The,Internet,Size,Doesn,amp,#3 DIY In The Internet, Size Doesn't Matter!
When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
In the good old days, a company was considered BIG if they occupiedspacious and well-furnished offices, owned their buildings complete withspacious parking lots, hired hundreds of employees and purchasedexpensive advertising slots in TV, Radio, Magazines and Newspapers. Thesecompanies are visible everywhere. Their corporate names are printed incapitalized bold letters in the phone books. Everyone well, almost everyone-- are familiar with their names. Its a different story now. In the virtual community, the small guys are giving the big boys a run for theirmoney. With sheer guts and a few thousand dollars to start up, a lot ofhome-based entrepreneurs are making a killing day-in and day-out on theInternet. All done in the private confines of their little home-offices (very oftencalled, kitchen, dining, garage, bedroom, den or whatever part of the house). In the Internet, we small guys dont have to fear the big guys. We can spendsleepless nights pouring all those tutorial books on HTML programming tocreate the site that will clobber those million-dollar creations to pieces. Ifthey cannot stand you, they can buy you out! And I am sure that you likethat, as it will make you rich! We small guys have more flexibility with our operations. We have morecontrol. We can do what we want. In fact, although the big boys have themoney to squander, they are incapable of doing what we small fries can doat a click of the mouse. For example, it will take five working days ormaybe a week or more, for a big corporation to make a very simple change ofa misspelled word on the website. If that mistake was observed at the timewhen the person in charge of the Internet was on three-month vacation leave,that error may have to stay there while the whole company suffers thedegradation that a simple word brought about. One thing we can observe in most websites of the big boys is that it remainsthe same almost forever (except for the news and media sites that need tobe updated daily). Why? Because, nobody can change it on his own volition.Changes may have to pass the approval of the manager; sometimes even theboard of directors or the chairman of the board. When a thing is approved, itthen goes back down the corporate ladder following the same steps as whenit went up. When the changes are made, new developments have happenedand the change may not be needed anymore. Ironically, because of theinternal squabble necessary to get things done, big corporations are not veryenthusiastic about their presence on the Web. We give due respect to the big boys because they really have impressivewebsites. They can afford to hire a $300.00 an hour Webmaster and aplatoon of assistants to make them a small slick button. As I said earlier, size doesnt matter in the Internet. In fact, come to think ofit, being small has its advantages. If you were working alone, all thedecisions are yours. You make changes, you make your own design, youquote your own prices, you decide on everythinggood or no good. If you were working with your wife, you may have to disagree on some pointsbut it is easier to make a decision. You dont need glamorous bull sessionsor so much brainstorming. As new ideas pump in, all you need is implementit. Try it. If it doesnt work, kill it. Simple. In the Internet, being big in the real world does not directly result toprofitability and financial success. In fact, most of the major dot.coms are sodeep in the red. A small obscure dot.com who provides the product or serviceto his targeted market and who knows how to promote and market his/herwebsite to this gigantic web world has all the chances equal to the well-oiledcorporations. Simply said, in the Internet, we can be as BIG as anyone else. That is ofcourse, when you know how.
The,Internet,Size,Doesn,amp,#3