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Video Blogging Challenge Day 14

April 2, 2014 by Jan Kearney

Another “me” video for Bonnie Gean’s Video Blogging Challenge. Today I natter about the joys of free. There’s a transcript below for those who prefer to read.

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Video Blogging Challenge Day 14

Video Transcript

Hi, it’s Jan Kearney at My Local Business Online and this video is for Bonnie Gean’s Video Blogging Challenge. I’m just dashing out to my EFT session with the lovely Angelita. I thought I’d do this video really quickly before I left and then hopefully produce it later and get it out later on before I do my coaching training at the crack of dawn tomorrow.

So really, really quick today. I wanted to talk about free and the joys of free. I’ve read a few articles this week that have really slated free. And you know what? I know what they’re saying. I do totally understand what they are saying because free is never, ever free. You either pay with your time or you pay with your money.

I work with small businesses and local businesses who have a very limited budget. Let’s just say to coin a lovely phrase, “tighter than a gnats backside”. My role then is t get from A to B in the best way possible, within the budget possible and still be able to measure it. Yes, I do use free tools to do that.

The problem then comes when business owners try to do it themselves and use free tools they don’t always understand how or why a tool works how it does. They can often end up getting themselves in a bit of a mess simply through lack of understanding.

If you do decide to use free or close to free tools then do take the time to sit down and go through the learning curve that will be required for you to be able to use that tool effectively. Because free doesn’t always work out of the box you are going to need to sit down and look at settings and everything else, and how it will integrate with your website or social media depending on what the tools are.

That’s about it for now. I just wanted to say free doesn’t necessarily mean free. You do have to take the time to understand the tool you are using. How it works, why it works, how it can work for you and still be able to measure the outcome that you want as well. I’ll speak to you soon.

Free is never, ever free. You either pay with your time or you pay with your money

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About Jan Kearney

I believe that every business, no matter how small or how local can use the power of the web to gain more customers. I offer no bull coaching and mentoring so small business owners can strategically put the web to work for their business. I've been called a "compass" and a "navigator" and probably a few more names that aren't suitable for a profile!
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Comments

  1. Torsten Müller says

    April 4, 2014 at 9:20 am

    You made a great point here and it is something what people often miss, free isn’t reallt free, you just pay with some other currency which is your time.
    Once one puts a monetary value on their time, they will realize that the so called free things often are much more expensive than paying for them in real hard cash.

    • Jan Kearney says

      April 5, 2014 at 10:27 pm

      Very true Torsten – it’s worth doing a cost analysis before losing time we can’t get back.

  2. Bonnie Gean says

    April 4, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    I totally agree, FREE is not really free at all when you consider what you must exchange. Although, many tout article marketing is free, and we both know it is far from it!

    That’s why they say you must INVEST in your business. You’re either dishing out the dough or spending your time — either way, your business cannot move forward unless you’re willing to part with one or the other. 🙂

    • Jan Kearney says

      April 5, 2014 at 10:29 pm

      What’s that old line Bonnie? You have to spend money to make money. Sometimes, spending time to make money works well in the short term – especially when cash is tight!

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