{"id":1769,"date":"2012-07-08T19:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2012-07-08T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T23:00:59","slug":"tanstafl-manufactured-housing-and-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/tanstafl-manufactured-housing-and-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"TANSTAFL, Manufactured Housing and Your Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A powerful, profitable lesson is coming for those with the wisdom and patience to get it. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch = TANSTAFL. That's true, but unfortunately millions no longer realize the truth of the statement. The school lunches that are "free" to millions of kids are paid for by tax payers and\/or by borrowed money. That borrowed money will have interest and repayment, guess who will pay that? Some of those same kids who got that "free" lunch. <\/em> Ouch, but true.<\/p>\n

Broadcast radio or TV isn't free, it is paid for by advertisers. A listener of any radio personality's show, will often as an act of loyalty – knowingly or not – reward the sponsors for the broadcast by buying their products or services. If you own a business and love Rush, Hannity, Savage, Kim, Levin, Medved, Delilah, Tesh or hundreds of others, you may advertise on their shows.<\/p>\n

In marketing, one does "free giveaways" with the idea of attracting enough people to one's product or service to make it profitable in the end. Costco or Sam's Clubs routinely have free samples during peak weekend traffic hours. Other stores and companies team up to do 'free' samples too.<\/p>\n

\"knowledge-pays\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Education isn't free. Someone always, always pays. But the cost of education is lower than the cost of ignorance!<\/p>\n

If you aren't an owner or executive with a company that has a sales component to it, get with someone who knows and ask these questions:<\/p>\n