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Old 08-02-2010, 08:41 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Hank_Heartland View Post
Paul did you read the 1st line of your last post or the whole post for that matter? How the hell can you make money doing that. If you do the above you deserve your sales going to shit...even mainstream has figured that out finally If you haven't branded, built value in that brand, protected that brand and innovated that brand over 10 yrs...you deserve shit sales. Learn to make your brand "the shits", then you have something people will pay for. BTW...be sure to: "GIVE THE SURFER WHAT THEY WANT,,,BUT NOT FOR FREE"
Yes I did. The first line of my post had an upside down smilie attached to it. It was me being sarcastic to those who preached for years the way to get sign ups is to give the product away.

It started when people who knew only how to drive traffic by giving content away started the process of seeing who could give away the most and the fastest. They often didn't know how to establish a brand or a product.

And it escalated and affiliates demanded more and more. More tools, more free content and more money.

To where we are today. Blaming free content for the fall in sales.
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