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Each perspective also has its problems, though:

1. If you are truly different (unique), you`ll probably have to spend a lot of time educating the unexplored market.
2. If you`re part of an existing and well-developed market/product, then you have the issues of differentiating.

More and more lately, I`m seeing what Michael Crighton is writing about. We`ve come to the end of a century-old (probably a lot longer) belief system regarding simple or complex answers to problems.

Marketing, product introduction, conversions, site development, all are complex situations. They have complex interactions of many variables. Too often on these forums, people want (or hope or wish for) a so-called simple solution. They want an answer that can be summarized into a few paragraphs, completely covering the "few" factors making up the problem.

Teach me C++ in two hours. Make me a piano player in 12 easy lessons. Turn me into an Olympic skating champion with a book. "Is it nature or nurture?"

The old model of single-factor solutions has collapsed totally for almost anything other than how to make a recipe. Computer technology, networks, particle physics, genetic decoding, and a myriad of other new areas in science have made it clear. There isn`t a 1-answer solution to these kinds of problems. There isn`t any "synopsis," or "Reader`s Digest" version.

 I like templates and find them useful. It is easy to personalize, so the prospect of someone having the exact same site is eliminated. I figure one doesn`t have to reinvent the wheel.

 There is only a certain amount of web layouts, so even a website that is designed from scratch will look similar to another somewhere on the world wide web

Sydni


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