A lot of online business people will tell you to ignore all the freebie seekers. Don’t try to pull them in, cause it is a waste of time. There is a major flaw in this way of thinking. If you ignore all the freebie seekers, you are cutting yourself off of a lot of potential customers.
When I started out trying to start my own business, I had no money to spend. I don’t mean a little. I stressed over the $ 10 a month for webhosting. My outgo was already higher than my income. That’s why I looked into an online business to start with. It did not mean I saw no value in the products I was being offered, and if I had the money I would have bought a lot of them.
Even now, if I can find good information for free, I’m gonna take it and use it before spending my hard earned money. I will still buy something that is worth the investment, as anyone serious about their business should, but I learned to be frugal with what I had.
These are people you want to help. Get them to the point that they have some money to spend, and they will be likely to spend it with you next time. The people that slammed the door in my face because I didn’t have money probably won’t ever see me again. It’s their loss. There are plenty of opportunities to get good free information out there.
Now I know a lot of people will say that this is not the norm for most freebie seekers. And you may be right. There are many people who will only take what you give them for free. These people will probably only hang around for a little while, and then they will go a way. If they only ever look for free information, they will probably give up and quit anyway. However, I know that there are a lot of people like me, who value the information, but just can’t afford to pay for it yet. If someone had not shown me how to make it work, I probably would not be here now.
What do you think?
Are the freebie seekers worth paying attention to?
This post was written by...
James Pruitt – who has written 234 posts on IMRelations Media.
I Started my internet marketing journey in 2008, as I began building simple affiliate sites. Through the years I have worked as a freelance writer, publishing my own blogs and websites, written several ebooks, and now work mainly to help others build their online business through my marketing consultations, personal coaching, and relationship building.
