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How many times have you heard this phrase: “I’m not paying for that. I could get that service/product/course for free”?

The “I Can Get it For Free” Guy. We all know him. We’ve probably all been him (or her). It’s the person who exists to let you know that he or she can get anything for free.

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It’s not everyday you get a chance to interview an author with endorsements from Seth Godin, Soledad O’Brien, and Brad Lomenick. It’s even less-rare (rarer?) when that author is a friend.

That’s why I was thrilled to interview Mr. Charles Lee about his book, “Good Idea: Now What?” for my blog and newsletter.

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“What are the value of blog comments?” I’ve been wrestling with this one for awhile. It seems that, when I really press myself and others, the answers come up short. Like Skee-Lo.

I wish I had a few more blog comments.

“Comments build community on your blog,” some folks say. “Comments are a great way to build traffic,” others will hypothesize. “We have blog comments because, well, we’ve always had blog comments.” Yes, I suppose that’s true. But does that mean they’re worth having?

Regardless of reasoning, I want to find out what will happen to this blog if I turn comments off for 30 days. One whole month. No comments. Will this blog die? I suppose we’ll find out.

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