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Old 07-07-2015, 12:35 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Focus View Post
I know Captain Obvious, strikes again.

The problem is buying/selling traffic which is what ads are essentially. Is so easy everyone does it, it's over done, the sites promoting are pretty poor beyond being a free wank. And the returns are appalling. s everyone's fretting over people who aren't going to buy not wanting the ads/spam.

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Originally Posted by aka123 View Post
The only way to adapt is not giving it totally free, as you probably know as you sell subscriptions, not give those for free. However, selling subscriptions is not the only way to make people "pay". But both cases includes making people to do something they don't want to do (pay). Both includes giving people what they want (but just not for free, in the end at least).
A good approach. If you're not giving away, a free wank, that someone else is. It works. Catch 22.

Offer something the consumer will pay for, that he can't get for free. And it's a win, win situation.

Which is why bottled water sells when tap water is free. It's the "coolness" and convenience when impulse/need buying, of bottled of water. However why people buy large bottles of plain water for home, is beyond me.
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