RE: ISP needs Flash site,-chance for exposure

[Judy Miller]

On Wednesday, July 01, 1998 2:28 PM, Wayne Townsend [SMTP:

waynettopher [dot] net

] 

wrote:

> Hi David,


>

> In the "real" world, it happens all the time, and also in many different

> media types.  Has for years.  It's a gamble that sometimes pays off.  That

> *is* the reality.


What a great post this was. I don't usually comment on this kind of stuff.

I do lots of things for free. I also work my ass off. I don't have a lot of 

time. I work 18 hour days when I add up taking care of business and family, 7 

days a week, but I have done web sites for 2 international organizations for 

free (one of which just offered to pay me well to redo and add to the site), 

for single mothers that need exposure etc. My personal site is a information 

site that has hundreds and hundreds of hours devoted to it. I am currently 

designing my flash 3 site, which will include many educational applications 

concerning teaching fundamentals of art. Some of these Flash 3 areas are going 

to take me weeks and weeks to develop, for just little apps. Why am I doing it? 

For exposure.

This is a mom and pop company. Do we need the money? You bet, living hand to 

mouth sucks. BUT by word of mouth within my circle of activity, (decorative 

arts), my business is growing, without any advertising. I have a reputation of 

being honest and fair. People trust me, because I am a giver, and not a taker. 

I firmly believe that the more one gives, the more it comes back. Sometimes it 

takes time, but it happens. I am self taught at all aspects of web design, so I 

don't claim to know it all, or be the best, but after just 18 months, I feel 

pretty good about what we are accomplishing. I have about 30 sites under my 

belt. Some small, some a little larger, mostly shopping cart sites, but I doubt 

that I would even have a handful if I didn't do my share of giving, and we are 

now being contacted by interest groups outside our art industry as well.

In the "real" world, people are sick to death of getting screwed. I just redid 

a web site for free for someone because the other designer and she had a 

personal conflict and she got booted off the server, site and all. It didn't 

take me long, wasn't a big site, but I redid it for free, just becuase I felt 

awful for her. You can bet that word of mouth is going to soar from that one. 

Sometimes you need to look to the other side of the rainbow to see the pot of 

gold.


Someone also mentioned the other day, that Gabo obviously got so busy doing 

orders from his site, that he doesn't have the time to work on personal 

development any time. Now there's wisdom for you. I have also had to give up my 

painting for the most part because there is not time in a day to do everything 

under the sun. It really is a good idea to analyze situations with angles 

involved before passing judgment. You tend to keep your feet out of your mouth 

a little more successfully that way.


Judy Miller

Fall River Decorative Arts

http://fallriver.ns.ca |

judyfallriver [dot] ns [dot] ca (mailto:judyfallriver [dot] ns [dot] ca)

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