{"id":2673,"date":"2009-11-11T10:53:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/what-are-you-giving-away-for-free\/"},"modified":"2009-11-11T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:53:28","slug":"what-are-you-giving-away-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/what-are-you-giving-away-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Giving Away for Free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times\">There is a new business model that has quietly crept into the marketing mainstream. FREE! Some of the biggest companies are now adopting a FREE strategy. Think about Google and the amount of money this company makes. 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