Free Is Good! Five Ways To Give Away Free Stuff And See Website
Traffic Increase
Everyone loves to get something for free. This is true of almost
everyone who frequently surfs the web as well. Website operators
are constantly looking not only for ways to attract new
visitors, but also ways to keep them coming back. If you are
looking for a way to increase website traffic, consider using a
tactic such as the "Give Away". By giving away free stuff on
your site, you will likely attract many more visitors. You can
also keep these visitors coming back frequently by offering new
free stuff each month. If you are interested in see the results
of your website traffic improve, then consider using these five
ways to give away free stuff.
Donated Goods
You may be interested in trying to give away free stuff on your
website, but you may not be willing to spend your own money in
doing so. If this is the case, there are options for you. You
can always network with other companies who will essentially
give you their products to showcase and give away from your
site. Local businesses are the first place to look, as they
usually are very willing to help fellow town citizens. You can
also go to larger corporations if you know exactly who to
contact and make sure they realize that they too would be
receiving free advertising from allowing you to showcase their
products. Usually you won't get enough products each month to
offer to every visitor, so make sure you mention that only the
first 30 (or the equivalent of products you have) visitors who
sign up will receive the products.
Monthly Contests
Website visitors love contests and many of them are willing to
visit the same sites each day just to enter to win something
free. Therefore, by offering free stuff through a contest, you
are likely to get visitors to return on a daily basis. Set the
rules to state that each visitor can only enter once a day if
you like. Purchase a good prize or get one donated and give it
away to the random name drawn from the entries. This is a great
way to get the attention of many consumers, especially if your
prizes are extra interesting and worthy.
Personalized Items
One interesting tactic is to give away merchandise with your
website's name or your business's name on them. Items such as
shirts, hats, towels, cups, and key chains are perfect for this
task. The idea is to keep people coming to your site for free
stuff as well as to look around. The extra perk with this
strategy however, is to allow them to be your advertisers as
well. If they wear one of these items out in public, there are
likely thousands of people who will be exposed to your business
passively. This is a great idea and can be done through many
methods including contests or loyal customer incentives.
Referral Prizes
If you really want to spread the word on your website and get
more traffic than ever, you should consider giving referral
prizes. You can set your system up to allow each visitor to send
an automated email from your site asking him or her to visit. If
the visitor is willing to offer up 10 or 20 valid email
addresses, then you can offer them a free prize. The prize can
be as small or large as you wish. This is the perfect way to get
more traffic while also rewarding those that are helping you
along the way.
Reminder Emails
After you choose the method of how you plan to give your free
stuff away, consider offering reminder emails to those who love
to participate. You can offer initial free stuff to those that
sign up, like a key chain. This is a great way to get that
traffic to continue after the visitor's initial visit. You can
remind them monthly that there are new things to see at your
site and they will likely visit more often. You can also use
this not only to remind them of free stuff being given away but
also to tell them about deals or other offers you have for them
as well. They are likely to forward these emails on to friends
they think might be interested as well.