May
1
Freebies, Is There A Catch?
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Damian Saunders asked:
It is something we hear repeated all our lives, that nothing in life is free. So, with that in mind, the question is, how can free offers and freebies actually be free, really?
The reality is that freebies and free offers promoted by reputable companies online actually are free. That does not mean that there is nothing expected in return. Some companies are looking for your opinion or your contact details so they can send you more offers, and product information, or they have another, more obvious motive, which is to get you to buy their products.
Internet freebies and free offers are exactly the same as the promotional giveaways that you find in shops and businesses across the country all the time. Businesses are always offering free samples, discounts and coupons for one very good reason; they want you to try their products. The hope is that when you do, you will like the product, or service and you will want more, you will happily pay for it, and hopefully keep buying. Obviously, companies do this more for products they really believe their Customers, or potential Customers will like.
Freebie offers are a very reliable market test for a new product or service. They give the company a strong understanding as to whether or not people are in fact interested in a product, whether they have a use for it, and whether they will buy it; essentially, it tells a company whether this is a product worth investing their resources, and cold hard cash, in further.
Freebies are also an effective means of introducing a new product into the marketplace. People, being very habitual, are often reluctant to try new things; sometimes they are simply not motivated. But with a free and better alternative placed in front of them, the offer becomes irresistible. In addition, and considering people are becoming ore immune to marketing messages, the chance to try something free means that they can make their own evaluation of a product, with little or no risk, before deciding whether to become a Customer.
On the internet, freebies, giveaways, and free offers serve another very effective purpose. Companies use freebies to harvest email addresses and contact information. Using this method, marketers obtain permission, and continue to send you information about their products. They may also use this as a subscription to a regular newsletter or other means by which paid products and expanded services can be marketed.
Looking at freebies from a marketing viewpoint, as a means of promoting your product, or testing your market positioning, the Internet, in particular freebie sites, offer good examples of the methods used by savvy companies to attract Customers.
Freebie marketing on the internet has added a new dimension to traditional freebies and free offers, the practice of offering freebies as a marketing strategy is not new; freebies have been a staple of product testing and advertising for more than a century. No doubt this will continue and, for a consumer, that’s great news as never before have so many freebies, and free stuff offers, been so accessible, and easily available.
Vera
It is something we hear repeated all our lives, that nothing in life is free. So, with that in mind, the question is, how can free offers and freebies actually be free, really?
The reality is that freebies and free offers promoted by reputable companies online actually are free. That does not mean that there is nothing expected in return. Some companies are looking for your opinion or your contact details so they can send you more offers, and product information, or they have another, more obvious motive, which is to get you to buy their products.
Internet freebies and free offers are exactly the same as the promotional giveaways that you find in shops and businesses across the country all the time. Businesses are always offering free samples, discounts and coupons for one very good reason; they want you to try their products. The hope is that when you do, you will like the product, or service and you will want more, you will happily pay for it, and hopefully keep buying. Obviously, companies do this more for products they really believe their Customers, or potential Customers will like.
Freebie offers are a very reliable market test for a new product or service. They give the company a strong understanding as to whether or not people are in fact interested in a product, whether they have a use for it, and whether they will buy it; essentially, it tells a company whether this is a product worth investing their resources, and cold hard cash, in further.
Freebies are also an effective means of introducing a new product into the marketplace. People, being very habitual, are often reluctant to try new things; sometimes they are simply not motivated. But with a free and better alternative placed in front of them, the offer becomes irresistible. In addition, and considering people are becoming ore immune to marketing messages, the chance to try something free means that they can make their own evaluation of a product, with little or no risk, before deciding whether to become a Customer.
On the internet, freebies, giveaways, and free offers serve another very effective purpose. Companies use freebies to harvest email addresses and contact information. Using this method, marketers obtain permission, and continue to send you information about their products. They may also use this as a subscription to a regular newsletter or other means by which paid products and expanded services can be marketed.
Looking at freebies from a marketing viewpoint, as a means of promoting your product, or testing your market positioning, the Internet, in particular freebie sites, offer good examples of the methods used by savvy companies to attract Customers.
Freebie marketing on the internet has added a new dimension to traditional freebies and free offers, the practice of offering freebies as a marketing strategy is not new; freebies have been a staple of product testing and advertising for more than a century. No doubt this will continue and, for a consumer, that’s great news as never before have so many freebies, and free stuff offers, been so accessible, and easily available.
Vera
Mar
2
Freebies and Free Stuff for Webmasters
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IC asked:
Having a website has become a hobby for most people, being able to share your ideas and opinions with individuals who share similar interests is extremely fascinating, entire communities are built under such concepts, in fact with the right content management systems and social applications these communities can escalate to proportions never before imagined by the site founder.
