Freebie Sites - Understanding Their Growing Popularity

Freebie Sites - Understanding Their Growing Popularity
Freebie sites, called Freesites by some, have become a
popular, housewife-led industry for those looking for extra
income. They represent a sure way for the average person to
earn money online.

Freebie sites can provide guaranteed income with no risk or
monetary investment required. Freebie sites are popular
because one can earn money for free by completing offers to
try products, or by getting others (Referrals) to try
products.

There is no skill involved with sampling a product or
service, or any other aspect of Freesites. Patience is the
most important quality for success as one earns slowly.
Freebie sites are purely for those looking for part-time
income, $200 to $2K a month.

What Is a Freebie Site or Freesite?

Freebie sites describes websites where companies pay
consumers to try their products or services. CashParrot is
one of the author's favorites. This incentive to be paid to
try a product has led to the name, "incentivized" websites
("IFW") in some circles.

The hundreds of Freebie sites (Freesites) constitute an
industry where one is paid to 1) try products for free, or
2) to get others to try products for free. Those interested
in doing either traditionally meet-up at a forum like the
Free Lunch Room where they agree to work together.

Business loves the industry because of the opportunity to
place their product in a consumer's hands at a greatly
reduced marketing cost. In practice, companies pay money to
a Freebie site like CashParrot for each potential customer
the Freesite brings to the table. To get customers, the
Freebie sites offer an incentive, ie., a cash prize, to
those (called Sponsors) responsible for the Customer.

When a potential customer gets credit for agreeing to try a
product, the company pays the Freebie site which in turns
pays the Sponsor responsible for the customer (called a
Referral). The Sponsor in turn pays the consumer who tried
the product.

Freebies & The National TV/Radio Ad for Lifelock

A good example of Freebies in operation is the national
commercial ran by Lifelock. An individual who wants to try
Lifelock's identity theft protection service can respond to
a radio or tv ad. The cost to Lifelock to get that
potential customer through a radio or TV ad is significant.

Let's assume Lifelock decides to do some marketing through
Freesites. The marketing cost is so drastically less that
Livelock agrees to pay the Freebie site for every potential
customer.

The net result is that same consumer who wants to try
Livelock for 30 days will be paid when he tries Lifelock
through a Freebie site instead of a radio or tv ad.

Freesites produce a 'win-win-win-win' for all involved:

* Lifelock got a potential customer at a drastically
reduced cost . . . a win,

* A Freesite got paid for bringing a potential customer to
Lifelock . . . a win,

* The Sponsor responsible for the potential customer got
paid by the Freebie site for his efforts . . . a win, and

* The Customer who agreed to try Lifelock through a
Freesite instead of the radio or tv ad got paid to do so .
. . a win again!.

CONCLUSION

This author encourages individuals to use Freesites as a
foundation in making money online. It is easy to see why
Freebies are popular with housewives and those looking for
extra income.

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The reader can learn more about Freebie sites at the
author's blog, http://Freesites4you.com where he can sign
up for more info.
Those ready to earn money can visit the Free Lunch Room
forum, http://freelunchroom.com . Leave a message for the
author ('Soccerdad123') at the Forum for help in getting
started. help.

Can You Afford an Affiliate Marketing Mentor?

Can You Afford an Affiliate Marketing Mentor?
It can be a truly daunting and tiresome task for you to
find the right Internet marketing or affiliate marketing
mentor online. What do you do to find the right mentor
online? Who do you choose in order to guarantee success?
How much should you pay for a mentor's assistance, if it
means proven strategies for success?

You should not have to stress yourself out over what truly
appears to be a dilemma, especially not when you know what
options are available to you. It really is possible for you
to find mentoring solutions that are affordable, and that
will allow you to turn your affiliate marketing business,
or Internet marketing business into a true success. These
solutions do not just have to do with purchasing eBooks or
articles or reports.

There is a lot more to an Internet marketing mentorship,
including real live help, and the ability to ask questions
whenever you need them. Have you always wanted to have your
questions asked as you pose them? Then an affiliate
marketing mentorship is what you need. You will receive
tools, resources, community support and information as you
need it, which is why it is so important for you to have a
mentor that you can turn to for affiliate marketing success.

While there are a variety of different options out there
regarding Internet marketing mentors and online services
that offer this kind of support, most of them promise the
world and can cost a pretty penny in the process. There is
absolutely nothing wrong with mentors asking to make a
profit, but only as long as the mentorship program is
actually delivering on the promises that it makes. For some
people, dropping thousands of dollars on a mentor is simply
not in the cards. For online affiliate marketers who are
just getting started and do not have the profits to spend
money on an overpriced mentor, there are still affordable
mentorship solutions out there.

