Here is another internet marketing myth that has got to be one of the top ten dumbest internet marketing myths that is spreading like wildfire across cyberspace.

The term "Freebie Seeker" is one of those phrases that I really hate seeing or hearing most of the time. It is one of those physiological mind games that quite a few sellers and marketers use to get you to buy whatever they are selling.

One of the biggest problems with this phrase is that most of the time when someone says it, it just isn't true. It's a phrase that is almost always used in a derogatory manner. It is an insult and it is uncalled for in most instances.

It is a term that is used in the 'How to Make Money' niche probably more than all other niches put together.

A lot of people who are trying to sell a product or service related to this niche would really like you to believe that if you don't buy from them, it is because you just want something for nothing.

The vast majority of the time that someone doesn't buy something, has nothing to do with being a "Freebie Seeker" or wanting something for nothing. It has to do with things like:

Not trusting the seller. The seller hasn't done enough to show the potential customer that he or she is indeed trustworthy.

or

Not believing what the seller's ad copy says. The seller has not produced good ad copy. The seller has made their ad copy unbelievable. The seller's ad copy is deceptive or it sends up red flags. More to the point, the seller's ad copy has one or more statements in it that make it suspicious to the reader.

or

Not having enough money to buy. This one here may seem like something that the seller has no control over, but... if the seller really wants to make their product or service available to more people, then most of the time they can reduce the price. If that doesn't help, they can reduce the price even further.

Some businesses have high prices on what they sell and some businesses will have low prices on what they sell, but in either case, their business won't make a profit if they don't make their product or service obtainable to enough people.

or

They found a similar but better product or service or a better deal on the product or service. The seller has not made buying from him or her more beneficial to the potential buyer than if that buyer bought the same or similar product or service from the competition.

or

The seller hasn't described his or her product or service enough or hasn't answered every question or addressed every concern his or her potential customer might have about the product or service being sold.

or

The customer or potential customer wants proof that the seller's product or service will benefit them, and the seller has not proven that it will.

The seller hasn't shown or demonstrated that his or her product or service will do everything that they say it will or that it will be everything they say it will be. Sellers can always talk a good game, but talk is cheap. People want proof or at least some very compelling evidence.

or

One of many other reasons not listed here. As you can see from the list of reasons above, if a seller doesn't make a sale to someone, it is because the seller isn't doing something right in their marketing or business operation or both. It is almost never just because someone is a "freebie seeker".

That's just an excuse a lot of sellers use to try and shift the blame for their lack of sales, to a potential buyer rather than to themselves, which is really where the blame belongs in the vast majority of cases.

Sure, there are always people who want everything handed to them, but that being said, I have personally helped and tried to help quite a few internet marketing beginners in the past, who put in long hours and much effort, to know that the 'I want something for nothing' mentality is not the epidemic that a lot of internet marketers would have you believe.

People almost always have a legitimate reason for not buying something they were previously nterested in. It is small percentage of consumers that expect something for nothing.

Some Trigger words that many a desperate seller might use in an attempt to guilt or shame someone into buying from them, are words and phrases like 'Freebie Seeker' and Tire Kicker'

You must keep in mind that these trigger words are just that. Trigger words, and nothing more. The purpose of trigger words are to make sales, not to provide factual statements.