Don’t Pay For Free Stuff

Posted on May 8, 2011 by traveljunkies

How often have you seen something offered for free only to find you have to pay to get it?

A favorite trick of the so-called “gurus” who peddle free stuff to get you to part with your cash is to make you buy something else or join a subscription site or club in order to get the “free stuff”.
As often as not the “free stuff” is old material that has been re-hashed with a new exciting heading to entice you to sign up for it.

Another trick to get your money is to offer you something valuable for $1 which also gives you a free one month membership to an exclusive website or club. In the small print you will see you’re going to be automatically charged $29.97 per month after the first free month until you cancel.

Both of these will include “absolutely no risk” statements saying if you cancel within a certain time you will be refunded in full with no questions asked. They are banking on you not cancelling, or forgetting to cancel until they’ve got your money for at least a few months.

After you given up your name and email address, or clicked on a link if it’s in an email to you, you’re presented with a detailed description of the free product, (this is really the sales letter).

The first thing to do now is scroll down to the bottom to look for an “Add to Cart” button or something similar, or pictures of credit cards and a Paypal button because these will take you to the Order Form. And until you’ve placed your order you won’t be able to get the “free stuff” you were looking for.

As marketers now realise this is what savvy visitors do, the “Add to Cart” button and Credit Card Images are often displayed in the middle of the text, usually near Special Bonus offers, to encourage you to read all the sales letter. You’ll then find the “Add to Cart” box again at bottom.

Finding these buttons or images is the quick and easy way to spot you’re being sold to. After all you were just looking for some “free stuff”.

Many of these free offers are not made by the originator of the product, but by Affiliates. You can spot them by seeing the same offer being made many, many times but usually with a different subject or heading. Now there’s nothing at all wrong with this.
Affiliate Marketing is a perfectly legal and effective way of making money, but at the end of the day, you just wanted the “free stuff.”

So where can you find genuine “free stuff” without even having to give your name and email and certainly not having to pay for anything.

We have found one of the best places to start, for a completely FREE BOOK full of excellent marketing ideas, is right here.

Let me know what you think.

Cliff Chapman
traveljunkies – worldwide adventure travel & activities directory & search engine, like Google only smaller.
www.traveljunkies.com

PS . . . Click here to get your free marketing book … no sign up needed

Make Money Online – Use Your Assets

Posted on May 3, 2011 by traveljunkies

Hello

This is Cliff from traveljunkies and I’d like to share with you something we’ve been doing recently.

In these difficult times many people have less disposable income and are carefully watching what they spend, making sure they get good value for money.

Fortunately for all of us, holidays and travel are still high on their lists especially if they have children. They may spend less, have fewer breaks and even go without other things, but the family holiday is still a high priority.

But it does mean we all have to work harder to attract our customers, and we can expect less income at a time when our costs are rising.
And what about the quiet times? We all have quiet times. What can we do to boost our income, especially in the quiet times?

Back to where I started.

We have been looking at the assets we already have and how to make good use of them.
And one of the most under-used and valuable asset are our lists.

We all have our lists. Lists of customers, lists of prospects, lists of suppliers and even lists of people that have nothing to do with our business.

So what are we doing with our lists?. Why, when we have such valuable assets, aren’t we using them?.

There are more than 3,000 businesses in traveljunkies but we only ever hear from a few of them.
Why aren’t the rest advertising and promoting their businesses?

All businesses in traveljunkies have websites but how do visitors find them? How many websites never get updated and remain static?. It’s not surprising those websites get little traffic and a website without traffic is a dead website.

If you’re one of the relatively few who have thought about looking at other ways to generate income in today’s environment, you’ve most likely heard the expression, “The Money’s In The List.” This is true, but only if you use your lists.

But where to start?

It’s understandable not wanting to take risks especially in unfamiliar areas, and it’s not necessary.

If you’re willing to look beyond your own business without taking any risks then read this now.

It’s from a single mum who’s made huge success of her busines and I highly recommend it.
But if you decide it’s not for you, it won’t have cost you a single penny.

Go ahead. Do it now. You’ll find it here.

Best wishes
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Cliff Chapman
traveljunkies – worldwide adventure travel & activities directory & search engine, like Google only smaller.
www.traveljunkies.com

PS. Read this now. It costs you nothing.

Boost your travel fun – learn the language

Posted on April 29, 2011 by traveljunkies

Learning a language is not a challenge now. On the contrary, it is as fun as it is useful. It doesn’t matter what your purposes are, you will benefit in more than one way. Whether it is for travelling, for business or for socializing, it will always be for you.

How To: Start Making Additional Income

Posted on April 7, 2011 by traveljunkies

We’re all busy and to undertake a new venture, deciding what to do and how to go about it can be daunting, especially if it’s your first time.

We faced that situation a few years ago and we spent a lot of time reading books and watching videos, most of which focussed on one aspect like internet marketing, blogging, pay per click, banner advertising, selling on ebay etc. etc. only to become confused about the best way forward.

Then we discovered a book written by Holly Mann, a single mum, who had been through the process and has now built a succesful business. If we had found this book earlier we’d have saved ourselves a lot of time and money because it contains most of what we needed to know including many good references and links to tools, most of which are free.

Her book, Honest Riches, is actually 10 books in one that covers not only how to go forward but also how to decide which is the best direction for you depending on your needs and interests.
It provides everything you need to succeed and make an income online, and is backed up by 24/7 email support and a marketing forum.

I can’t recommend this book highly enough if you are looking to add additional streams of income using assets you already have.
Over 35,000 copies have been sold, and Holly claims never to have a negative review of it to date.

Honest Riches is a download ebook. It costs just US$35 and comes with three free bonuses worth $93. It has a full 60 day money back guarantee so you have nothing to lose.

Click here to read more about Honest Riches and to order your copy today.

You’ll be glad you did.

Best wishes

Cliff Chapman
traveljunkies

Read more about Honest Riches and order your copy and get three free valuable bonuses worth $93.
And remember it has a full 60 day money back guarantee.

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Don’t Pay For Free Stuff

Make Money Online – Use Your Assets

Boost your travel fun – learn the language

How To: Start Making Additional Income