I joined a giveaway recently, you know the events where you have access to all kinds of freebies such as just for the price of your first name and e-mail address. Later I regretted it as I sure don’t need to be on any more lists, I know I am on far too many as it is. One of my time wasters I’m going to take care of, but that is another story and post in itself.

Back to the subject.

One thing I noticed was the number of marketers who are giving away quite a few freebies just for my email. I believe one person was giving away six ebooks for my information.

This gets me to thinking. For one, this person “seems” desperate to me. Feeling the need to give away so much to grab some of the gold. I am also thinking, what kind of subscriber is this person attracting? We all know there are freeloaders out there, people who only want the free stuff and never intend to buy anything. Naturally it’s part of the business, but why attract them in the first place?

I know marketers that use no giveaways to get an email address. These same marketers don’t even offer “bribes” to help sell their products.

What if your product was good enough to stand on it’s own?

What if you did’nt have to give away the farm to get the sale?

What if you did’nt have to bribe some one to buy from you?

What if…



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