While we don't see direct revenue from sending handwritten thank-you notes, we do hear feedback from members about how appreciative they were to receive a note.

尽管我们没有看到寄出手写感谢信的直接效果，但我们确实听到不少会员表示他们十分开心收到这样一封新。

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Significant opportunity costs include: litigation damages, loss of proprietary data, consumer confidence, loss of direct revenue, reconstruction of data, and reconstruction of services.

重要的机会成本主要包括：诉讼的赔偿金，私人数据的丢失，消费者的信心，直接收入的丢失，重建数据，重建服务。

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That can be worth it, but it's never a direct source of revenue.

虽然这可能是值得的，但是这却从来不是直接的收入来源。

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There is no revenue that Google gains, or at least no direct revenue, from running the News site.

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For example, we are seeing interesting second-generation e-commerce businesses that have direct revenue and margin streams (not dependent on monetizing an audience).

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In early stages, it is much more beneficial to employ a direct revenue model as the market will be unfamiliar with you and your product.

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