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Grrrr rant - pay by results... - Business Forum - UK Business Labs

Submitted by Nikki Pilkington

Jun 09, 2009

Summary

It happens every so often - I’ll get an email asking me to work on a Pay by Results basis. This could be someone only wanting to pay when they achieve front page Google listings, or someone wanting to pay a commission on each sale achieved, each front page on Digg, each mention on Twitter, etc etc etc. On some occasions I’m not even told what the ‘result’ is going to be, but told to only come back with a true figure!

But what 99% of these emails have in common is the absolute belief that the author of the email is doing me a favour. That I should be thrilled to be involved in their dream. That if I’m as ‘good’ as I say I am, then I should be willing to work on results only. That ‘if I can’t hack it’ I shouldn’t even bother replying.

I just received another one today - hence this post.

Well, let’s clear up a few things, shall we? Read the full article

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