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You may know that one of the recommended ways to make money on the internet is to give things away.

Strange as it might sound to a beginner, it does work. For one thing you can collect a name and email in exchange for the freebie and you can also offer an upsell after the visitor clicks on your download link.

But what does it cost that visitor to get something for free? In some cases it will cost only a little time - they end up reading a few emails from the autoresponder series that most marketers will send out.

In other cases it might cost them hard cash.

Here’s an example of a site I’ve just seen. I was emailed a link trumpeting how this was free and that was free and it’s all good. I won’t name the site and in fairness the product is very good, but what’s your reaction to this headline? Read more »

Children Foundation to Collect 1$ Donation for Every New Subscriber on Catchtheposts.com

Hans over at CatchThePosts has vowed to donate $1 for each new subscriber to his blog. The money is going to the Children Foundation.

I’m very happy to point readers in the direction of his blog because I think it’s a worthy cause he’s supporting. You’ll also find some interesting discussions going on over there. Why not help the Children Foundation by visiting Hans blog and signing up as a subscriber?

Rather than repeat his post here, let me give you a link to his post. You can read it here.

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We all make them, don’t we?

Every January 1st we promise ourselves all the things we’ll do and change. Usually, or so I’ve been given to believe, the average person puts 6-8 items on their list. 6-8 big items. You might have done something like it yourself.

1. Lose weight
2. Make money online
3. Stop smoking
4. Go to the gym
5. Learn a language
6. Get a new job

You get the idea. Every list is different, but they all have the same pattern: they don’t contain a plan of how to achieve the goal.

That’s one part of the problem; no plan. Another part of the problem is Read more »

You may know that one of the recommended ways to make money on the internet is to give things away.

Strange as it might sound to a beginner, it does work. For one thing you can collect a name and email in exchange for the freebie and you can also offer an upsell after the visitor clicks on your download link.

But what does it cost that visitor to get something for free? In some cases it will cost only a little time - they end up reading a few emails from the autoresponder series that most marketers will send out.

In other cases it might cost them hard cash.

Here’s an example of a site I’ve just seen. I was emailed a link trumpeting how this was free and that was free and it’s all good. I won’t name the site and in fairness the product is very good, but what’s your reaction to this headline? Read more »

Recommended

We all make them, don’t we?

Every January 1st we promise ourselves all the things we’ll do and change. Usually, or so I’ve been given to believe, the average person puts 6-8 items on their list. 6-8 big items. You might have done something like it yourself.

1. Lose weight
2. Make money online
3. Stop smoking
4. Go to the gym
5. Learn a language
6. Get a new job

You get the idea. Every list is different, but they all have the same pattern: they don’t contain a plan of how to achieve the goal.

That’s one part of the problem; no plan. Another part of the problem is Read more »

You may know that one of the recommended ways to make money on the internet is to give things away.

Strange as it might sound to a beginner, it does work. For one thing you can collect a name and email in exchange for the freebie and you can also offer an upsell after the visitor clicks on your download link.

But what does it cost that visitor to get something for free? In some cases it will cost only a little time - they end up reading a few emails from the autoresponder series that most marketers will send out.

In other cases it might cost them hard cash.

Here’s an example of a site I’ve just seen. I was emailed a link trumpeting how this was free and that was free and it’s all good. I won’t name the site and in fairness the product is very good, but what’s your reaction to this headline? Read more »