Findinf Freebies Online-What your Should Know
If you are new to the web and have been looking around using the
search engines, directories and other starting points, you will
almost certainly have seen that if you look long enouph you will
see various freestuff such as free samples, free information and
reports, free ezines, discount coupons and a variety of other
free or nearly free deals known as 'freebies' or perhaps
'freebees'. Yes the net has been loaded with freebies ever since
a certain former VP invented the Net a number of years ago. As
amateer of fact there has probably never been a more ideal time
in the short history of the web to be a freebies seeker. And od
course, finding freebies is a great deal offun! Who would not
love to be able to get freestuff mailed to them like jelly
beans, health bars, feminine beauty samples, coupons and gift
certificates just by filling out a brief survey when it is
convienent for you? If you already have a website or want one,
you may find free website hosts, free blog hosting services such
as Blogger and free webmaster tools like free downloads, free
scripts or templates, free content such as articles and
newsfeeds for your site, traffic counters and a wide array of
related freebies. You usually just need to go to your favorite
search engine and type in "free _ _ _ _ _ _" and what you want
will pop up. Needless to say, as with any good thing in life,
there is a certain catch. We all know by now that you rarely get
something for nothing. When you apply for a freebie you
obviously have to fill out a form with your mailing information
and sometimes a survey as well. Therein lies the catch. There is
no such thing as a free lunch, after all. There is usually a
very good reason these items are offered for free. Companies use
these assorted freebies with the idea that you will remember who
gave it to you and then buy something from them later(although
in a few cases, especially with a big company like coca-cola,
they may simply be trying to increase brand awareness of a new
product). They also will naturally have your contact information
from the survey and now will know what appeals to you. You will
quite possibly get related offers sent to you from time to time,
and these probably will not be free. If you apply for free
samples such as, say for example lipstick, you can reasonably
expect to get product brochures, sales catalogs or some other
type of correspondence that relates to lipstick. This does not
have to be a negative thing, however, as many individuals
actaully want to be updated regarding products that they are
interested in. In the majority of cases then, it is a win-win
situation. But in certain cases, you might get inundated with
too much correspondence and, ahem perhaps even spam. maybe a lot
if you fill out dozens or hundreds of freebies forms, like I
have (it is my job). I have a tip that can help you here,
however. Get a "throwaway" email account from a free email
provider such as Yahoo or Hotmail and use that when you fill in
the surveys. This will prevent your primary email box from
getting filled up with unwanted mail. Your postal address? Well
you have to use that if you are requesting free samples. But
postal mail is getting more expensive and junk mail mostly comes
the electronic route these days. Most firms will not be able to
afford to send you much junk via snail mail.