Working the Giveaways | Plus Traffic Doing Nothing..
Randy’s Ramblings – February 25th 2008
In Todays Ramble:
* Working the Giveaways…
* Traffic Doing Nothing…
* Sign off
* Working the Giveaways…
I was going to send you a url to go grab loads of goodies
this week….
(I should have sent it earlier as there are
only 5 days left now)
BUT….
Before I did, I thought it might be a better idea to offer
some tips and guidance on getting the most benefit from them.
I know most people will have seen these ‘giveaway’ sites at some
point in their online ventures….
But does everyone ‘work’ them right ?
You see it’s so easy to notice some great products just there for
the taking and grab as much as humanly possible in the time
frame given.
The downside comes weeks later…
Once we realise that we’ve joined another 100 lists and our inboxes
are suffocating under the weight of emails…lol
That then tends to drag us away from what we were supposed
to be focsing on… and the end reslt is info overload and no
time to get anything done!
Or at least that’s what I’ve found to be the case when I first had a
wander through the products area of the first giveaway I signed up for.
How have your experiences been?
Anything like mine were?
The tendency for many would be to just steer clear of them all,
especially after a bad case of inbox vomit…
BUT..(yep, another one)
That could also lead to missing out on some valuable products…
Or worse still – discovering that something you need to purchase
could have been claimed at zero co st last week!
Hence my Rambling on this week…
I wanted to give you a ‘Plan Of Action’ that I use myself now.
Here’s what I do ,
Firstly – I have a couple of extra email accounts set up
One with hotmail and one with gmail
(just in case anyrefuse to accept a hotmail addy)…
Then I visit the giveaway when I hear about one… and I try
to establish whether there may be products I could use.
I figure there’s no harm in filing out the boxes and having a
look around…. And I already know from experience that I’ll be
hit with an offer of something – hey that just happens.
Depending on what’s being offered and whether it’s of REAL use to me
or exceptional value – I’ll consider it and make a yes or no decision.
Next I confirm my hotmail addy and get into the product listing area.
Now this is where many have problems,
They grab EVERYTHING!
My advice here is to be very selective.
Sure you could grab it all – as the emails will all be going to your
hotmail of gmail addy …
However, and again from experience,
It’s easy to be tempted to have a read of all the emails…
and that’s without even having looked at all the products yet…lol
So nowadays –
I only grab what I consider to be a product that
will help me in my business.
What’s the point in filling my hard drive with clutter I’ll never use?
If you chose to do the same, you could get some great products with
spending anything, and you may even find a few of the emails you
get to provide value.
Once you have what you want – put them all into a temporary
‘giveaway’ folder until you’ve had chance to review them and place
them either in another folder more appropriate – or into the recycle bin.
And likewise with the emails … just hit the clicky at the bottom of any
you don’t gel with…. and then you can check in on the others as
and when time permits.
And that is how I basically treat ‘Giveaways’.
I hope this has been of some use for when you next take a look at one.
And as it happens – Yep – I do have one to show you…. lol
I don’t promote a lot of these – but I’m mentioning this one as I’ve
had a look around and grabbed some cool bits and pieces…
I was also impressed (for a change) with the offer after sign up.
Instead of the usual 5 million products we’ve all seen before..
They have some products I have personally paid $97 for personal
rights to … in there with resell rights!
Anyway – make you own mind up on the deal … but meanwhile,
Do pop along and grab stuff that will benefit you.
Have fun – but do remember what we’ve discussed here 
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* Traffic Doing Nothing…
Here’s another freebie worth considering.
I’ve been looking at something called the FreeTrafficBar
Long story short – I decided to give it a try and installed it a couple of
days ago.
It’s one of these things you can do absolutely no thing and still get
visitors to your site by having your ads shown to other people.
I know – it sounds either really great – or too good etc…
Well it’s neither!
It’s not the fantastic be all and end all solution that some may claim..
However – it’s still worth looking at!… let me tell you why I think that.
It is just a little toobar that sits at the top of your browser and
shows ads while you surf as usual.
(you can of course completely ignore the little text ads)
It does happen to have some other usful bits in the bar… but you
read about them at the site..
So that’s what’s great about it … you carry on as usual…
meanwhile you’re earning ad credits 
The ‘No – It really isn’t too good to be etc..’ part is this:
Everyone else can also ignore the messages too …lol
So don’t expect any wonderous events or mountains of traffic from this..
But as an added tool to your inventory of free traffic – it does no harm.
In the couple of days I’ve had it on – I’ve earned around 400 credits,
(plus got my 1000 for joining)
I also got some extra credits so I could report my findings…
(25,000)
I then listed 2 ads. One to a freebie of mine and one to a paid product .
The ads have been shown 1896 time for the paid product and 2474
times for the freebie.
Here’s the “ignored” bit … They been clicked on just a couple of times each
Showing a conversion of around half of 1%
That’s pretty poor – but as I said … for doing nothing – I shalln’t
complain.