Many times bloggers and non-webmasters aren’t planning for such an enormous operations and they have to terminate their ventures because of limited resources and expensive bandwidth bills, in other words the more visitors you acquire through references, the higher your hosting bill will be.
In the past decade, hosting and bandwidth prices have dropped dramatically which have made shared and virtual environments more affordable however they do have certain limits which are not expressed in the advertising creative but in the fine print. Some companies will offer 3 Terabytes of monthly transfer but they cap the hits a day which means that if you reach for example 200K hits a day your account is suspended until you decrease your traffic, now why would you want to decrease your traffic and visitors? Such requests sure go against webmasters and bloggers community building targets.
Those individuals who eventually turn into webmasters can sure appreciate the value of free software and services they can use to escalate their site’s potential. Free hosting is one of the best inventions in the past few years, while they are limited, bloggers and webmasters who don’t heavily consume resources can rely on such freebies while they build some capital to fund their ventures.
Free scripts, file sharing systems, fonts, email, etc. are services and goods which site owners are always looking for because of the value they represent. Scripts are extremely useful tools which can help you automate website tasks which manually could take forever to get done, for instance imagine building a new page with the exact layout, advertising and links every time you wanted to post a new article or pictures to your site, this task would certainly discourage web developers from building big sites. With the help of scripts such developers can focus on the content being published rather than layout and trivial matters.
As you see freebies as always welcomed, even more so if the free items being received are extremely useful and valuable to site owners as well as experienced web developers.
JUSTIN
Having a website has become a hobby for most people, being able to share your ideas and opinions with individuals who share similar interests is extremely fascinating, entire communities are built under such concepts, in fact with the right content management systems and social applications these communities can escalate to proportions never before imagined by the site founder.
Many times bloggers and non-webmasters aren’t planning for such an enormous operations and they have to terminate their ventures because of limited resources and expensive bandwidth bills, in other words the more visitors you acquire through references, the higher your hosting bill will be.
In the past decade, hosting and bandwidth prices have dropped dramatically which have made shared and virtual environments more affordable however they do have certain limits which are not expressed in the advertising creative but in the fine print. Some companies will offer 3 Terabytes of monthly transfer but they cap the hits a day which means that if you reach for example 200K hits a day your account is suspended until you decrease your traffic, now why would you want to decrease your traffic and visitors? Such requests sure go against webmasters and bloggers community building targets.
Those individuals who eventually turn into webmasters can sure appreciate the value of free software and services they can use to escalate their site’s potential. Free hosting is one of the best inventions in the past few years, while they are limited, bloggers and webmasters who don’t heavily consume resources can rely on such freebies while they build some capital to fund their ventures.
Free scripts, file sharing systems, fonts, email, etc. are services and goods which site owners are always looking for because of the value they represent. Scripts are extremely useful tools which can help you automate website tasks which manually could take forever to get done, for instance imagine building a new page with the exact layout, advertising and links every time you wanted to post a new article or pictures to your site, this task would certainly discourage web developers from building big sites. With the help of scripts such developers can focus on the content being published rather than layout and trivial matters.
As you see freebies as always welcomed, even more so if the free items being received are extremely useful and valuable to site owners as well as experienced web developers.
JUSTIN
Feb
17
Free Downloads - the Good and the Bad
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Katherine Quirke asked:
We have all stumbled across sites that are offering free downloads. But are they always that good? What inevitably happens is you end up with a hard drive of useless stuff that you have to wade through and often cannot make head or tail of anyway.
Then there are the items you purchase. These are digital items such as ebooks or software that will help you manage and market your business online. If there is a price on them they are probably of a higher quality. But then you have the problem of what to buy and how much your budget can withstand.
There are not many organizations out there that can provide you with a fully integrate system of help and support. Those that do often charge a large sum of money to assist. You need to source the select few that will balance cost effective support with free support.
The biggest problem that exists on the internet for business owners is the amount of information that has to be waded through to get to the real stuff. What you are looking for are quality ebooks and software that you can use now or later to learn from and build your business.
You want to learn from those who have gone before you. Often the free stuff is all you need. Other times you may need to grab quality help that you have to pay for.
If you pay for help consider items you can resell. Resell rights allow you to make a bit of extra money from your website or have give-aways to lure new customers. Make sure you always use digital products - that is products that can be downloaded.
Bottom line? Look out for fully integrated businesses that offer you a combination of information both free and paid for, software and tools both free and paid for.
