I purchased a video course that was offered on Hill Robertson’s blog a few days ago. It’s a little video course that shows a method you can use to help prevent subscription popups from appearing after somebody has signed up for your mailing list. With a bit of modification, it could be used for a LOT of things.
In other words, it offered a ton of value (in my opinion) for only $10.
You can safely visit that page; there’s nothing there to sell at the moment. 
He took the course payment link down and refunded my payment because, in his words, “I had a few concerns from some of my blog readers that it did not give a FULL solution to eliminating the Aweber popups for subscribers.”
The course only cost $10 and even with the limitations, I feel as if I got my money’s worth out of the course. Having everything in one place is going to help me the next time I need to write cookies for stuff like this.
So what did I do when I received his refund email? I immediately signed up for his blog announcement list. It would take a lot to get me to unsubscribe from his list; I recommend that you sign up, too (and you can sign up for Hill’s blog announcement list by clicking on this link).
Why do I make this recommendation regarding a product that the owner himself admitted did not perform as advertised?
Simple: Once the shortcomings were pointed out to him, he admitted it and took action to make it right. In other words, he showed integrity.
I’m not saying that integrity is rare on the Internet; what I am saying is that when an opportunity to put integrity into practice comes along, it’s not always done. While I don’t know Hill personally, this small action speaks volumes to me.
Hill Robertson is the kind of business person that I want to watch a bit more closely. I suspect that others may also want to get to know him better.
And the popups stopped after I signed up…
If you know of any other examples of “integrity in motion” that you can point out, please leave a comment or a trackback.
Thanks for listening,
Tom
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Hey, Tom:
I have known Hill personally for many years, and he’s a fine human being. He would rather cut off his own toes that to hurt anyone, and there isn’t an inclination in him to rip anyone off. Thank you for noticing quality in someone who deserves the pat on the back.
— Eric Hammond
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