Would you join us in our FREE experiment? Over the past few weeks, we’ve read from some of the bloggers who’ve notified us of their following. It’s interesting to us that many of these blogs seemingly promise millions of dollars simply by following their three step or five step program. If we’ll just give them … Continue reading
At the beginning of this study series, we asked “The real cost of FREE?” What if it’s really true that you get what you pay for? What if it’s really true that the payer is the giver? Over the next few months, we’re going to test this title question by putting forth a number of … Continue reading
Let’s say FREE is a model of giving. Who is doing the giving? At first (you know, a few years back), it was the salesperson and the investor doing the giving. Squeezing their prices and their returns as a cool form of marketing that was said to be founded on economies of scale. Reviewing now, … Continue reading
So, out of the last post, I took to the internet to seek out models of giving. In so doing, I found this Bible verse: Luke 6:38 – Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the … Continue reading
What is the model of FREE really? Two posts ago, we mentioned that there are costs. There are opportunity costs, there are time costs, there are monetary costs, and there seem to be a variety of other “miscellaneous” costs as well. If there are costs to someone that must be paid, is this really a … Continue reading
Try giving it away and you will soon be facing the inquisition: “What’s the angle?” “This can’t be afforded!” “How are we going to recoup?” “What’s in it for us?” What if giving it away is “the reward”? Continue reading
