Internet Marketing Street

This is what you call putting a knife through your own heart, but if I'm going to tell the truth about making money online, then I'm ultimately going to reveal some not so nice things about myself as well. Yes, I play some of the games as well. I have to in order to make a profit. So in this installment of our real truth series, I'm going to reveal the skinny on free stuff and how it's really not so free when you take a look at the motivation and what's inside. This one is going to be a real eye opener.

Okay, I just said free stuff isn't so free. You're scratching your head probably wondering if I've been smoking something. After all, it is free right? You didn't pay for it, right? So how did it cost you anything? Well, it may have not cost you anything in dollars and cents right away, but make no mistake about it, the freebie that you got has a method behind the madness and all isn't as it seems.

For starters, most freebies require you to opt into a list in order to get them, right? Well, believe it or not, that's a form of a payment...you handing over your email address and access to you any time the list owner wants. He can email you as much as he likes until you either unsubscribe or he keels over from heart failure. You're his for eternity. Now, if he's providing you with good content that helps you with your business, then you might not mind so much. That's something I always try to do. But not everybody is so giving. Some just give you one sales pitch after another. It's the list from hell.

Another thing that makes these freebies not so free is the fact that if you actually look inside these reports, you'll see that they are either stuffed with affiliate links or links to their own products. That's right...ways for these horrible list owners to make money off of you. Well, of course some of these products may actually be very good and help you with your business. I've purchased quite a few items from these free reports myself that have greatly contributed to my six figure a year income, but the point is...the freebie isn't so free if it's making you spend money, right?

Okay, maybe the above isn't the end of the world, but I just wanted you to be aware that when people give you things for free, just as I do, there is always a reason behind it that leads to dollars and cents. That's why it's called business. And there's nothing wrong with running a business if you do it honestly and provide products and services to others that have REAL value.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim