Comments on: But this worked four years ago? http://technosailor.com/2008/06/20/but-this-worked-four-years-ago/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19888 By: Isis http://technosailor.com/2008/06/20/but-this-worked-four-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-44224 Isis Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:00:35 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=3196#comment-44224 Alive and well but should be dead: 1- The fake limited time offer. Works better if scarcity is real. 2- Unrelated freebies as bait for sign up. If your site is about gourmet coffee makers, what makes you think I want a free ebook about knitting my own mittens? 3- Bait and switch of any kind. If it's really on sale? Stock. Up. Great post. Been waiting to get that off my chest. Alive and well but should be dead:

1- The fake limited time offer. Works better if scarcity is real.

2- Unrelated freebies as bait for sign up. If your site is about gourmet coffee makers, what makes you think I want a free ebook about knitting my own mittens?

3- Bait and switch of any kind. If it’s really on sale? Stock. Up.

Great post. Been waiting to get that off my chest.

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