What would you do about Bill?<\/p>\n
Bill B. e-mailed me to say he couldn’t afford my Internet marketing home study course.<\/p>\n
Now, there are Internet marketing courses out there costing thousands of dollars. <\/p>\n
Mine sells for less than $100, and the week Bill wrote me, I was offering a special discount, selling it for just $77.<\/p>\n
So I recommended a less comprehensive ebook I have, which is a good beginner’s guide and sells for only $19.<\/p>\n
Bill’s reply was that he would “really appreciate it” if I were to “donate” the book to him (as if he was a charity?) because he would not afford to pay for it.<\/p>\n
When I asked him why he should get a free copy while thousands of my customers have paid $19 for it, he chastised me for being uncharitable, greedy, and only caring about making money.<\/p>\n
“It’s okay if you can’t help,” Bill wrote. “One day you will understand why helping someone you don’t know feels good — more than the little money on your pocket.”<\/p>\n
What do you think I should have done with Bill?<\/p>\n
A–Give him the e-book. After all, it’s a PDF, Bob — doesn’t cost you anything.<\/p>\n
B–Refuse to donate it. After all, it comes with a money-back guarantee — if Bill doesn’t like it (or even if he does), he can just ask for a refund and it will be free anyway.<\/p>\n
C–Other.<\/p>\n
If you picked “C: Other,” what would YOU do in this same situation?<\/p>\n
Do you agree with Bill that I am a money-grubbing Scrooge?<\/p>\n
Or was I more than fair with Bill, pointing him to the cheaper product instead of pushing him to buy the slightly more expensive program?<\/p>\n
What say you?<\/p>\n
P.S. Would Bill go to the GROCERY STORE and expect them to give him free steaks?<\/p>\n
Does his dentist treat him free of charge?<\/p>\n
Would he call a plumber and ask the plumber to “donate” his time fixing Bill’s broken toilet?<\/p>\n
Why should I, as a writer, not get paid for my expertise and time, while everyone else Bill deals with gets paid by him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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