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Why free stuff makes us crazy

Marketing Against The Grain

CHAPTER

The Importance of Free Samples in the Digital Economy

$2 billion a year is spent to give people free stuff in hopes that they will reciprocate back. Free shipping comes with ancillary costs that are baked in, so you don't see free samples. Only about 20% of Americans pay for online news according to the Reuters Institute's digital news report for 2020.

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