which Giveaway Events to go for?!

[Simon Stanley]

Hey guys

I experimented with a giveaway event held by reed floren, and got a nice 11 subscribers from 10 mins work, with just one offer (i could have had 3) and I didn't subscribe either.

Obviously giveaway events work, but which ones should I join and upgrade to?

Anyone have any good resources/experiences??

Thanks

Si

[articlemaddness]

Hey Scadwal,
In answer to your question?
You can go "All" or specialize.
Depends what market are you looking for?
Graphics, IM ?
What related Gift(s) do you offer?
Are they Yours or re-cycled Gifts?

I'm surprised your response rate was so low on sign-ups?

If You can get IM involved with Scott Case, Reed Floren Or Rodger Hyatt then it is a win-win.


Giveaways do work but you need to follow the steps.
1-
Pay the small charge and get text -ad's or any extras the giveaway is offering to help promote your Gift(s).

2-
Have page showing opt-in form plus why join + bonus gift(s) if they join.
With button below "No thanks I will just take my gift".
If your gift and bonus are in demand then U should get huge sign ups.

I have had good results with most Gifts + giveaway events and Plan on opening my own Giftszone in Sept 2009

Got the program From Scott Case at:
Ultimate JV Giveaway Script
Easy to set up.
Best of luck
ArticleMaddness (Mike)

[Gallery Sites]

Giveaways work for list building if you can put some time into them.
Although I can't give any pros and cons on some,
you can find a nice list of giveaway events to
join as either a member or contributor here:

Giveaway Gallery

Good luck!

[David Walker]

I am just getting into JV Giveaways at the moment and I am keen to find out more about them from anyone who is really experienced and making them work!

I have a list of all the Giveaways I am involved with on my blog but I am finding it more of a challenge to getting targeted traffic for referrals so I don't get downgraded to just a "member" and have my free gift removed.

Does anyone have any killer traffic tips that convert well for Giveaways?

David

[Janet Sawyer]

Giveaways, used to be great for building your lists, in the "Oldways", now it seems if you don't send enough visitors, or you don't pay you get thrown away. (downgraded)
Too bad, why, because, if you have a great product that you want to contribute, but you don't send enough visitors to the promotion you are booted and shooted.
No matter how good your product is. It's all about the "money" "honey".

Originally, giveaways were a great opportunity for people to come together and offer a lot of good gifts. They worked on a plain and simple basis. Contributors offer their product, got people to sign up to their lists, and additionally, the owner of the giveawy got more sign ups to his / her list.

It seems like greed is the motivation now, send enough visitors and you get your product to stay, pay enough money and you get your product to be listed, might get the odd one or two or thirteen sign ups..... if you are lucky.

For anyone who truely wants to go back to the old ways of giveaways, I'm with you.

You can only sign up if you have a list of XXk to promote this giveaway to!!! What the ?? giveaways are to build your list, well at least they were..........

Rant over!

Thanks.

[allsuccess]

Originally Posted by Janet Sawyer

Giveaways, used to be great for building your lists, in the "Oldways", now it seems if you don't send enough visitors, or you don't pay you get thrown away. (downgraded)
Too bad, why, because, if you have a great product that you want to contribute, but you don't send enough visitors to the promotion you are booted and shooted.
No matter how good your product is. It's all about the "money" "honey".

Originally, giveaways were a great opportunity for people to come together and offer a lot of good gifts. They worked on a plain and simple basis. Contributors offer their product, got people to sign up to their lists, and additionally, the owner of the giveawy got more sign ups to his / her list.

It seems like greed is the motivation now, send enough visitors and you get your product to stay, pay enough money and you get your product to be listed, might get the odd one or two or thirteen sign ups..... if you are lucky.

For anyone who truely wants to go back to the old ways of giveaways, I'm with you.

You can only sign up if you have a list of XXk to promote this giveaway to!!! What the ?? giveaways are to build your list, well at least they were..........

Rant over!

Thanks.

