tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2421081607898354478..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Power of Free – By Dan MetcalfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82240150183800784142017-01-23T10:43:49.354+00:002017-01-23T10:43:49.354+00:00Thanks Nicola! Yes, events should be paid, no matt...Thanks Nicola! Yes, events should be paid, no matter how mush schools, festivals etc insist it will be good for publicity and profile. Dan Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18432038981589424072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78108137501235394012017-01-22T14:10:33.822+00:002017-01-22T14:10:33.822+00:00Yep. I give free things (books and also teaching m...Yep. I give free things (books and also teaching materials I've created) with events. But I would not write or speak for free - people have to pay me for that, and then they get free things. I have a (free) BrainSane newsletter with around 700 subscribers (mostly schools and parents/teachers) but it does not focus on my news - why would anyone want that? - but on the links I provide to the topics the newsletter covers, and then I can slip in the fact that I have a book coming out, or ways for their schools to engage. (Since I never subscribe to newsletters and can't stand being mailshotted or spammed, I am uber-careful oly to send it to those who have asked to receive it and I don't explicitly use it as an advertising platform.<br /><br />So, yes, giving away things is an obvious technique but, as I say, I don't give away my time, whether writing or speaking. People pay for that. <br /><br />I think this is a very different proposition from the ones often discussed here - whether to do free events or how to respond to someone asking for free books. Well done for raising it and broadening the question, Dan.Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.com