Thursday, November 1, 2007

Free Downloads - the good and the bad

Free Downloads - the good and the bad
We have all stumbled across sites that are offering free
downloads. But are they always that good? What inevitably
happens is you end up with a hard drive of useless stuff
that you have to wade through and often cannot make head or
tail of anyway.

Then there are the items you purchase. These are digital
items such as ebooks or software that will help you manage
and market your business online. If there is a price on
them they are probably of a higher quality. But then you
have the problem of what to buy and how much your budget
can withstand.

There are not many organizations out there that can provide
you with a fully integrate system of help and support.
Those that do often charge a large sum of money to assist.
You need to source the select few that will balance cost
effective support with free support.

The biggest problem that exists on the internet for
business owners is the amount of information that has to be
waded through to get to the real stuff. What you are
looking for are quality ebooks and software that you can
use now or later to learn from and build your business.

You want to learn from those who have gone before you.
Often the free stuff is all you need. Other times you may
need to grab quality help that you have to pay for.

If you pay for help consider items you can resell. Resell
rights allow you to make a bit of extra money from your
website or have give-aways to lure new customers. Make sure
you always use digital products - that is products that can
be downloaded.

Bottom line? Look out for fully integrated businesses that
offer you a combination of information both free and paid
for, software and tools both free and paid for.

If you do find free stuff consider it carefully. There are
a few business resources out there that will offer fully
packaged free tools that have been tried and tested to
assist you. Most of these will be free to on sell to make
extra money or offer for free as sweeteners through your
business.

So free downloads are good but only if you get quality from
quality services. Don't overload yourself with singular
downloads that you will lose on your computer. Align
yourself with one or 2 sources to obtain quality
information so you can increase your business profit via
the internet.


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Katherine Quirke is an Australian based business
entrepreneur. She has worked in the IT industry for over 10
years and owned a number of businesses over the last 20
years. Sharing her knowledge has become a passion. Further
information may be referenced at:
http://www.yourbusinessresource.info and
http://www.onlyfreedownloads.com

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