Re: ISP needs Flash site, chance for exposure

[Jason Nugent]

On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Pete Grant wrote:


> >You'd receive lots of exposure for your work.....design referrals.

> >That's the compensation. Possibly some free web server space.

> 

> If I want exposure, I'll take off my clothes.



	right on.  Of course, doing that might lead to more "Stick 

Figure" flash sites like the one from last week.  :)

	I'll add my two bits here too - Speaking from experience, I know 

what a drag it is to get stuck in a "do it for nothing" rut.  I've even 

been scammed into doing sites where the person you built it for didn't 

want to pay you, but rather give you a "percentage of the profits" (the 

three worst words in the English language) that the site generates in 

terms of revenue.  Talk about a sham.  

	The problem is - most people just don't realize how much work 

goes into building a site that not only looks good and delivers the 

intended message, but also looks comparable in most browsers.  That's the 

piece of pie right there, IMO.  With plugins and ActiveX controls this 

problem is alleviated somewhat but you still have to worry about it. 

	People sometimes balk at you when you tell them that it might 

take two weeks and a thousand dollars to put together a reasonable site 

for them (at least they do with me, and two weeks isn't much time to put 

a site together, especially if it is large).  What they don't realize is 

that, in my case anyway, you might be working at home, on your own 

hardware, with software that you paid good money for, with potentially no 

benefits (if you are self employed, let's say).  A free site isn't going 

to pay for the three grand of hardware sitting on your desk, or the 

software that is packed into it.  Or the bills to run it. Etcetera. 

	I still do charity work.  I still do non-profit org work.  BUT, 

it gets pushed to the back of the people who actually pay my bills.  You 

don't have a choice... you gotta eat, right?


		I'm gonna go have a pop tart.


		Jason



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