are a bit behind
> America in web presence,
> but still - to use my analagy of the YP, I wouldn't
> buy off anyone who
> didn't have an ad in the Yellow pages, figuring them
> to be "fly by nite"
> and probably not really trustworthy.
> 
> So, having an site on the web might not bring you
> money directly.  Very few
> sites I do actually have credit card or shopping
> facilities - most are more
> like "HERE WE ARE!!!  THIS IS WHAT WE DO!!!" type
> ads. 
> 
> Eliza
> 
> 
> 

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