The reason why there are affordable options for mentorship
out there is because there are mentors who still do
understand what it means to be where you are at right now.
They recognize that there is a need for affordable mentor
solutions, and they are doing everything in their power to
deliver exactly that. They were in the same place that you
are in once, and they probably remember what it's like not
to have a lot of start up cash, but still to require
assistance no matter the cost.

Look around for successful marketing mentors, resting
assured that some will offer you affordable solutions if
you are willing to ask. Some mentorship programs can cost
as little as a few dollars a month, and while they do not
offer the same one on one support, they can still be
extremely beneficial and well worth exploring. Mentorship
programs are all about the support, the community, the
tools and the information provided to you. If you can find
a mentorship program that offers all of these things, and
you can afford it, go for it.

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You will receive tools, resources, community support and
information as you need it, which is why it is so important
for you to have a mentor that you can turn to for affiliate
marketing success.
http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com?a_aid=iSvC8g6j

4 Essentials Of List Building In Today's Market

4 Essentials Of List Building In Today's Market
Online marketing is a work in progress. New methods are
developed every day, more people and businesses are
marketing online and the competition gets tougher and
smarter. As a result, you may notice that marketing
techniques that work great when first implemented start to
lose their luster over time. One of the methods I've seen
change over time is opt-in list marketing.

Years ago, webmasters didn't worry about capturing visitors
information... it didn't even occur to them. And since
competition wasn't that tough, having a website was enough.
Then smart marketers started capturing visitor's names and
email addresses to have the chance to put their marketing
message in from of them over and again. Very smart indeed.

But as everyone jumped on-board, the visitors started
getting bombarded with opt-in requests and their inboxes
were jammed with emails. Getting the attention of your
subscribers is harder than ever. Combine that with reduced
delivery rates and SPAM filters and opt-in list marketing
is not what it used to be.

So, should you forget about building a list and building a
relationship with your subscribers?

Absolutely NOT!

Here a 4 Essentials Of List Building In Today's Market...

Put Your Web Form In The Best Spot On Your Website

The top left portion of your website is the most valuable.
The eyes of your visitors are immediately drawn there. So
this is an excellent place to put you opt-in form.
Building a list should be your top priority, so give the
web form the respect it deserves.

Offer Valuable, Free Information For Signing Up

You are trying to get your visitor to go from someone
"looking" for information, to someone "asking" for
information. You should be providing good info on your
website from the beginning. But reserve the best, biggest
concern of your target market for your opt-in list. Give
them a great reason to join your list.

Don't Bombard Your List With Offers

As mentioned earlier, your visitor is changing from a
person looking for information to a person asking YOU for
information. They trust you to provide the solution to
their problems. Often, the solution involves recommending
an affiliate product or one of your own... and that's fine.
But don't immediately turn around and start recommending
every possible product under the sun. Pick the best and
recommend the best or you'll lose your credibility.

Treat Your List Like You Would Like To Be Treated

Often we speak of lists marketing in terms of numbers, or
using words like prospects, subscribers or leads. It is
easy to forget that there are real people that represent
those numbers on your list. They are just like you and me.
So, treat them like you would like to be treated. You
undoubtedly have joined lists before and know what you like
and what you don't like. Make sure to contact your list in
the way you would like to be contacted.

As you can see, list marketing is harder in today's
Internet market. But it is just as important to your
Internet business as it ever was. The lazy list marketers
who don't take into account the 4 essentials of list
building will soon see an unsubscribed notice. That's good
news for you, who are going to be doing your list marketing
the right way.

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Edward Lomax has put together a Free eCourse entitled, "21
Ways To Rake In More Cash From Any Size Opt-In List". To
take your free course and start making the money you
deserve from your list, visit:
http://www.listmarketingcourse.com

5 Work At Home Income Opportunities That Could Help You

5 Work At Home Income Opportunities That Could Help You
There are hundreds of different options for different
people in Work at Home Income opportunities. It could be
anyone may be a mother who stays at home or a teenager who
is looking for some pocket money or it could also be an
executive who is frustrated with his rat race job. You can
select a job in accordance to your talents, skills and
abilities. You could work from anywhere it could from your
bedroom, your hall or even from your garage. It is you who
decides how long you want to work and how much money you
want to make? To make it precise you are your own boss.

Given below are a few 'Work at Home Income' opportunities
that you could try out:

1) There is plenty of work from home income opportunities
that you can find online, sitting in the comfort of you
homes. From the many work form home opportunities that
person can select a few of them are affiliate marketing,
pay-per-click, blogging, list marketing, direct selling,
online stores, selling your skills and creating a meeting
place for buyers and sellers - like rent a coder or elance.