I couldn't agree more on this, Janet ! You have made the point very clear.

However I would like to add , the giveaway we are talking about is open door that means anyone can join as a member as well as a JV. Rest follows as mentioned by Janet.

On the other hand Closed door giveaway has certain parameters that needs to be followed. Like you must have xxx number of subscribers and the promotions should be twice/thrice a week and a final emails for the deadline etc. As only limited JV members are allowed to be participated and in most of the cases it is ensured that there are only high quality products. As a JV you are expected to pull in lot of members with upgrades and upsells so that you earn a handsome commission and new subscribers as well as the owner of the giveaway event.

Hope this was of help.

Thanks

Amit

[Gregg Montgomery]

Originally Posted by Janet Sawyer

Giveaways, used to be great for building your lists, in the "Oldways", now it seems if you don't send enough visitors, or you don't pay you get thrown away. (downgraded)
Too bad, why, because, if you have a great product that you want to contribute, but you don't send enough visitors to the promotion you are booted and shooted.
No matter how good your product is. It's all about the "money" "honey".

Originally, giveaways were a great opportunity for people to come together and offer a lot of good gifts. They worked on a plain and simple basis. Contributors offer their product, got people to sign up to their lists, and additionally, the owner of the giveawy got more sign ups to his / her list.

It seems like greed is the motivation now, send enough visitors and you get your product to stay, pay enough money and you get your product to be listed, might get the odd one or two or thirteen sign ups..... if you are lucky.

For anyone who truely wants to go back to the old ways of giveaways, I'm with you.

You can only sign up if you have a list of XXk to promote this giveaway to!!! What the ?? giveaways are to build your list, well at least they were..........

Rant over!

Thanks.

Could not agree more.

I have a few and while I did get sign ups the numbers were on the low side, to my mind anyway.

As a list building tactic they are great if you have a BIG list but if you are trying to get yours off the ground, well lets just say its slow.

Pity.


Cheers
Gregg

[1wisewoman]

Does anyone know of any free reports/tutorials that show you step-by-step how to properly set up your gift for a giveaway? I have a report from Alex Jeffreys that outlines the steps but doesn't show how to execute each step?

Personally I find them a waste of time and energy.. Like you I decided to test and I joined about 7 of them in all...

I created "Brand New" gifts not some reused junk given away 10,000 times. I created digital blueprints, graphics packs, and php script So I would cover a wide range in testing.

Out of 7 in total I upgraded to 4 of them, the ads I got for upgrade had very few clicks. The OTO's I added would not even cover the cost of the 4 upgrades.

I got maybe 125 subs with all 7 events and those was mostly from the Php Script I had given away.

In all .. I tested and I am not impressed at all with the results. So personally to me I find them a huge waste of time. Through all 7 events I downloaded 1 gift as all the others was just reused junk that was given away over and over.

The amount of time I put into all 7 events I could have built a site and sold the gifts I made and got more out of it..

But as always - You should test this for yourself...

James

[SolomonHuey]

I've had some very nice results with giveaway events, though I prefer to stick with the bigger ones so that it's worth my time.

If you're starting out and know how to earn a lot of points (I.E. get referrals), then it's a nice way to start building a list quickly and for very little cost.

Solomon Huey

[MikeHumphreys]

Originally Posted by 1wisewoman

Does anyone know of any free reports/tutorials that show you step-by-step how to properly set up your gift for a giveaway? I have a report from Alex Jeffreys that outlines the steps but doesn't show how to execute each step?

My client Jason James has a very good paid product called Giveaway Riches that I'd recommend. I *think* he offers a free chapter by email opt-in at his site. Here's the non-affiliate link: http://www.giveawayriches.com

Hope that helps,

Mike

Originally Posted by articlemaddness

I have joined a group:
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(free to join)
I set up a Blog for comments about Giveaway events
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Join the Giveaway event group at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for at for more insights.
Hope this helps
Mike

So you drag this thread up from the grave just to post affiliate links and do self promotion ....??

James