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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

SP had a lot of tutorials that were downloaded a lot. The main difference is that they were able to leverage their distribution channel. He mentioned that an idea is worth nothing and often times fails because lack of distribution channel. You can get more sign-ups using viral techniques. All of them for free.

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Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem

This is going to be BIG.

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. 4) Easy Payments that Ensure Virality. You can’t have the NYT suing you or griping all the time, because, at the end of the day, you need them for distribution. 6) Consumer Friendly.

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