There Is No Free Lunch in Internet Marketing

by Patrick Batty

Posted: 12 years ago 20 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I'm quite amazed how many threads asking how to get website free traffic.

Some people are even looking for free mentors.

Honestly folks, there is really no completely free way to internet marketing success.

I hate to be the bearer of the news, but at least I'm being honest. (maybe a little too honest)

You are either going to have to invest in your success with your money, or your time.. or even some of both.

You also have to invest in your knowledge in order to put your time and / or money to best advantage.

It's totally up to you how you want to do this..

Do you want to build a blog, do the SEO, backlinking, use plugins, social media marketing? That's cool.. if you have the time to do it, and you know how. It's a completely legitimate way to go if you want to.

Or do you want to get paid traffic to your site and save a lot of time?

That's cool too.. if you have the money to pay for it.

Either way is completely fine, and totally up to you. It really depends on what you have to invest.. time, or money.

But one way or the other there is no free lunch in Internet Marketing

One way or the other you are going to have to INVEST time or money to get anywhere.

It's completely your call.

All the Best,
Patrick

#free #internet #list building #lunch #marketing

David Keith

12 years ago

i couldn't help but notice the link to the FREE wso in your sig.

Interesting strategy....

proclaim with authority there is no free lunch. Then offer one yourself.

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Adevictus

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

i couldn't help but notice the link to the FREE wso in your sig.

Interesting strategy....

proclaim with authority there is no free lunch. Then offer one yourself.

Things are about to get interesting in this thread

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lgibbon Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

i couldn't help but notice the link to the FREE wso in your sig.

Wasn't that the idea then?
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- Patrick Batty 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lgibbon
  
  Wasn't that the idea then?
  
  No that was not the idea..
  I was asking people to understand one way or the other they are going to have to invest something to get anywhere.
  
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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

i couldn't help but notice the link to the FREE wso in your sig.

Interesting strategy....

proclaim with authority there is no free lunch. Then offer one yourself.

David,,
I am not promoting anything here..
You know I'm referring to people have to spend money or time to get to where they want to go..

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Rod Cortez 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Patrick Batty

David,,
I am not promoting anything here..
You know I'm referring to people have to spend money or time to get to where they want to go..

That's how I took it.

RoD
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David Keith

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Patrick Batty

David,,
I am not promoting anything here..
You know I'm referring to people have to spend money or time to get to where they want to go..

i never accused you of anything sir. I merely found it ironic that you preach one thing and then promise another with a link that obviously seems to contradict what you are preaching to some degree at least.

However, the fact that you took it to mean i was accusing you of promoting something does seem interesting to me. I was merely pointing out the irony that i saw in your post. I found it humorous.

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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

That's what it sounded like..

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L.James

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

i couldn't help but notice the link to the FREE wso in your sig.

Interesting strategy....

proclaim with authority there is no free lunch. Then offer one yourself.

I see what you did there

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Vlad Romanov

12 years ago

You made an empty statement... People have been looking for free methods long before you came and will be looking for them long after you are gone. The simple fact of pointing it out will not change anything, but thank you for a completely pointless thread which states the obvious.

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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Vlad Romanov

You are most welcome.

If it's that obvious.. why are people looking all the time (as you yourself just stated)

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mukulkumarsharma 12 years ago

How about the free content samples to please clients? Are they not part of free lunches?
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Ron Douglas

12 years ago

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David Keith

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

Wow, this makes you think twice before ever starting a thread here again LOL.

Sometimes you just want to post what's on your mind without getting b*tch slapped for it but this is not the place for that.

I'm with you Patrick - it's either time or money. It's opportunity cost. If you invest money to save yourself time, you're not really spending money.

I am with you ron and patrick... I do agree with your message.

But i am the only one that sees the irony or the message coupled with the given sig link.

BTW. I am not one to be shy about calling people out for blatant sig spamming. If thats what i felt was going on in this post, I would have said exactly that. I would have also reported the thread. I don't think it was blatant sig spamming.

I just found it an ironic combination of message and sig link.

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Patrick Batty 12 years ago

Thanks Ron.

Guys.. to keep everyone happy here.. I turned off the links in my signature on this thread

Promoting a WSO ( or even discussing it outside the WSO thread is a great way to be banned.)

I'm not risking that, nor was it my intention..

Tough Crowd! LOL
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smodha

12 years ago

I can give you the greatest "push button" software but you still have to take action and push the button. Success depends on YOU!

This is why I don't promote my forum signatures. The greatest investment you can ever make is the investment in yourself.

Think about this for a minute...

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I Sell What People Want. The Money Is A Bonus..

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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

Originally Posted by smodha

I completely agree.. that's a very good point.

When you think about it.. unless you know what you're doing.. even TIME AND MONEY will not guarantee you success.

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Tracy Robinson 12 years ago

This thread is an example of why the Warrior Forum is not as useful as it used to be, it took exactly 4 minutes to go downhill.
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Rod Cortez 12 years ago

Really folks? You can't see the difference between working hard for traffic that's really NOT free and promoting something in a signature file that's being offered for free? This isn't just splitting hairs, it's two different kinds of "free" altogether. I found ZERO irony in what Patrick posted.

Sure, it might be stating the obvious to some people here, but not to everyone. Un-freakin'-believable. I didn't see any sig spamming going on here. Besides, the correct thing to do is to use the "report post" button IF you think it violates the rules here, not start attacking the OP.

RoD
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Patrick Batty 12 years ago

BTW.. If you want to see an example of what I'm talking about in this thread..

Look at the thread entitled "Looking for an AutoPilot Method"

Also.. thanks Rod,
I appreciate your message.

I would have liked to have debated it to that extent... but I really don't want to risk a ban.. so I just shut the sig off for now on this thread
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temp_12000 12 years ago

well, there is no free lunch at anywhere.
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