If you do find free stuff consider it carefully. There are a few business resources out there that will offer fully packaged free tools that have been tried and tested to assist you. Most of these will be free to on sell to make extra money or offer for free as sweeteners through your business.
So free downloads are good but only if you get quality from quality services. Don’t overload yourself with singular downloads that you will lose on your computer. Align yourself with one or 2 sources to obtain quality information so you can increase your business profit via the internet.
CORY
We have all stumbled across sites that are offering free downloads. But are they always that good? What inevitably happens is you end up with a hard drive of useless stuff that you have to wade through and often cannot make head or tail of anyway.
Then there are the items you purchase. These are digital items such as ebooks or software that will help you manage and market your business online. If there is a price on them they are probably of a higher quality. But then you have the problem of what to buy and how much your budget can withstand.
There are not many organizations out there that can provide you with a fully integrate system of help and support. Those that do often charge a large sum of money to assist. You need to source the select few that will balance cost effective support with free support.
The biggest problem that exists on the internet for business owners is the amount of information that has to be waded through to get to the real stuff. What you are looking for are quality ebooks and software that you can use now or later to learn from and build your business.
You want to learn from those who have gone before you. Often the free stuff is all you need. Other times you may need to grab quality help that you have to pay for.
If you pay for help consider items you can resell. Resell rights allow you to make a bit of extra money from your website or have give-aways to lure new customers. Make sure you always use digital products - that is products that can be downloaded.
Bottom line? Look out for fully integrated businesses that offer you a combination of information both free and paid for, software and tools both free and paid for.
If you do find free stuff consider it carefully. There are a few business resources out there that will offer fully packaged free tools that have been tried and tested to assist you. Most of these will be free to on sell to make extra money or offer for free as sweeteners through your business.
So free downloads are good but only if you get quality from quality services. Don’t overload yourself with singular downloads that you will lose on your computer. Align yourself with one or 2 sources to obtain quality information so you can increase your business profit via the internet.
CORY
Nov
5
The Number One Place for Free Stuff
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IC asked:
If you are a web surfer who is tired of looking for free goodies, then you have come across many scams which claim to offer free items in exchange for nothing. It is really hard for someone to find something which is absolutely free with just a simple search; but the fact that these items are buried under hundreds of results doesn’t really mean that they are inaccessible or unreachable. Finding the good stuff takes time as well as trial and error.
Besides information there is a wide assortment of goods which is been given away on the web to promote a product or service, sometimes we hear about them but since these companies want to promote their product, giving them away for free is easier than paying thousands of dollars up front in order to drive people to their sites and business locations, so as you see it is actually a good marketing method in which the consumer and the seller get to benefit.
There are so many freebies on the web that it is hard to just put them all in one place, so in order for a user to take advantage of them they need to be properly classified which makes things easier. Some categories are: Family freebies, baby, catalogs, software, clip art, hosting, sharing, scripts, souvenirs, sunglasses, icons, magazines, computer pranks, vacations, car accessories, bumper stickers, screen savers, make up among many others.
One of the most popular categories is the baby section where several products are being given away, now you may think that because they are free their quality is not good, but this is actually a common misconception. They are free because they are given away as samples in order to attract satisfied customers, this is a good method which we often see on TV commercials, and in the end if you didn’t like the product you loose nothing because it was free.
We all like free stuff, in fact most of the people who use the web for one reason or the other have typed the word free along with their search terms so the best way to keep track of the good free sites you find on the web is to use your bookmarks tool in your web browser because as you know there are sites which we just can’t afford to be without since they are useful resources with quality links to places and products that interest us, because after all they are really free.
BRAD
If you are a web surfer who is tired of looking for free goodies, then you have come across many scams which claim to offer free items in exchange for nothing. It is really hard for someone to find something which is absolutely free with just a simple search; but the fact that these items are buried under hundreds of results doesn’t really mean that they are inaccessible or unreachable. Finding the good stuff takes time as well as trial and error.
Besides information there is a wide assortment of goods which is been given away on the web to promote a product or service, sometimes we hear about them but since these companies want to promote their product, giving them away for free is easier than paying thousands of dollars up front in order to drive people to their sites and business locations, so as you see it is actually a good marketing method in which the consumer and the seller get to benefit.
There are so many freebies on the web that it is hard to just put them all in one place, so in order for a user to take advantage of them they need to be properly classified which makes things easier. Some categories are: Family freebies, baby, catalogs, software, clip art, hosting, sharing, scripts, souvenirs, sunglasses, icons, magazines, computer pranks, vacations, car accessories, bumper stickers, screen savers, make up among many others.
