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	<title>Comments on: This Economy Demands Best Practices, Not Free Services!</title>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://ronkarr.com/blog/this-economy-demands-best-practices-not-free-services/comment-page-1/#comment-126</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Linda,

I just saw this comment from May. Sorry I did not respond.  Didn&#039;t know how to use the blog.  Yes, you protected your brand with the 2 for 1. Price is still what it was, you just added one for free as a special promotion.  Bottom line, you had the first profitable session in six months.  The market always tells us what the value for our services are.

Hope you are well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Linda,</p>
<p>I just saw this comment from May. Sorry I did not respond.  Didn&#8217;t know how to use the blog.  Yes, you protected your brand with the 2 for 1. Price is still what it was, you just added one for free as a special promotion.  Bottom line, you had the first profitable session in six months.  The market always tells us what the value for our services are.</p>
<p>Hope you are well.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda Keith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 21:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Ron.

Question...is a one-time 2-for-1 offer the same as giving it away for free? We offered our banking clients a 2-for-1 registration for our last open-enrollment series on Cashflow Analysis of Tax Returns. Yes, banks are my client-base and yes, they have cut WAY back on spending.

The result...the first profitable session in six months.

I kept the same price ($990/two days) but allowed a second person, rather than cut the price in half.

So, is that the same as free, or is that different? I want to protect the brand and I want to be here, and better, when the banks recover.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Ron.</p>
<p>Question&#8230;is a one-time 2-for-1 offer the same as giving it away for free? We offered our banking clients a 2-for-1 registration for our last open-enrollment series on Cashflow Analysis of Tax Returns. Yes, banks are my client-base and yes, they have cut WAY back on spending.</p>
<p>The result&#8230;the first profitable session in six months.</p>
<p>I kept the same price ($990/two days) but allowed a second person, rather than cut the price in half.</p>
<p>So, is that the same as free, or is that different? I want to protect the brand and I want to be here, and better, when the banks recover.</p>
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