Posts Tagged ‘incentives’

Can free content really increase sales?

Giving away free content—like reports and e-books—is a long-held internet marketing tradition. But does it really boost sales? And if so, why? A new study suggests that the powerful influence of reciprocity is partly responsible, working equally well online when nobody’s looking as offline when social pressure mounts.

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Are you giving away enough to make money?

If you’re selling a product online, your biggest concern is probably how to increase revenue. So when people tell you to give stuff away for free, you might think they’re insane. But successful internet marketers would disagree.

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Give it away now

Internet marketer Eben Pagan has made some secrets widely available through YouTube and an email list. And at least one of those secrets will be particularly compelling to interactive marketers considering the use of newsletters and similar promotional tactics to build a brand’s value: moving the free line.

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