If you’re providing value in the marketplace, you deserve to be compensated for it.
For example:
I was once a member of a group that kept everyone in the loop by email, and had the primary purpose of connecting entrepreneurs for joint venture opportunities.
Besides the joint ventures, it was a place where you could ask a question and get some really smart folks answering you (it’s a large group with heavy hitters and successful people who have seen it all).
Last year, the guy who runs the group/list sent out an email to announce that he was making a change. Going forward, he said that he was going to start charging for the service (nothing crazy, just $997 per year).
Some people might have been upset by this change, since they were getting it for free for a long time and now they had to pay for it (people generally don’t like to pay for stuff they’ve been getting for free).
But I emailed him back and congratulated him on making the change. He spends a lot of time on what he’s doing and those who use it have been making a lot of money. He should absolutely be charging for it.
I hate the attitude that I see online where anyone who dares charge for something is automatically a bad person, or it’s a scam.
I sometimes look through the comments on Facebook ads. I don’t spend too much time there, since it can be depressing knowing how many kooks are out in the world …
It’s not uncommon to see a comment along the lines of: “Oh, I just checked the page and they’re charging for it – I figured there was a catch!”.
What do they expect? People to do it out of the goodness of their hearts? If people don’t charge then they can’t help as many people as they’d like to help.
When selling online, you can’t be knocked off course by those darn freeple and cheaple … keep doing your thing, while they stay busy trolling strangers’ Facebook ads.
Speaking of joint ventures, I'm currently filling my promotional calendar for 2020 and if you have a product or service that helps coaches (since my following is coaches), then it could be a fit for you.
I do my joint ventures differently than most, so get the details from this link:
Marc Mawhinney