Why All Savvy Entrepreneurs Must Be Mindful Of The Deadly Allure Of Free Products And Services!

 

So do you know anybody that has successfully boot strapped their business, product or and service? Or have you ever seriously tried to boot strap your business, product and or service? It can be quite exciting and extremely challenging,  (practically all the time) on lots of levels. Would you not agree?

Recently some of you that have followed some of my latest blog post, see where I’ve been rather adamant about “how” savvy entrepreneurs such as yourself, (can) and should leverage (as much as possible) the enormous power and long term profit generating potential of the Internet.

(BTW: You can and should read that informative three part series about “how” extremely savvy entrepreneurs (such as yourself), that are extremely cash strapped to begin with,

Can still initially boot strap their businesses online, using various low cost or free services and or tools.)

And while you definitely should pursue that route initially, if you find yourself temporarily cash starved and or resource challenged! Entrepreneur (word to the wise!) There simply is no such thing as a 100% free lunch! You either pay with up front out of pocket cash and or credit etc.

Or you initially pay up front with your extremely valuable (and non replaceable) time! But one way or another, you’re gonna pay something! It’s just a matter of “how” and how much!

Now, not to be misunderstood here,and or to imply or infer, that it’s now not okay to try and 100% leverage yourself initially as best you can! It is and that’s totally cool. But there is a potential dark side that definitely needs to be discussed and or disclosed!…. So that you don’t get completely blindsided by it down the road!

 Why All Extremely Savvy Entrepreneurs Definitely Need To Be Aware Of The Potential Down Side Of Using Free Tools And Or Services To Build Your Online Business!

 ( Be Yee Aware Of The High Cost Of Using Free Tools And Or Services!)

Now as some of you are already aware (because) I’ve mentioned it in several previous blog posts. Before I wised up and started using the WordPress.org (not dot com!) blogging platform, I was using various web 2.0 sites (such as) squidoo lens.com. Which is no longer around BTW.  And hubpages.com to put my marketing content online.

And  I was also using various popular article directory sites to publish my content as well, even though at the time, I didn’t even have a website and or blog of any kind! Is that not interesting?

Don’t worry, it’s nowhere near as mysterious as it may initially sound and or appear! Anyway, one of my best coaches (Becky Joubert) continuously warned me against putting all my content on the various free and or low cost online marketing platforms, such as the ones previously mentioned.

Because (as she so wisely) tried to warn me, for whatever reasons my accounts could be inadvertently shutdown without warning! And the likelihood of me getting them re-opened, were not good!

And as it turned out,unfortunately that’s exactly what happened to me! And since I was still not yet ready to try and conquer learning WordPress, I stubbornly plowed ahead, publishing a grand total of 125 hubpages. (Glorified articles hosted free on hubpages.com’ s servers.)

(Big mistake as things steadily unfolded.)

When all of sudden, totally out of the blue, I get an email notice from hubpages explaining “how” I’ve somehow violated one of their content publishing policies and therefore my account was terminated! Huh? What the heck had I done, after 125 published hubs, that I hadn’t done after my 5th or 67 th published hub? Go figure!

Now most of you have already heard that part of my initial online journey. Correct?

Why You Must Seriously Consider The High Cost Of Using Free Tools!

However, there is another (even darker ) and slightly more sinister side (I might add) to my initial online journey as well. Which involves a negative incident using one of the free online marketing tools, that 99% of you have yet to hear!

And while I’ve shared this story before in private webinars, I’ve yet to disclose it this openly in a much more public way! As you’re about to discover!

(And as you’ll see in the video: I was able to generate 6,700 plus opt in leads using a free autoresponder service.) With I might add extremely limited features!

Now this post is not intended to bad mouth that particular vendor for the eventual outcome that you’re about to read about!  Instead, my ultimate purpose (here) is to open your eyes -wide- to what can potentially happen to your hard work, as a direct result of using and or relying too heavily on free products on or offline and or services etc.

Or when you rely on and use replicated marketing systems of any kind! Or when you place all of your emphasis on building followers, on popular various social media sites, like Facebook, twitter, Instagram or Linkedin etc.So here’s the deal.

Boot Strapping Is Great As Long As It Doesn’t Turn Into An Albatross Around Your Neck!

Right after I had generated my 6,700 plus opt in subscribers (and without warning!) Suddenly both my username & password were no longer valid! Say what? Yep! For whatever reasons, my account, along with all those free subscribers that I generated through various marketing tactics & strategies etc; were 100% gone!

And after several repeated emails to the company to inquire as to “why” I could no longer log into my account, they finally responded that there had been some sort of temporary break down of their system! Yea right!

But they offered to let me simply create a new username & password, but guess what happened when I did eventually log into my account?

You guessed it! My entire database had been mysteriously wiped out was the final explanation they gave me! So I’m supposed to believe that 6,700  plus opt in subscribers simply vanished into cyber space! Yea right!

What really happened? I’ll never truly know! But here’s the overall moral to the story! If you’re going to initially use free and or extremely low cost online tools to market your extremely valuable products and services etc!

You Gotta Move Away From Constantly Relying On Free Tools Or Services As Quickly As You Can!

Just be aware there is a potential dark side to doing so! Don’t you agree? So that  (my friend) is how and why, all extremely savvy entrepreneurs (such as yourself!) had better be extremely mindful of the potential high cost of using free and or low cost marketing tools online! Any questions?

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