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I hear people say all the time that “money isn’t my motivator”, “that isn’t why I do it” and “paying me more won’t necessarily motivate me more”. Sure that is true in a lot of cases, I’ve found a lot of time you give some one a raise and for the next few weeks they work harder and after time that new enthusiasm based on the raise wears off. I’ve seen this happen in different levels in raises with little effect on the time line.

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What I find interesting is that I think people say that are are very much dedicated to money not being the motivator until your taking the money away, I think it relates to the phenomenon that Dan Ariely points out in Predictably Irrational in the chapter The High Price of Ownership. Where people value possessions they already have more then something that someone else owns.

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Does a thousand dollars have more the a thousand dollars value when you already have the money? From what Dan says “when you have the money” doesn’t necessarily have to be in the bank, but you perceive that you have it because you know your going to make X number of dollars this year/month/week. What do you think? Is money a Motivator for you? Does perspective have an influience on it for you?

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clipped from www.macrumors.com Apple Extends Non-Disclosure to App Store Rejection Letters Apple has gotten a significant amount of critical press surrounding its rejection policies in the App Store. A few high profile rejections have been widely reported and inspired at least one amusing comic. Apparently, Apple has now started labeling their rejection letters with Non-Disclosure (NDA) warnings: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE Readers should note that Apple’s developer correspondence may have already been covered by the original NDA, but Apple is now making it clear.

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I was thinking a bit about give aways and whatnot at events and I got to thinking, which would provide a better return, in terms of goodwill and other maybe more “tangible” returns in our Social Media space (links, etc.).

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I was thinking like would someone giving away a flip camera be better then sponsoring the food at a meetup? Does the return on either slide to one side or the other depending on the size and/or type of the event? Also would the type of people at the event change it?

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For example if I were to give away a flip camera at the monthly meetup I attend in London be better then doing the same at a conference like PAB. Were talking 10 people at the meetup to 100 people at the conference. And how about the fact that I know maybe 50% at PAB, and most to a lesser degree then the 100% of people at the monthly meetup. What if it was a Sanyo Xacti camera instead of a flip ($800 vs $150)?

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Any thoughts?

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Note: I’ve never made  money from referring to any other these products or site, I just own both the cameras and highly recommend them and like both PAB and the MeetUp. Although if Pure Digital or Sanyo want to send me new gear I’d be game!!!

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