{"id":1100,"date":"2009-04-03T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2009-04-03T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T19:03:41","slug":"why-do-you-do-this-for-free-why-is-ppmr-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/archives\/why-do-you-do-this-for-free-why-is-ppmr-free","title":{"rendered":"Ask Dianne: Why Do You Do This For Free? &#8211; Why is PPMR Free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-201\" title=\"Ask the Expert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ask-expert3.jpg\" alt=\"Ask the Expert\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>This question was sent by one of our members who is just a little skeptical about all the free goodies found here at PPMR.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t resist sharing it along with my answer.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Q.\u00a0 I have a question that I&#8217;ve wondered since I signed up with you.\u00a0 How and why do you do this for free?\u00a0 Unfortunately, I am often suspicious at such kind offerings &#8211; they seem too good to be true &#8211; but so far I haven&#8217;t found any &#8220;catch&#8221; to this.\u00a0 I keep waiting for the downside!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 (name withheld), you&#8217;ve made me laugh!\u00a0 Great question.\u00a0 Part of it is just the pleasure I get from writing the articles and creating the tools.\u00a0 I also have fee-based programs, too.\u00a0 However, I made the basic membership level at PPMR free because&#8230;well, because I wanted to!\u00a0 (smile)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s filled with articles and tools and tips I have made free over the years so it just made sense to collect it all into a free level of the membership website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those people who want more in-depth information or the opportunity to work personally with me will do so.\u00a0 Others will simply enjoy the basic membership.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEither way, it&#8217;s still fun for me and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s important to me.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI do thank you for asking and I appreciate your comments.\u00a0 I love your skepticism &#8211; I&#8217;m chuckling over the idea that you are &#8220;waiting for the other shoe to drop&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m afraid you&#8217;ll be disappointed.\u00a0 There is no other shoe (smile).<\/p>\n[firstname], I hope you, too, are enjoying all the content found here.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s my pleasure to provide it.\u00a0 And of course, if you would like to work personally with me, I invite you to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_self\">Contact Us\u00a0<\/a>form\u00a0and we&#8217;ll arrange a complimentary session to explore whether or not its a good fit.<\/p>\n<p>Take care,<\/p>\n<p>Dianne<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Got a question of your own?<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Click here to \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/resources\/ask-the-expert-submission-form\/\">&#8220;Ask the Expert&#8221;.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question was sent by one of our members who is just a little skeptical about all the free goodies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-the-expert","category-member-information-updates","tag-member-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatepracticemarketingroundtable.com\/ppmr-members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}