One thing I’ve learned is that while the clicks to a website come slower with offline methods, the conversion rate tends to be much higher than for online advertising.

I suspect that’s because people type the URL and give it their full atention for a while, rather than just skimming over it on their way to the next website.

While it’s true that the internet is still in it’s infancy, it’s also growing faster than any other industry out there. I am a former website designer and know first hand about how business is changing at a rapid pace online.
For example: We use to use tables to build websites. Now we are using standards set forth by the http://www.w3c.com. Now CSS is the current standards. Also it’s important that you don’t just put a static website up and leave it anymore. Visitors want interactive sites that has updated content on a daily basis.

I’m all for this. But my concerns are that even with advertising, will websites such as blogs and social sites lose their appeal seeing that even though their traffic can be high, they basically don’t sell any products or services?

And also what will replace these current sites in the short or long term, and how fast will the changes occur?

I also agree that 10 years from now we will all say why didn’t I think of that, or who was to know?

Going back to designing websites. About 5 years ago you could make good money from just building websites for others. now everybody builds their own websites.

Social websites look very interesting but how do you create income? Im working on some new ideas for a new website and would like to discuss some ideas with some other designers and entrepreneurs and so on.

E-Mail me from my site at http://www.bizenez.com.I know it’s a tad bit outdated but please bear with me.

As a freelance web developer, I’ve thought about the leaflet/flyer and newspaper idea as it can be a great way to target local people and businesses to get work. I’ll have to find out some prices I think and see what’s involved.