Interesting enough – The paid product is getting more interest than the
freebie…. which I never expected ?
Oh and before I forget – there are naturally upgrade options.
However at this stage – I’m still trying the free level. (for now)
If you’d like to check out the tool bar for yourself
it ain’t great – but it’s doing nothing…
(In a week or so I believe I’ll be promoting a product that gets you
a heap of credits as a bonus…. but it will be a paid product)
Well I think that’s me for this time round.
There always does seem to be loads more I’d love to tell you -
How many JV’s I’ve refused to mention… who’s been a rude big name
and lost respect etc… but I suppose this helpful stuff is better … hehe
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*Sign off
Yeah … I’m off – if you were wanting the gossip here’s 2 things
1st – my Mum says it’s wrong to gossip..
and 2nd – catch me in the forums
As ever I really mean it when I say -
Here’s hoping you’re …..
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.lotteryprofits.ws
www.RandolfSmith.com
www.YourCopySmith.com
www.SuccessAndYourHead.com
www.7KeyElements.com
www.SalesLetterAbc.com
P.S. For those who bought the Affiliate Video Brander last week..
I’ve added a Video to the affiliate tools of SalesLetterAbc
Pete at minisite-wizard.com made this for me…
Do check it out if you would like to promote with video
http://www.salesletterabc.com/video
Happy Valentines |CHD Awareness Day…
Randy’s Ramblings - February 14th 2008
A Shorter Ramble Today..
* Happy Valentines | CHD Awareness Day…
* Freebies From Subscribers
* Sign offÂ
Audio Link – I’ll read the post to you
Listening time -Â 6 minutes
(typically firefox has updated something and I’m now having
problems with the audio – just after I thought I had it sussed..lol)
* Happy Valentines |CHD Awareness Day…
Hopefully a short Ramble today,
I want to wish you a happy Valentines days and let you know
that I’ve added to my squidoo lens.
I put it up a year ago to help Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian raise
awareness for CHD – he is a heart surgeon who saves
Childrens lives, hence I don’t mind sending him some traffic!
He is also an internet marketer who uses IM to fund heart surgery
on the kids with CHD.
So please do visit my Kids Heart Defects lens
And feel free to copy a poem for your loved one….
then check out the CHD site it links to.
(I added a poem for anyone who loves their Mum too – mainly
because sadly 2 friends have recently lost theirs.)
Anyway – that’s the main focus for today, along with some gifts
from subscribers below… but first do check the free poems.
www.squidoo.com/KidsHeartDefects/
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* Freebies From Subscribers
Here’s a free report if you’d care to optin to Peggys list.
I’ve watched Peggy come on in leaps and bounds since she first
got in touch with some questions via my support desk.
Now She has compiled a report on looking after your mailing list,
by asking some big respected people questions.
You can check it out here
http://peggybaron.com/lookafteryourlists
Another long time subscriber who has produced an excellent freebie
is Robin, She has a great report with 100 tips to staying motivated.
You can grab that by optining in here
www.robinskeen.com/stayingmotivated.html
Robin is another who has amazed me with Her progress,
Knowing both Ladies for a good while now – I have no hesitation in
sending you to their sites, no affiliate links or anything other than
they have both produced great freebies that I thought you might
like to consider grabbing.
There you go – told it’s be a short Ramble today.
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*Sign off
As ever I really mean it when I say -
Here’s hoping you’re …..
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.lotteryprofits.ws
www.RandolfSmith.com
www.YourCopySmith.com
www.SuccessAndYourHead.com
www.7KeyElements.com
www.SalesLetterAbc.com
P.S. If you missed the Affiliate Video Brander last week,
It’s still available at my Bargain Price WITH resell rights..
P.P.S. And naturally Lee McIntyres PNW is still available
If you misssed the launch price – contact me for a bonus
worth more than the price increase
P.P.S. I’ve also had a few people thank me for recommending
John Thornhill’s ResaleRightsBlueprint – So I’ve repeated that link too.
You Can Lead A Horse To Water ……
Randy’s Ramblings – February 1st 2008
In this issue
* You Can Lead A Horse To Water…
* Affiliate Video Brander
* Sign off
Audio Link – I’ll read the post to you
Listening time – 9 minutes
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* You Can Lead A Horse To Water…
But You Can’t Make It Drink!!
Hi Everyone,
How are you? Well I hope…
Have you heard the title term before then?
It’s one my father used to use when he was alive.
And now I know exactly what he meant…
I’m hoping this post might give you a nudge, as I feel
a little …what’s the right word… discouraged?
If you remember I mentioned in december that my
daughter Kirsty was wanting to set something up online.
I literally ‘gave’ her everything she needed to make a start
A saleable product, complete with freebie to giveaway,
webpages, and full instructions on setting up aweber,
her hosting and all the bits she could possibly need.
On top of that I begged John Thornhill to give her access
to his ResaleRightsBlueprint course.