One of the most popular categories is the baby section where several products are being given away, now you may think that because they are free their quality is not good, but this is actually a common misconception. They are free because they are given away as samples in order to attract satisfied customers, this is a good method which we often see on TV commercials, and in the end if you didn’t like the product you loose nothing because it was free.
We all like free stuff, in fact most of the people who use the web for one reason or the other have typed the word free along with their search terms so the best way to keep track of the good free sites you find on the web is to use your bookmarks tool in your web browser because as you know there are sites which we just can’t afford to be without since they are useful resources with quality links to places and products that interest us, because after all they are really free.
BRAD
Oct
23
Save Your Money By Looking For Free Stuff and Freebies Online
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Ryan asked:
The advent of getting free stuffs online didn’t begin with the internet. It started a long time ago. I can say freebies started when people started learning more about economics. Manufacturers and marketers study a lot about economics because they always want to improve the sale of the product. They have studied in economics that people love to get bargains. They know that it is easier to get a customer that has bought a product from them and was satisfied, than make a sale to a new customer.
Marketers and manufacturers always study on how to get new customers. They tend to put coupons in magazine, offer rebates, or hire someone to be there in-store advertiser to give out free samples. This works because they are still being implemented up to now. But with the internet, this would reach a broader group of potential customers. Anybody looking to get coupons or free stuff can search online for them. There are websites that are just dedicated to be providing these (free stuff, samples and coupons). These webmasters, website owners, would affiliate themselves with these companies, so that when they release a new product, they can help to spread the news of the release.
These products are for everyone i.e. at times there are products for men, women, boys, girls and babies. No body is exempted. At times, the products can be used by both males and females such as the free sample of foods.
I would encourage anyone to always look for freebies or free stuff. Not because they should try other new products, but because it can help them to save. People should not spend their money to buy something when they can get it free online.
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The advent of getting free stuffs online didn’t begin with the internet. It started a long time ago. I can say freebies started when people started learning more about economics. Manufacturers and marketers study a lot about economics because they always want to improve the sale of the product. They have studied in economics that people love to get bargains. They know that it is easier to get a customer that has bought a product from them and was satisfied, than make a sale to a new customer.
Marketers and manufacturers always study on how to get new customers. They tend to put coupons in magazine, offer rebates, or hire someone to be there in-store advertiser to give out free samples. This works because they are still being implemented up to now. But with the internet, this would reach a broader group of potential customers. Anybody looking to get coupons or free stuff can search online for them. There are websites that are just dedicated to be providing these (free stuff, samples and coupons). These webmasters, website owners, would affiliate themselves with these companies, so that when they release a new product, they can help to spread the news of the release.
These products are for everyone i.e. at times there are products for men, women, boys, girls and babies. No body is exempted. At times, the products can be used by both males and females such as the free sample of foods.
I would encourage anyone to always look for freebies or free stuff. Not because they should try other new products, but because it can help them to save. People should not spend their money to buy something when they can get it free online.
ALPHONSO
The advent of getting free stuffs online didn’t begin with the internet. It started a long time ago. I can say freebies started when people started learning more about economics. Manufacturers and marketers study a lot about economics because they always want to improve the sale of the product. They have studied in economics that people love to get bargains. They know that it is easier to get a customer that has bought a product from them and was satisfied, than make a sale to a new customer.
Marketers and manufacturers always study on how to get new customers. They tend to put coupons in magazine, offer rebates, or hire someone to be there in-store advertiser to give out free samples. This works because they are still being implemented up to now. But with the internet, this would reach a broader group of potential customers. Anybody looking to get coupons or free stuff can search online for them. There are websites that are just dedicated to be providing these (free stuff, samples and coupons). These webmasters, website owners, would affiliate themselves with these companies, so that when they release a new product, they can help to spread the news of the release.
These products are for everyone i.e. at times there are products for men, women, boys, girls and babies. No body is exempted. At times, the products can be used by both males and females such as the free sample of foods.
I would encourage anyone to always look for freebies or free stuff. Not because they should try other new products, but because it can help them to save. People should not spend their money to buy something when they can get it free online.
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The advent of getting free stuffs online didn’t begin with the internet. It started a long time ago. I can say freebies started when people started learning more about economics. Manufacturers and marketers study a lot about economics because they always want to improve the sale of the product. They have studied in economics that people love to get bargains. They know that it is easier to get a customer that has bought a product from them and was satisfied, than make a sale to a new customer.
