I guess this has been a fundamental problem on the Net. Isn't it demeaning to ask someone to render services for free? I come across such clients almost on a daily basis. Now that I'm a bit "secure" I don't even talk to them. If I client doesn't want to pay on every hour spent on his or her project, then he or she should be shown the door.
Here's a good article: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/208/business/Facing_their_ demons+.shtml Amrit ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:00 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Survey/Poll software I don't think I would have any websites under my belt if I didn't do some freebies along the way. I also do non-profit organizations for free. Jan www.jdvisions.com Website Design and Development ======== Erich D. Mansell wrote: > You could also build a Yahoo Groups site for the purpose of communcation and > polling. The product offers a simple polling feature that could meet > someones needs and it is easy to build. It is a free product (paid by ad > shots) that could be run by someone with next to nothing on the knowledge > base. > > As for the pay before you play deal. I don't agree with that notion. There > are times when you build something for someone and expect nothing in return. > I build church web pages and expect 0 compensation for the service. I > consider it giving back what God gave me. > > No one asked why his son asked his dad to do this project for nothing. Dad > merely asked us to help him with a problem (something we do for free) that > he encountered. > > I do agree with David upto a point. I think you should show the person the > Surverymonkey and Yahoo (or other free poll product) and let them decide. > If they chose to fork out 20 bucks for the service then that is their > choice, otherwise you now have another product that you can build out for > free. > > my 2 pence and nothing more, > > Erich > > "The military has deadened the two sons .... Now all they need to do is 'Bag > Dad'!" > > > > > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003 ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