2) The Mail-Order business is another great work at home
income method. Here you mainly offer to provide packaging
and delivery services of a product to a customer who has
ordered a particular product from a business. And you
charge the company a particular amount of fees for this
service. In this home income opportunity you need to always
remember this is a business and it is real serious. You
need to know exactly how to handle the finances of your
business. You should not so captivated and overwhelmed that
you start spending more than you can afford and thus
burning a big hole in their pocket. All you need to do is
just follow all the rules of the business then you and your
business would be doing just fine.

3) If you are one of those people whose hands work in
coordination with their creativity, then you could make a
number of useful things and you could store it in a local
store. If people find it useful or attractive then they
would buy it and you could get more orders. Then with a
slow increase in demand you could also take your products
to bigger stores. All this only depends on how much you
want to grow and extend your business.

4) Conducting online and offline research for others is
another amazing way to start a work at home income
opportunity. There are many people who do not know to use
the internet; they just don't know how to find information
on the internet. And if you are good at research on the
internet then you could search for information and
opportunities for them and present it to them in a useful
way. This service of yours would be in real great demand
and you could earn a lot of money from it.

5) There is also other work at home income opportunities
available like assembling stuff at home, writing,
transcribing and proof reading for others, acting as
counselors, volunteers for non-profit or profit
organizations, getting involved in fund raisers, getting
involved in telemarketing, etc.

The condition of work from home income opportunities have
changed quite a bit from the past. There has such a great
extent of development in this field. Today if you don't
like going to the office you don't need to, you can work at
home and still earn a good amount of income, without having
to face the problems like commuting to work, working for a
boss, etc.

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Warren Knight is a 'renegade' Internet Entrepreneur who
lives his life on a permanent vacation and has helped
thousands of others world wide to do the same. Join his
quiet revolution and be part of the "new rich" by visiting
his website at: http://www.WorkAtHomeGoldRush.com

Top Reasons to Work at Home

Top Reasons to Work at Home
With the internet and online capabilities becoming a more
and more dominant force in the world, it has increased the
popularity of people starting to work at home. There are,
like anything, reasons not to work at home; it's not for
everybody. But, depending on your career and lifestyle, it
can be the best option available, and is starting to be
that way for more people everyday. Below are four of the
best reasons to work from home.

Closer to your family

The most important people in our lives are our families,
right? If you work at home, 99% of the time you will be
closer to them. Schools that your kid(s) goes/go to will
undoubtedly be closer, and you'd probably be closer to your
spouse's job location, too. This is especially important
because by working at home, it essentially gives you the
power to set your own hours of work so you can be more
available to your family if they ever need you. You do not
have to be afraid to ask your boss to leave for any reason,
because you are your own boss.

Saves Money

Working from home can, and will, eventually save you untold
amounts of money, depending on your situation, of course.
If you have young children, you can watch them yourself
while at work and forget about worrying about daycare. The
most obvious reason would have to be the money saved on
gas. Obviously, by commuting to work everyday, that costs a
lot of gas, and, with the state of the world and global
warming, you help lower car pollution in the process. Even
if you take public transportation, you would no longer need
to buy a bus pass. This also leads to time saved, which is
the next reason to work from home.

Saves Time

If you are discipline enough to get work done when it needs
to be, you can use time to your advantage. A big part of
the time-saving comes from getting ready for work, and
commuting to and from it as well. Again, as long as you are
efficient enough, you can start when you want, end when you
want, and take breaks whenever they suit you best.

No Dress Code

Working at home gives you the power to wear whatever you
want, which saves time and stress, to a certain extent. If
you are more comfortable just working in your pajamas or
something like that, then it increases the chances of your
work being better because of it.

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Kerry Johnson is webmaster of
http://www.skoshabizonline.com your Online Business Ideas
site.Sign up for his free home business newsletter and
receive free affiliate marketing and home business related
ebooks.

Why All Keyword Phrases Weren't Created Equal!

Why All Keyword Phrases Weren't Created Equal!
When you're hunting for keyword phrases to use for your web
pages or PPC campaigns, how do you actually know which
phrases are likely to make you a profit?

And even more importantly, how do you actually find them?

First, lets review what might determine the profitability
of a keyword phrase, and then I'll tell you where you can
go to find them quickly...

So what factors should you consider when trying to
determine the profitability of a particular keyword phrase?

- the frequency of which your keyword phrase is searched on
- the number of other web pages competing for your keyword
phrase - how your keyword phrase is written - how much Pay
Per Click advertisers are willing to bid for your keyword
phrase - how closely matched your product is to your
keyword phrase - does your keyword phrase include a product
or brand name within the phrase

These six criteria above will go along way to determining
how profitable a phrase will be for you.

