Quote:
Originally Posted by ninja
Maybe I'm a sucker for good writing, but if the information can be presented to me in a clear, concise manner without treating me like a retarded monkey, I'm intrigued.
|
I agree. I don't like the style either. I don't shop on the home shopping network or fall for the 'adversting' sections in the coupon booklets either.
I'm embarrased to send my friends to those links if I want to recommend a program for them. It makes me think I'm sending them to an infomercial.
I don't like that in every 'helpful' blog post is an embedded link to 'buy this'.
I don't like to sign up on any 'free' website when you have to put in your email address.
but that's the kind of consumer I am.
I liked the real FREE information, good advice, good recommendations and no crap. That made me like and respect the author and at times buy their products and recommend them.
However, I can fully recognize giving away all this advice for free made me respect them and occasionally buy products from them, it probably didn't do much to increase their revenues. So they find methods that work. I hope they make lots of money too. I'm not buying it, but someone is, or they wouldn't be doing it.
If they are savvy business people, and find that they prefer or need the loyal & returning customer base to sustain their business, they'll be back to the more personalized approach we got to know / respect them with.
I can't fault them for wanting to grow their business or to make tons of money. Who doesn't? I fully anticipated that when, for example, Craig B. got more well-known that his loyal base (me
) would be lost in the dust. I don't enjoy his blog anymore since it's 99% ads, and I'm glad I no longer have the email that had me on his email subscription either for the same reason. ( However, I haven't been on his forum, but that is probably his new personalized approach and his new customers probably like it very well) I doubt his business has suffered since I stopped being a customer, either.
it's called growing pains. Get over it. If you like their stuff, use it.
If you want someone to give you personalized, ad free stuff, I guess we have to wait until a new person comes around...and for the cycle to start all over again.