Comments on: My Thoughts on “Freemium” Business Models http://warwrites.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/my-thoughts-on-freemium-business-models/ To succeed in life, you must start with a few good ideas... Here are mine. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: technotheory http://warwrites.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/my-thoughts-on-freemium-business-models/#comment-21 technotheory Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:28:06 +0000 http://warwrites.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-21 I disagree--a lot of people just don't like paying for software or don't mind ads. That doesn't mean they won't be another product or service that's targeted specifically to them. And why would you want to advertise to the demographic that hates ads and may even have a negative response to them? I think this argument could go either way...and I'd love to see hard evidence that people who don't pay to remove ads don't ever click on them or convert. I disagree–a lot of people just don’t like paying for software or don’t mind ads. That doesn’t mean they won’t be another product or service that’s targeted specifically to them.

And why would you want to advertise to the demographic that hates ads and may even have a negative response to them?

I think this argument could go either way…and I’d love to see hard evidence that people who don’t pay to remove ads don’t ever click on them or convert.

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