Lets go through each of the criteria in more detail now and
explore further how each actually influences the potential
profitability of your keyword phrase...

1. Keyword Phrase Search Frequency

The higher the frequency that a keyword phrase is searched
on, the higher the probability that it will be profitable
as it will drivee you more traffic.

If your keyword phrase is never typed into a search engine,
it definitely won't bring you any traffic so you won't make
any profit from it!

2. Competition For Your Keyword Phrase Just because a
keyword phrase is heavily searched on doesn't mean it's
going to be profitable for YOU!

There is no point in optimising for traffic from highly
searched on keyword phrases IF there are already thousands
of other sites doing the same ... because you'll struggle
to compete and have little chance of getting to the top of
the rankings.

Therefore, for a keyword to be profitable, it needs to
attract "reasonable" volumes of searches whilst not having
too many web pages to compete with for the top spots ...
otherwise any chance of profitibility will be lost!

3. How The Keyword Phrase Is Structured This is a key
point. When you discover a keyword phrase that gets a lot
of searches and is structured in the format of a
"question", you've potentially found a highly profitable
keyword to exploit.

What do I mean by "structured as a question"?

Well, if you discover a highly searched on keyword phrase
that starts with "why", "how", "where" or "which", you've
discovered an opportunity to provide the searcher with a
"really targeted benefit".

When you see the same question being repeated, you can be
sure there' a lot of people in that niche wanting to know
the same information ... so if you create a product that
provides the answer and market around that keyword phrase
you should see some great results ... keyword phrases that
are centered around a question are your opportunity to give
them something valuable that they want ... it's your foot
in the door!

In particular, I find using keyword phrases that are
"questions" to generate information products to give away
as part of my list building process to be highly effective.
Simply find the answers to the question and put together a
short report to give away is a great list building tool.

4. How Much Google Adwords Advertisers Are Paying For The
Keyword Phrase

If advertisers are prepared to pay a lot to dispaly their
advert against a keyword phrase, it must follow that its a
valuable keyword phrase, and therefore should be profitable
... makes sense does it not? Life really does not need to
be complicated ...

All you need to know is how much advertisers are bidding
for a keyword phrase ... if its a lot and it gets traffic
but isn't too competitive, it should be profitable ... if
your product is closely targeted to it of course.

Knowing how much a keyword phrase is worth in Adwords is
really valuable, it really indicates whether or not there
is likely to be money in the niche or not ... particularly
if you're going to try and make money from Google Adsense

I'll show you a great tool in a moment for finding
information on Adwords bid amounts for keyword phrases.

5. How Well Matched Your Product Is To Your Keyword Phrase

There's no point in identifying a potentially profitable
keyword phrase and then using it to sell a product that
isn't closely matched to it.

It's really important that your product is closely aligned
to the keyword phrase if you're to make money from that
phrase and achieve good conversion rates.

6. Include A Product Name In Your Keyword Phrase

Keyword Phrases that include a specific product name or
brand name are likely to be high converting keywords if
you're going to use them for affiliate marketing, because
people already have been pre-sold on the product as they
know of its existence before they search on it.

For this reason, if you're affiliate marketing, include
some keyword phrases that centre around the product or
brand name.

So there you have it, you now know how to identify
profitable keyword phrases using the six criteria above to
analyse their potentially profitability.

I promised to tell you where you could find all of the
information you need to analyse your keywords in one single
place ... well if you click on the link below I will!

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Richard Taylor, the author, has made thousands of dollars
in the last year as an online marketer. He uses one
powerful tool in particular for all of his keyword
research, research that has been at the heart of his
earnings. Visit his site to discover which incredible
keyword tool he uses.
http://www.essentialseotools.com

Follow These Steps To Build A Highly Targeted Opt-In List

Follow These Steps To Build A Highly Targeted Opt-In List
Are you successful with your internet business? Are you
struggling to build an online presence? Many online
entrepreneurs, who have not yet realized the right way to
succeed with Internet Marketing, continue to believe that
the mere fact that they have a website is enough to succeed
on the internet. Such a presumption will eventually lead
the entrepreneur to become frustrated and possibly give up
before ever making a dime. Having a website is not a
guarantee that your online business will succeed.
Important to internet marketing is to get your business
noticed. An effective way to do this is to build an opt-in
list.

For anyone who isn't familiar with an opt-in list, an
opt-in list is basically a list of email addresses of
people who have agreed to receive any kind of information
from online businesses like yourself. The term "opt-in"
means that you have their permission to send to them
whatever newsletters, promotions, or any other type of
correspondence that you use with your online business.

