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[E29]Earn Money From Free
by Bob Bella, Bob

Free samples are so prevailing online that you can virtually can order five or six things every day and be getting free stuff in the mail for months! These free samples are available for everything from coffee creamers to baby wipes and antacids. The idea behind them is to turn you onto the products so that you will start buying them, but you can also turn free stuff into cash in your pocket by reselling it.

Let's start with some ideas. If you bundle similar items together, you have the perfect "sampler kit" or gift basket. All you need is three or four related items and you are ready to start. For example, you could put together some baby products, a sample of Dove soap, a couple mini packs of baby wipes, a formula sample and maybe even some talc powder or baby perfume. Put those all in a cute basket along with a bow and cellophane and you have the perfect newborn gift basket.

To create a sampler pack, you need items that are even more similar, like coffee. If you can get eight to ten different coffee samples, they can be packaged together in a neat little box, perhaps along with a mug or creamers and sold as a sampler pack. No one will ever know it was created from free stuff!

Larger free stuff like baby booties and T-shirts can be resold online, on Ebay or Craigslist, for example. If you get put together several T-shirts or other items that are similar, you can sell them on Ebay as a package deal, charging only a few dollars per item. Let's face it after all, this was free stuff, so even a few dollars are pure profit!

Oftentimes, the for free stuff that is actually worth something, like a necklace or a book, you will have to do something in exchange for these items. This might be signing up for an email newsletter or giving some kind of information, but there will be an exchange required. In most cases this is completely worth it since you can resell the item for a small profit.

To get really great free stuff, look for 100% rebates. This means that you actually buy the item, but with the rebate, the cost of the entire item is refunded, leaving you with high quality free stuff. You can find great rebates at places like buy.com, or search for them on Google.

Not only is it fun to get free stuff, but if you can also make money from it, what's stopping you? Start ordering your free stuff today and in 4-6 weeks, you should have all the product you need to get your own free stuff business off the ground!


You often hear how so-and-so manages to get thousands of visitors to his website by "viral marketing" and consequently makes thousands of dollars each month, and I am sure you wish you could do the same.

Well, you can! And you don't even necessarily need your own website to do it.

Of course there are many ways to initiate a viral campaign but one of the most effective ways is by giving away free e-reports. How can anyone make money giving away free reports, you might ask. Well, each free report is contains information and links to your website or the affiliate website or products you are promoting.

You give away the free report to other people; they will read it and click on the links and buy the products. They then also have the opportunity to re-brand the report and to give it away free themselves. You will then benefit from the people they drive to your site. You will also build up your own mailing list to which you can market other related products.

However, there are a few guidelines to follow to make sure you have a good viral report:-

? The report must be on a topic that has a high interest value to a lot of people.

? You must have good affiliate links to reputable products which preferably you have tried; otherwise you may get a lot of people seeking refunds.

? Only have a few links in the report. Too many links will detract from the image of the report as quality information.

? All your links must be to relevant products to maintain the credibility of the report. They must appear naturally in the flow of the text so that the reader will be more inclined to click on them.

? There must be excellent advantages for others to re-brand and promote the free report to maximise the viral effect.

There are many ways that you can market this report free on the internet and get massive results and here are some suggestions:

? Include the free report as a free bonus with your other products and services.

? Do a video review of the free report and post it to YouTube, Google Video and other video sites with a link so that your report can be downloaded

? Post your comments about the report on your blog or other people's blog and link to where you have it available for download

? Write a review of the report and send it out to your email list

? Put it on your MySpace or Squidoo page

? Post it online in forums, newsgroups and blogs

? Offer the free report in classified advertisements

? Place advertisements in ezines to give away this report

? Give the report away through pay-per-click advertising

I am sure you can think of many other places as well to advertise the report. However, it is important to put it in relevant forums and blogs depending on the topic of your report to gain maximum effect. In summary the steps to follow are:-

1 Look around and find or write a good report on a topic with massive public interest

2 Find relevant products and brand the report

3 Market the report with re-branding rights

4 Monitor the visits and sales that result

There will be some work involved initially but the whole point of viral marketing is the results will gain momentum without any further help from you once you have the ball rolling.

Copyright (c) 2007 Mike Jennings
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