Comments on: Navigating the value gap http://www.webpublishingblog.com/navigating-the-value-gap.htm Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Thu, 05 May 2011 08:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Peters http://www.webpublishingblog.com/navigating-the-value-gap.htm/comment-page-1#comment-33162 Mike Peters Thu, 10 May 2007 07:49:37 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/navigating-the-value-gap.htm#comment-33162 Excellent tip! This ties into Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) "do less for more" principle. As markets mature and services get "commoditized", you'll have to do a lot more (to differentiate) for a lot less (competition is driving inherent worth to the ground). That's why a typical web design business is not very profitable. You're simply exchanging designers time with money. On the other end of the scale there are the unique new opportunities barely scratching the service. And a good place to find them is to think in terms of what you can do that would involve minimum of your time for maximum compensation with an easy exponential scale out. Excellent tip! This ties into Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) “do less for more” principle. As markets mature and services get “commoditized”, you’ll have to do a lot more (to differentiate) for a lot less (competition is driving inherent worth to the ground).

That’s why a typical web design business is not very profitable. You’re simply exchanging designers time with money.

On the other end of the scale there are the unique new opportunities barely scratching the service. And a good place to find them is to think in terms of what you can do that would involve minimum of your time for maximum compensation with an easy exponential scale out.

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