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Can free content really increase sales?
Posted on Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 9:14 PM by Dwayne Hunter | Comments (0)
Giving away free content—like reports and e-books—is a long-held internet marketing tradition. But does it really boost sales? And if so, why? A new study suggests that the powerful influence of reciprocity is partly responsible, working equally well online when nobody’s looking as offline when social pressure mounts.
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