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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur's Journal: Should your business start giving away stuff?]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/goog/" rel="tag">Google (GOOG)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketing-and-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing and Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/entrepreneurs/" rel="tag">Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/small-business/" rel="tag">Small Business</a></p><p><img border="1" hspace="4" alt="" vspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/09/free.jpg" width="122" height="159" />Is it possible to run a business by giving away your stuff? It sounds counterintuitive. But hey, <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/google-inc/goog/nas">Google</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/google-inc/goog/nas">GOOG</a>) gives away much of its offerings, right? I'm actually using Google Docs to write this column, for example.</p>
<p>True, Google is perhaps an exception (it certainly helps to have a huge user base and brand name). But it is worth exploring the concept. In fact, there is an excellent book on the topic -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401322905?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mergerforum0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401322905"><em>Free: The Future of a Radical Price</em></a><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mergerforum0f-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1401322905" width="1" height="1" />-- which came out recently.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Entrepreneur's Journal: Should your business start giving away stuff?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/">Entrepreneur's Journal: Should your business start giving away stuff?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19158347/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/13/entrepreneurs-journal-should-your-business-start-giving-away-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>5 percent rule</category><category>Bill Gurley</category><category>blogs</category><category>Chris Anderson</category><category>Entrepreneurs Journal</category><category>featured</category><category>Flickr</category><category>forums</category><category>Freemium</category><category>GOOG</category><category>Google</category><category>Practice Fusion</category><category>Ryan Howard</category><category>Scribd</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Taulli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:10:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
