Are there many free things in life? The air you breathe. That is one unless the air is polluted then you might get sick someday. Could be pretty depressing though. Normally, there is a catch to everything. There used to be a time when the expression was free love. The main problem with that was the infectious diseases that sprang from having relations with a stranger. It is also morally wrong.
Now, life is full of free things. I remember when NetZero had those cute commercials about the Internet needs to be free. Now, they charge $5.95 or $9.95 so it is not NetZero. Sometimes you get free rebates, but they don’t accept them because you put the wrong information on the rebate slip and it gets rejected and therefore your free thing turns out to be $20.
What about the free websites you can get now? I saw one for weddings, but it was only free for the first year, then you had to pay. Some are more upfront and actually charge you right away. I have to admit that even I have used the free items before. In trying to get new customers sometimes we’ll say you get a free photo when you pay a creation or session fee. Actually, the photo is not free in that you are paying for the session fee. However, I have to defend myself and all the other free givers around the world. Sometimes this is necessary to get new business. The customer does save something over if they spent the retail price for the things sought. There, I did it. I apologized. For any of my future, current, and past clients, I’m sorry if my practice seemed devious. Okay, with that over let me tell you about my latest free thing.
I am sending a website link to my clients with free wedding website available to them at no cost and no strings attached. Now, you might ask how do they do that. It is important to know that there are many ways to make money on the Internet. Just ask Utube. They sold there site to Google for over a billion dollars. Why? Because a lot of people visit there. This does two things. It allows them to see commercials that Google can charge a lot for and it also provides user information. Google might not sell the information out right, but they can tell their clients what the demographics are of their users.
This means they will get more for their advertising based on real data.
Have you ever found any really good deals out there for free? If you have let me know and I’ll tell others here. Thanks for listening.
Michael Leyba
© 2007
Portraits by Michael
http://www.michaelleyba.com
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