RE: UKNM: old chestnuts: upfront registration

[Cait Hurley]

The fact of the matter is that most people *are* registered on sites they

visit regularly, whether they know it or not. 



> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tim

> Ireland

> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:28 PM

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: UKNM: old chestnuts: upfront registration

> 

> 

> I'd like to barrel in on this topic by saying that I do not 

> trust 'stats' in

> the first place (see: lies, damn lies and statistics).

> 

> That said, the great majority of Internet users are after 

> anything they can

> get for free - they also like to feel anonymous whenever possible.

> 

> It is highly unlikely they will register for a 'site unseen' 

> (unless they

> had already read literature on it or it had been highly recommended by

> someone they knew).

> 

> I know this may not be of much help if the party who 'needs 

> convincing'

> wants to see something on paper, but if they are blind to 

> basic human nature

> then perhaps they are beyond help.

> 

> ©©

> 

> Tim Ireland

> Senior Copywriter

> DESIGNERCITY LIMITED

>

Email: timdesignercity [dot] com

> URL: http://www.designercity.com


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