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		<title>By: Lee McIntyre</title>
		<link>http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/stop-selling-and-start-giving-the-power-of-free-content/comment-page-1#comment-1663</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee McIntyre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks again for the excellent comments and for taking the time to post. :)

It means so much to know that what I do is appreciated, and for that I thank you!

Lee McIntyre</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks again for the excellent comments and for taking the time to post. <img src='http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>It means so much to know that what I do is appreciated, and for that I thank you!</p>
<p>Lee McIntyre</p>
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		<title>By: Weekend Links &#124; Internet Business Coaching by Terry Dean</title>
		<link>http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/stop-selling-and-start-giving-the-power-of-free-content/comment-page-1#comment-1543</link>
		<dc:creator>Weekend Links &#124; Internet Business Coaching by Terry Dean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Stop Selling and Start Giving - The Power of Free Content [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
		<link>http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/stop-selling-and-start-giving-the-power-of-free-content/comment-page-1#comment-1404</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lee,

Excellent video with great content once again.

Thanks for your help,
Shane.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lee,</p>
<p>Excellent video with great content once again.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help,<br />
Shane.</p>
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		<title>By: Angela Wills</title>
		<link>http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/stop-selling-and-start-giving-the-power-of-free-content/comment-page-1#comment-1376</link>
		<dc:creator>Angela Wills</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent video and post Lee, thanks so much for sharing it.  I&#039;m really going to take the information you&#039;ve shared and start thinking about how I can provide nothing but the highest value in all the content I give to my list and visitors.

:)
Angela</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent video and post Lee, thanks so much for sharing it.  I&#8217;m really going to take the information you&#8217;ve shared and start thinking about how I can provide nothing but the highest value in all the content I give to my list and visitors.</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Angela</p>
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		<title>By: Home Party Solution</title>
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		<dc:creator>Home Party Solution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Free content is king, but you&#039;ve got to make sure it&#039;s useful. I&#039;ve been trying to hammer that point home to my subscribers for the last few months relentlessly - and it seems to be sinking in. Lee, you&#039;re absolutely right about how to build trust in a very cynical market. Giving to get is an age old sales concept and it&#039;s refreshing to see IM&#039;ers finally &quot;getting it&quot;.

Know, Like, and Trust are the key ingredients to making an affirmative buying decision. The easiest way to build that trust is by giving valuable, quality content, like Lee suggests. It doesn&#039;t matter if it&#039;s IM, MLM, direct sales, or any other niche you&#039;re in. Quality content increases trust and credibility. Give and get.

It really is as simple as that.
Awesome job!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free content is king, but you&#8217;ve got to make sure it&#8217;s useful. I&#8217;ve been trying to hammer that point home to my subscribers for the last few months relentlessly &#8211; and it seems to be sinking in. Lee, you&#8217;re absolutely right about how to build trust in a very cynical market. Giving to get is an age old sales concept and it&#8217;s refreshing to see IM&#8217;ers finally &#8220;getting it&#8221;.</p>
<p>Know, Like, and Trust are the key ingredients to making an affirmative buying decision. The easiest way to build that trust is by giving valuable, quality content, like Lee suggests. It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s IM, MLM, direct sales, or any other niche you&#8217;re in. Quality content increases trust and credibility. Give and get.</p>
<p>It really is as simple as that.<br />
Awesome job!</p>
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		<title>By: julia wilkinson</title>
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		<dc:creator>julia wilkinson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lee! (et al). Great video...I agree with your principles. I try to provide great value for free with my Yard Salers newsletters and my bidbits blog. Then people will hopefully see I have credibility and knowledge, and  they may choose to buy one of my ebooks down the line. I try to make my ebooks and special reports valuable, so they bring much more in use value to the reader than the cost of the product.

Thx again Lee..I have read your emails but this is the first time I have heard one of your videos.

Julia Wilkinson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lee! (et al). Great video&#8230;I agree with your principles. I try to provide great value for free with my Yard Salers newsletters and my bidbits blog. Then people will hopefully see I have credibility and knowledge, and  they may choose to buy one of my ebooks down the line. I try to make my ebooks and special reports valuable, so they bring much more in use value to the reader than the cost of the product.</p>
<p>Thx again Lee..I have read your emails but this is the first time I have heard one of your videos.</p>
<p>Julia Wilkinson</p>
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		<title>By: Lee McIntyre</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee McIntyre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks to everyone for the super comments!

I&#039;m actually a bit under the weather today, and coming down with a bit of a cold, so these comments have given me a real boost. :)

I do really believe in this stuff, and I hope that comes through on the videos. 

If you want to sell more, then first give good stuff away for free, and the rest becomes SO much easier.

And you can see this in any niche you look at too...

In the education niche there is an authority teaching forum in the UK, and in the sub forum where I participated there was one women who everyone loved.

She gave great advice, and handed out freebies left, right, and center.  I simply couldn&#039;t compete, and the more I tried to sell the worse I did!

It was actually extremely furstrating, but the people in this niche LOVED this women and so whenever she did release anything for sale a massive percentage her target market were already pre sold.

