Comments on: Internet Marketing at the Local Level http://www.askshane.org/traffic-generation/internet-marketing-at-the-local-level.php Sound Strategies for Building an Online Business You Can Retire On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matthew Robert Payne http://www.askshane.org/traffic-generation/internet-marketing-at-the-local-level.php/comment-page-1#comment-61484 Matthew Robert Payne Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:31:24 +0000 http://www.askshane.org/?p=1047#comment-61484 You article was helpful. My brother said I was losing many customers with a website that did not look professional . It seems that you agree You article was helpful. My brother said I was losing many customers with a website that did not look professional . It seems that you agree

]]> By: Why I Advocate for 99designs » Ask Shane.org http://www.askshane.org/traffic-generation/internet-marketing-at-the-local-level.php/comment-page-1#comment-61266 Why I Advocate for 99designs » Ask Shane.org Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:14:22 +0000 http://www.askshane.org/?p=1047#comment-61266 [...] week, Jeremy from Wildfire Marketing Group commented on my post about local internet marketing.  I had written that local business owners had no excuse for having an ugly site when great designs [...] [...] week, Jeremy from Wildfire Marketing Group commented on my post about local internet marketing.  I had written that local business owners had no excuse for having an ugly site when great designs [...]

]]> By: Jeremy L. Knauff http://www.askshane.org/traffic-generation/internet-marketing-at-the-local-level.php/comment-page-1#comment-61254 Jeremy L. Knauff Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:32:34 +0000 http://www.askshane.org/?p=1047#comment-61254 I usually agree w/ 99.9% of your posts, but I have to say that 99designs.com does not conduct fair business practices - think about it...the designers actually produce the work in hopes that they may get chosen and paid. Work that if not chosen, can’t be used for anything else because it’s been produced for a specific project. What other industry would that actually fly in? You would never think to ask 20 home builders to build you a custom home and tell them that once they were done, you would pay the one you liked the best? How about your taxes; no accountant in their right mind would compete by actually completing your tax return and then hope that you choose and pay them. It's an unfair labor practice, cheapens the industry and makes it less likely that quality designers will enter an industry that is quickly becoming commoditized by expectations like this. http://www.no-spec.com/ explains why it is wrong in greater detail if you're interested. I usually agree w/ 99.9% of your posts, but I have to say that 99designs.com does not conduct fair business practices – think about it…the designers actually produce the work in hopes that they may get chosen and paid. Work that if not chosen, can’t be used for anything else because it’s been produced for a specific project.

What other industry would that actually fly in? You would never think to ask 20 home builders to build you a custom home and tell them that once they were done, you would pay the one you liked the best? How about your taxes; no accountant in their right mind would compete by actually completing your tax return and then hope that you choose and pay them.

It’s an unfair labor practice, cheapens the industry and makes it less likely that quality designers will enter an industry that is quickly becoming commoditized by expectations like this.

http://www.no-spec.com/ explains why it is wrong in greater detail if you’re interested.

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