It is extremely important that you have their permission
first before you send them information because unsolicited
emails will be regarded as spam, and spamming is an illegal
activity on the Net.

So, for people who are not yet aware of the importance of
building a highly targeted opt-in list and would like to
know where to start in building one, here are some tips
that could be very useful.

1. Decide on your niche/target market.

It is extremely important to know your target market in
order to focus on something. It would be really confusing
and time consuming if you built an opt-in list with no
particular market in mind.Having a niche market will bring
more focus on your marketing campaigns and therefore derive
better results because you can direct your emails to people
who would most likely be interested in them.

2. Make sure that your selected target market is available
on the internet.

The mere acquisition of a niche market is not a guarantee
that you will be able to start building your opt-in list.
Since, the concept of an opt-in list is specifically
generated to aid in the growth of the internet market of a
particular entrepreneur, it is important to have a niche
market that is available through out the internet. After
all, how can you promote your online business if your niche
market is not available on the internet? Therefore, it is
extremely important to verify that your target market is
available online.

3. Make sure your chosen target market is an
income-generating market.

Building a highly targeted opt-in list will just go to
waste if your niche market is not generating any income.
Try to verify the income-generating potential through the
search engines, wherein you will find some paid ads related
to the keywords you have searched. This could be an
indicator that if somebody is willing to pay to advertise
on the same target market that you have in mind, chances
are, you will be able to reap positive results on your
target market.

4. Offer your target market something of value.

In exchange for basic contact information (name and email
address) offer a free newsletter, ebook, video, or anything
else that would be of value to your target market.

You will often hear internet marketers say, "the money is
in the list," and that is because most businesses consider
an opt-in list as valuable as gold. In fact, most
successful internet marketers will tell you that building a
highly targeted opt-in list is one of the most effective
and important tools in Internet Marketing and the success
of an online business will greatly depend on the opt-in
list. By using these basic tips, you will be on your way
to building a highly targeted opt-in list.

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Andrea Chin wants you to succeed online and invites you to
visit, http://www.MyHonestInternetBiz.com to hear the truth
about the online marketing business.

10 Tips for Improving Your eBay Response

10 Tips for Improving Your eBay Response
The buyer is in front of your auction, and they've read the
description. They must be interested, but how do you push
them over the line to place a bid on your item? Here are
some tips.

Improve your picture: In all that description writing, you
might have missed the vital importance of your item's
picture. A picture with bad lighting or an intrusive
background looks unprofessional and won't inspire anyone
want to buy from you.

Add an About Me page: You'll be surprised how much you can
reassure bidders just by creating an About Me page and
putting a little bit about yourself on your business on
there. It gives your business a personal touch. You can
also have a few special offers there for people look at the
page, and let people subscribe to your mailing list so that
you can email them updates and maybe special offers.

Use SquareTrade: Signing up at SquareTrade and displaying
their logo on your auctions shows that you are committed to
have them resolve any disputes that arise. You always see
this on PowerSellers auctions - it makes you look more
professional and committed to customer service.

Write terms and conditions: Have the details of things like
shipping times and prices, your refund policy, and any
other business practices you might have clearly visible on
all your auctions. This helps build confidence with buyers
and helps prevent confusion.

Use your feedback to your advantage: Copy and paste a
selection of the feedback comments you're most proud of to
each item's description page, instead of making bidders go
and look for it. If you have 100% positive feedback, be
sure to write that on every auction as well.

Add NR to your titles: If you have extra space in a title,
put 'NR' (no reserve) on the end. Bidders prefer auctions
that don't have a reserve price, and doing this lets them
see that yours don't.

Benefits not features: Make sure your description focuses
on the benefits that your item can give to the customer,
not just its features. This is a classic sales technique.
If you have trouble with this, remember: 'cheap' is a
feature, 'save money' is a benefit. A benefit answers
"what's in it for me?" for the buyer.

List more items: If you want more people to respond to your
items, then list more items! You might find you have better
luck listing items at the same time, instead of one-by-one.
There's no need to use a Dutch auction - you can just keep
two or three auctions going at once for an item you have
more than one of in stock.

Accept unusual payment methods: To reach those last few
buyers, accept payment methods that many sellers don't,
like checks. Not everyone likes or uses PayPal.

Buy some upgrades: Upgrades such as bold, highlight, etc.
can help your auction stand out more and improve responses.
In competitive markets, these upgrades may be worth the
price.

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Allen Owen is an enthusiastic home business entrepreneur
and engineer. Have a look at his eBay tips e-zine:
http://www.thedigitalresevoir.com