I learned then the power of building trust through the strength of your content and contribution, and this has had a massive impact on my business.

A really good example is Colm on the Standing Start Profits forums.  He helped people for months, with no expecatation of anything in return, and then when he released his first book he sold hundreds because people trusted him and liked him.

This stuff really does work.  You&#039;ll have more fun, you&#039;ll feel better about yourself, and if you do it right you&#039;ll make more money too!

I&#039;m delighted everyone liked the video and keep those comments coming.....

Lee McIntyre</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to everyone for the super comments!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m actually a bit under the weather today, and coming down with a bit of a cold, so these comments have given me a real boost. <img src='http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I do really believe in this stuff, and I hope that comes through on the videos. </p>
<p>If you want to sell more, then first give good stuff away for free, and the rest becomes SO much easier.</p>
<p>And you can see this in any niche you look at too&#8230;</p>
<p>In the education niche there is an authority teaching forum in the UK, and in the sub forum where I participated there was one women who everyone loved.</p>
<p>She gave great advice, and handed out freebies left, right, and center.  I simply couldn&#8217;t compete, and the more I tried to sell the worse I did!</p>
<p>It was actually extremely furstrating, but the people in this niche LOVED this women and so whenever she did release anything for sale a massive percentage her target market were already pre sold.</p>
<p>I learned then the power of building trust through the strength of your content and contribution, and this has had a massive impact on my business.</p>
<p>A really good example is Colm on the Standing Start Profits forums.  He helped people for months, with no expecatation of anything in return, and then when he released his first book he sold hundreds because people trusted him and liked him.</p>
<p>This stuff really does work.  You&#8217;ll have more fun, you&#8217;ll feel better about yourself, and if you do it right you&#8217;ll make more money too!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m delighted everyone liked the video and keep those comments coming&#8230;..</p>
<p>Lee McIntyre</p>
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		<title>By: Alan Petersen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan Petersen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lee,

I wanted to thank you for that post and this video.  That post on the warrior forum has really inspired me.  I even printed it out. :-)

I urge everyone reading this to read that post and print it out!  It&#039;s that business-life changing.  On one side you have the gurus telling you the money is in the list.  On the other side are those like Lee telling people the money is in the content. 

Matt Cutts of Google is very clear, content is king.  So even though you might build a huge list but you offer nothing but the latest hyped up product promotions your list will turn on you.

Follow the Lee McIntyre business model of helping people and if you think you&#039;re giving away too much information, give out more!

Thanks Lee!

P.S. I hope your football team won the match.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lee,</p>
<p>I wanted to thank you for that post and this video.  That post on the warrior forum has really inspired me.  I even printed it out. <img src='http://www.lee-mcintyre.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I urge everyone reading this to read that post and print it out!  It&#8217;s that business-life changing.  On one side you have the gurus telling you the money is in the list.  On the other side are those like Lee telling people the money is in the content. </p>
<p>Matt Cutts of Google is very clear, content is king.  So even though you might build a huge list but you offer nothing but the latest hyped up product promotions your list will turn on you.</p>
<p>Follow the Lee McIntyre business model of helping people and if you think you&#8217;re giving away too much information, give out more!</p>
<p>Thanks Lee!</p>
<p>P.S. I hope your football team won the match.</p>
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		<title>By: Military Moms Guide Susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Military Moms Guide Susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lee.

Been &quot;following&quot; you since your debut and on the MST site.  You hit a great point today and one that new marketers are truly fearful of!

I have been studying your techniques (thanks for those videos for MST folks) and am trying to implement what you&#039;re teaching.  Still in the implementation stage, so don&#039;t know what the results will be yet, but am confident that they will follow.

Keep up the great work.  You do an awesome job being a real person (not some hyped-up &quot;guru&quot;) and that, I believe, makes people realize that they can make money online, too.

Thanks again!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lee.</p>
<p>Been &#8220;following&#8221; you since your debut and on the MST site.  You hit a great point today and one that new marketers are truly fearful of!</p>
<p>I have been studying your techniques (thanks for those videos for MST folks) and am trying to implement what you&#8217;re teaching.  Still in the implementation stage, so don&#8217;t know what the results will be yet, but am confident that they will follow.</p>
<p>Keep up the great work.  You do an awesome job being a real person (not some hyped-up &#8220;guru&#8221;) and that, I believe, makes people realize that they can make money online, too.</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lee

To be very honest with you, I am alone in my flat on a very wet Saturday afternoon. The fact that I am suffering with flu does not help matters.

I would just like to say that your short video has cheered me up no end, as I have been in selling all my working life and totally agree with  your philosophy of winning peoples trust first.

I will get in touch with you again shortly.

Many thanks

Robert Coleman</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lee</p>
<p>To be very honest with you, I am alone in my flat on a very wet Saturday afternoon. The fact that I am suffering with flu does not help matters.</p>
<p>I would just like to say that your short video has cheered me up no end, as I have been in selling all my working life and totally agree with  your philosophy of winning peoples trust first.</p>
<p>I will get in touch with you again shortly.</p>
<p>Many thanks</p>
<p>Robert Coleman</p>
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