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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Warren Buffet, 1997. Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. Sounds too good to be true?

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