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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Did I miss something while I've been in exile?
I thought Tube sites were free, had loads of good porn on them and no one needed t even join. LOL
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Have also been in exile on a different island but laughed out loud when reading this as I had the same thought. Also equated it to the free trials... which of course we all know are not really free .... unless they are done without taking a credit card now?
That said after pondering a bit longer there is a potential difference...
If the Gambling sites are giving them that first $30 free just for their contact information.... without taking their credit card AND allowing them to play again also without getting their credit card then this differs from tubes ANd trials as it is a different type of hook than we currently offer.
It is a genuine Freebie in exchange for the right to continue to market to your interested party and get your money eventually. Yes at a glance it looks like an antiquated or been there done that approach. And it DOES work for a lot of industries... at this time I can't think of how it would apply to the paysites... we have dropped our drawers (both figuratively and literally) too far to straight give away something for emails.
While the tubes are a genuine freebie... generally they are sending the surfers to many different sites and are thus part of the marketing machine rather than than the client acquisition for any 1 company. There is no guaranteed return for the company that owns the content/site... they may just get a click or a page view.
What DVTimes is talking about is giving something to our clients like we see in mainstream that has a real value (not an ebook) and then start to build trust and confidence.
As for giving away a tangible free object that requires shipping, such as the VR Goggles, that is a great idea as it is much more involved and difficult to charge back when something has been shipped.
Maybe it is food for thought? Is there away to capture them and correspond beyond spamming, sending updates? Maybe. I don't know, but I am not sure I would dismiss it as a possibility. Anything is possible. I thought this industry was dead after the tube sites but yet here we all are! So anything is possible lol
Maybe things have changed and I am wrong... please feel free to bring me up to speed if I am ...I know you will lol