All so that she had the very best info in a step by step,
easy to follow course – where all she had to do was read,
watch & take action!
Naturally with her being family (and living locally) She has
continued to pester me daily when I see her, and on msn,
with questions about who’s doing what, and what’s happening
in general online.
So when she heard that Lee McIntyre has a new launch of his
latest (and frankly very comprhensive) project new web..
(Plus his products are always quality and very popular)
She was desperate for me to nag Lee for a free copy!!
(Cheeky So ‘n’ So!)
Well family is family, though I doubt Lee would want so
much content being given out – (it tends to be if you don’t pay
for a thing – you don’t value it)
BUT – and here’s the thing that really got to me…
When I asked Kirsty how far along she was with John’s
ResaleRightsBlueprint, and getting the site I’d put on a disc for
her just to edit, uploaded and on the web.
Guess what She said….
Can you guess ?
She hadn’t had time to get much done, as she was exploring
other avenues and opportunities !
WHAT THE **** ! (that was heck in stars…lol)
Yep – too busy to follow Her own Dad’s advice OR even the
products I’d set Her up with.
Further grilling then followed and it seems She has managed to
read half of the basic info….. but it looked like a lot of work —
so it had been put to one side while she checked out the things
promising an ‘Easy Time’ of it….
Frankly, I can see her ending up spending all her ca$h on the
countless schemes that we’ve all come across before.
I did explain to her that Lee’s Project New Web would be better
looked at once she had a site up and a few emails on her list.
And that Lee really goes into every detail of what he has done to
build his business to over $16K a month…… And that would
require someone who was serious about studying and working
hard towards setting things up correctly from day one.
I also *tried* to once again advise Her of the truth about
marketing online…. You know – the bit about it needing to be
‘worked’ at… (hehe)
The long and short of it, is that I can’t make Her a success,
just the same as I can’t make You do what needs to be done …
I can only give my heartfelt recommendation
to products that I believe to be of value, Like John’s and Lee’s!
It’s up to Her (and You) whether my words are listened to and
acted upon.
Hence the saying
You can lead a horse to water – but you can’t make it drink!
Well, I have to admit that truthfully, If you don’t listen to me,
I can live with that – after all, I realise that you have hundreds of
others all vying for your attention – and it’s hard to know who to listen to…
I just do my best to be straight with you in the hope of building
long term relationships and friendships that will benefit both
you and I.
But when my own kids don’t bother, and they can see exactly what
I do, and have even seen my paypal & clickbank accounts…
Well that’s where the discouragement comes from.
Am I going to give up on Kirsty?…. Of course not, and neither
would I on my subscribers.
But from now on I’ll treat Her as a new subscriber who probably
won’t listen, and probably won’t take any action until after she’s
tried all the ways that don’t work…. lol
And Ive sent her a small freebie that David Congreave put together,
called the ‘HypeProtector’
(David’s in my mastermind group and showed me this –
so I asked him to make it something that could be given out freely)
It’s just a small chart you can download and print off – But I liked it,
as it seemed to go into more detail on one of my usual quotes….
You know – the part where I say
“Only get it ‘IF’ it’s going to help you in your efforts”
So here’s the link to the ‘HypeProtector’… and I hope it helps
you keep hold of your ca$h – and only invest it where it will
really benefit you.
(and I hope Kirsty does the same)
And here’s a reminder of where to grab
Lee’s Project New Web – If you’re ready for the work.
and John’s ResaleRightsBlueprint
(Just don’t get both…lol)
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I figured we better have a bargain in this issue too…
So here’s an exciting tool for you if you sell affiliate
products – or like to use video on your sites.
It’s software that can put video on your page and then
send your visitor to an affiliate link so that you earn the
commission when they buy.
This was selling for $67 – $97, but it’s just become available
on license to resellers.
The resell rights were a minimum of $97, but I aquired master
rights so that I could sell resell rights to you if you would like
to sell the product as well as use it…
Here’s what I’ve done:-
You can have the product with resale rights so you can either
just use it yourself – OR sell it on to make some extra ca$h…
(handy is you have John’s Blueprint) – Forget the $97 – I’m sure
there will be people selling them for 67, 47 and even 27 dollars
before the day is over…lol
You can get them from me for a lot less!
Go take a look….
www.monthlybargains.co.uk/AVB.html
I’ll wrap it up here for this time, as I seem to have
Rambled on enough for today – and I’m sure we both
have plenty to be getting on with.
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*Sign off
As ever I really mean it when I say -
Here’s hoping you’re …..
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!
Til next time
Warm Regards to You and Yours,
From Me and Mine.
Randy
www.MonthlyBargains.co.uk
www.RandolfSmith.com
www.YourCopySmith.com
www.SuccessAndYourHead.com
www.7KeyElements.com
www.SalesLetterAbc.com
P.S. Don’t forget to check the GiveAway Of The Day on the blog
www.randolfsmith.com Everyday
P.P.S. Thanks for the feedback – and if you haven’t yet looked
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