Marketers and manufacturers always study on how to get new customers. They tend to put coupons in magazine, offer rebates, or hire someone to be there in-store advertiser to give out free samples. This works because they are still being implemented up to now. But with the internet, this would reach a broader group of potential customers. Anybody looking to get coupons or free stuff can search online for them. There are websites that are just dedicated to be providing these (free stuff, samples and coupons). These webmasters, website owners, would affiliate themselves with these companies, so that when they release a new product, they can help to spread the news of the release.
These products are for everyone i.e. at times there are products for men, women, boys, girls and babies. No body is exempted. At times, the products can be used by both males and females such as the free sample of foods.
I would encourage anyone to always look for freebies or free stuff. Not because they should try other new products, but because it can help them to save. People should not spend their money to buy something when they can get it free online.
ALPHONSO
Oct
10
Free Stuff Directory
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Blank asked:
Every day, more and more consumers are realizing that shopping on the internet means good, or even great deals that just aren’t available at the traditional brick and mortar establishments in their local communities. The smaller stores are out and about on the Internet dangling some of these mega-deals on a fishing line with the hopes that you’ll bite and possibly buy an additional item or two from them “while you’re at it”, or later on down the river. Either way, your name, address and email address are all in their database for future e-mail campaigns and catalogs.
Even the big, national chain stores are enticing their customers to shop online with phenomenal deals that are available “Online Only”. Why? These corporations already have a warehouse to store their merchandise until its ready to be shipped to the store. At the store level, the products need to be taken off of the truck and inventoried before it can be set onto the sales floor to be sold. The store needs lights, heat/cooling and employees to maintain, sell and ring up the merchandise, and perhaps even bring it out to you car. When the item is sold on the Internet, the consumer pays shipping charges, which includes unloading the item from the truck and carrying it to your front door. It now costs the store substantially less money to sell you the product. The end result is a cheaper price for you, the consumer when shopping on the Internet.
Free shipping is one of the fabulous incentives used by both small and large companies to persuade you to spend more money on their website, typically tiered or leveled at a pre-set, specific dollar amount. Although nominal handling charges may still apply, having your internet deal shipped to you for free is even better than when you find a bargain at your local store, as you didn’t need to use any expensive fuel to get to the store, nor will you come home from shopping with the infamous crowd-causing headache.
And who doesn’t love something for free? “Daily Freebies” are all over the Internet (and there are new ones every day, too!), you just need to know where to look for them. Listings include product samples, promotional products with discounts and other types of free offers.
To assist you in gathering the necessary information for a successful shopping experience, there are websites devoted especially to your cause. These newfound genius sites not only compile all of this useful information for you, but they organize it into categories. From clothing and accessories to CD’s, gifts and coupons, they’ve got your shopping needs covered!
BRUCE
Every day, more and more consumers are realizing that shopping on the internet means good, or even great deals that just aren’t available at the traditional brick and mortar establishments in their local communities. The smaller stores are out and about on the Internet dangling some of these mega-deals on a fishing line with the hopes that you’ll bite and possibly buy an additional item or two from them “while you’re at it”, or later on down the river. Either way, your name, address and email address are all in their database for future e-mail campaigns and catalogs.
Even the big, national chain stores are enticing their customers to shop online with phenomenal deals that are available “Online Only”. Why? These corporations already have a warehouse to store their merchandise until its ready to be shipped to the store. At the store level, the products need to be taken off of the truck and inventoried before it can be set onto the sales floor to be sold. The store needs lights, heat/cooling and employees to maintain, sell and ring up the merchandise, and perhaps even bring it out to you car. When the item is sold on the Internet, the consumer pays shipping charges, which includes unloading the item from the truck and carrying it to your front door. It now costs the store substantially less money to sell you the product. The end result is a cheaper price for you, the consumer when shopping on the Internet.
Free shipping is one of the fabulous incentives used by both small and large companies to persuade you to spend more money on their website, typically tiered or leveled at a pre-set, specific dollar amount. Although nominal handling charges may still apply, having your internet deal shipped to you for free is even better than when you find a bargain at your local store, as you didn’t need to use any expensive fuel to get to the store, nor will you come home from shopping with the infamous crowd-causing headache.
And who doesn’t love something for free? “Daily Freebies” are all over the Internet (and there are new ones every day, too!), you just need to know where to look for them. Listings include product samples, promotional products with discounts and other types of free offers.
To assist you in gathering the necessary information for a successful shopping experience, there are websites devoted especially to your cause. These newfound genius sites not only compile all of this useful information for you, but they organize it into categories. From clothing and accessories to CD’s, gifts and coupons, they’ve got your shopping needs covered!
BRUCE