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**vangogh** · 06-19-2009, 06:05 PM

This is an article discussion thread for discussing the Earners Forum article, "Making Money by Giving Away Free Stuff"

**DavetheBuilder** · 08-19-2009, 10:04 AM

I agree that people love something for nothing. My nana used to say a REAL bargain is owt for nowt and tuppence change. As a builder we supply mainly services so are not in the retail business but we do offer 10% off for Carers, Disabled and Pensioners and from time to time we offer free or reduced items, eg in summer we offer a free hanging basket worth £20 with every garden makeover. We make full use of any vouchers offered on Googlemaps or the free online directories because we have found that these sometimes come up on Google when you search for freebies. So these free offers can get you on Page 1 of Google. We also have a Free Disability Advice page which regularly appears on page 1 of Google. We have added a Free Advice on Planning and Building Regulations page to our website to draw in traffic and hope they will choose our firm for the work. We are now working on a free Home Improvements Advice page with tips on interior design and staging your home for sale or let. We have done this to boost our rankings for the keywords Home Improvements in Google. We also have a new Gardening Advice page in development with subpages with advice on organic gardening, disabled gardening aids etc.
with lots of beautiful pictures. We also have a David-Troy-Gardening-Catalogue image gallery with beautiful images of pergola's, arbours, etc. and are preparing to launch this on Google Business Centre which lets you upload your entire catalogue.

**Osagie Irowa** · 11:53 PM

The word "FREE" in itself is a great online marketing tool. With Search Engine Optimization, I have tested various content with the word FREE with great results.

**KennyGee** · 10-20-2009, 09:50 AM

The idea maybe is to give away free stuff for people to stick around long enough to check out other money making promotions.

**imported_gayan** · 10-27-2009, 03:05 AM

Good ideas. But how can we find free stuff to give the visitors?

**itsquitesimple** · 10-27-2009, 06:55 AM

Well, I think it's time to be a little careful since FTC is coming for those who do not explain their definition of free on their marketing campaign.

**alfonsamayor** · 10-28-2009, 08:53 AM

hi,

make a money from online its easy,et me use an example to make this clearer. Let’s say, you sign up with a CPA network and decide to promote a merchant that pays for a single field - email address. Let’s break this scenario into 3 perspectives - the merchant’s, the affiliate’s and the visitors’ referred by the affiliate.

Thank for your information....

**rocketreferral** · 10-31-2009, 07:55 PM

Thats basically how i make money with my site.

**sparkliecandy** · 11-01-2009, 12:47 AM

I want to know more about giving away free stuffs. Definitely, its another way of gaining traffic but in terms of money, I am not so sure. But the tips can be useful.

**nicesurf** · 11-14-2009, 11:37 AM

I think there is nothing special with it, it means that you ask your visitors to fill out opt-in form before you give them something free. It's usually done for PPL offer.

**KennyGee** · 11-14-2009, 01:33 PM

My opinion on offering free stuff is that a website doing it will not be able to sustain long-term committed flow of visitors. As long as there's new things being offered, people will still come back but if there's no longer free stuff around, these people would be gone.

**jhoni1** · 02-16-2010, 01:05 PM

a very good idea , but I found it difficult to make money and difficulties which I feel is to bring visitors .

**shoestrainers** · 02-17-2010, 05:54 AM

I think there is nothing special with it, it means that you ask your visitors to fill out opt-in form before you give them something free.

**SEO Shruti** · 02-17-2010, 07:55 AM

The word free is publicity in itself and attract users to atleast see the offer.

**CorMom** · 03-01-2010, 03:19 PM

I have read in a few places that 'give aways' do keep customers coming back. Well actually I am one of those customers but in walk in stores. The store I do my grocery shopping has coupons that give away items or gift cards after I spend a curtain amount. I have 3 children so I always spend that amount. In a month I can save or even make if the give away was a gift card any where from 100 to 130 dollars. That is why I keep going back

**sundancer** · 03-25-2010, 09:01 AM

free or discounted products are always a great idea. i was just wondering how do you get the provider (ie the person you are the affiliate for) to give away free shipping? isnt this something we dont have control over?

**currents12** · 11-27-2010, 10:22 PM

Thank you so much for the post. It's really useful.
I like some of the comments too though I would prefer we all stay on the suject in order add value to the subject.

**anjalisharma** · 12-03-2010, 07:18 AM

Thanks for sharing informative information....

**omar9787** · 12-03-2010, 10:00 AM

this is utterly very true,i myself cant resist going away from something that says FREE STUFF

**faceitfacts** · 12-03-2010, 09:52 PM

Yeah this works wonders for my site. I mean right now I only get a few sales a day but without the FREE I'd never get any.

But giving away $100,000 in a free gift draw, does attract attention.hahaha

Plus pointing out how I want to help people who help me doesn't hurt matters any either. All depends on how you use it and word things.