Marketing for Hippies CEO Tad Hargrave explains how to employ a business-generating pay-what-you-can strategy in a way that respects all parties involved and actually brings sweetness to the sales process.

Tad Hargrave is a self-described hippie with a knack for marketing. He helps other hippies get more clients in ways that feel good to all involved, and he calls his decision to do pay-what-you-can the best thing he ever did for his business. 

Hosts Linda Claire Puig and Ari Iny talk with Tad about what can sound like a radical thing to do: allowing people to decide what they will pay you for your work. Tad shares real-world examples from his own business of what works well with this strategy…and what to avoid.  

In this episode, we discuss:

• Tad’s story of a workshop “gone wrong”—and the surprising offer strategy that emerged, earning him thousands in unexpected revenue without any selling at all
• Why you do NOT have to choose between marketing that works and marketing that feels good
• How to tweak and test your offer so that people actually want to pay more for it
• The most common misunderstanding and misapplication of pay-what-you-can (so you don’t dig yourself a financial grave).  
• And much more!

“Because they feel respected and not pushed, this natural generosity comes out and people just want to give and want to contribute.”

Tad Hargrave

Tad Hargrave is a hippie who developed a knack for marketing (and then learned to be a hippie again). He is a practitioner and proponent of “ethical marketing for uncertain

times” and helps hippies get more clients in ways that feel good to all involved.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
6-Figure Newsletters
Tad’s website
Tad’s free gift

Credits:
Guest: Tad Hargrave
Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny
Producer: Linda Claire Puig
Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb 
Executive producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music and SFX credits: 
Track Title: Sunny Side Up
Artist Name(s): Neon Beach
Writer Name: Aaron Sprinkle
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Presence
Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger
Writer Name: Michael Thomas Geiger
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Coo Coos
Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION