I’ve covered a LOT of ground so far since creating this blog back in late November. Although I have only written 20 posts, I shared with you at the very beginning that I would be posting about what I am doing each week, what I have learned, what traffic generation methods I have incorporated and then at the end of each month I’ve shared my results.
When I started this journey of learning how to build a successful affiliate marketing business, I told myself I was going to be open and honest with everyone about what I’m doing. I wanted to write about what it really takes and to prove to anyone reading my blog that with consistent effort, you too can start making sales your very first month.
My February results were even better than my January, which of course, is always the goal. To see what I’ve accomplished so far, be sure to read my post “Drum Roll Please… My February Rocked!“. I include screen shots of my traffic results, split testing of my squeeze pages and how many opt-ins I’ve received so far. I even tell you how many sales I’ve made and I’m proud of each one of those little darlin’s…
So the first step of this journey consisted of getting my product in place and creating this blog. The next step was to start driving traffic to both of these sites, get some people downloading my free information and then making some sales. As of toady, I have 82 people on my list but now it’s time to step it up. That’s right, the next step is implementing free giveaways.
So what the heck are free giveaways and how do you get started! Free giveaways are when you are giving away free things like reports, eBooks, software, audios and even video series. I’m sticking with free eBooks for now until I get my feet wet and have a few of these under my belt.
The first thing you need to do is find some information to giveaway. You can start by grabbing some free PLR information or you can spend a little money and purchase a few as well.
One free PLR site that came highly recommended is “PLR Wholesaler“. If you decide to buy a few, and trust me we aren’t talking a lot of money, my favorite site is The PLR Store. Ron Killian runs this one and he’s always eager to help.
Another site I’ve used is Resale Enterprises but some of their information is pretty outdated. Just be sure to really look at the information and see the year it was created before you purchase. I made that mistake once and I learned my lesson.
If you do use PLR information there are two things you need to be aware of.
- Be sure to read the rights of the products to make sure you can change the content, the cover and put your own name on as the author; and
- I highly recommend having a new cover created. Promoting something that everyone else is using is never good. I always head over to my trusty old Fiverr.com and get one done for me for only $5. I’ve had some really great work done for me over there.
I have worked with one guy over at Fiverr who has created some report covers for me and he also writes PLR reports. They are new, fresh and updated content. None of that rehashed stuff so this is always another option. You can just hire someone to write you a brand new fresh report. You just can’t beat it for $5.
Besides Fiverr, there are a few other sites where you can purchase the same type of information for really cheap. Here are a just a few that I’m aware of:
You want to be sure to add your URL’s to the information you are giving away and then whatever service you use when joining giveways, you will also have your affiliate links in case people purchase other products presented to them in those giveaways. It’s really a win win situation.
One other tip I’ll share real quick is if you don’t have a word processing program on your computer, you can always use OpenOffice for free. Not only can you edit your report, but you can also save it as a PDF and you have the option that no one can change any of the content on your report. It’s a great program and free to use.
The main goal with joining free giveaways is to get more people on your list. The more people that join your list, the more sales you will eventually make.
One of the services I joined is called Push Button Giveaways. It’s totally free and you can always upgrade if you decide you want even more options from this service. That is totally up to you.
I also found a site that is free called “The Giveaway Announcer“. It’s fully automated and will do “most” of the work for you. You see I said most because we ALL know that no product will do all the work for you so I’m not even going to try and pull your leg on this one. But, it’s still a pretty cool program!
I’m just getting started with this one or I would have more to share with you. You can always go to Google and type in “join free giveaways” and see what else may pop up. I have found a lot of information to be very out dated.
The whole purpose of this is to give away good valuable information, never any junk, and then have people also interested in your own free information. That will then get them on your list and hopefully they will end up buying from you. If not and they go with another product you have on your giveaway lists, you also make a commission. Makes sense to me!
I’m WAY behind with implementing this. I should have done it toward the end of February but I’ve been so busy trying to get traffic to my site. I do hope to have some very positive results to share with you in my March update after getting this one really going. So, stay tuned for that post in another couple of week.
Before I Go…
I have one more really cool thing I want to share with you before I wrap this post up since it kind of relates to free giveaways.
If you already have a free report to share or you’ve put together a list of something you want to share with your blog readers, create a button through “CloudFlood” so that in order for them to access this information they first have to either retweet your information on Twitter or share it on Facebook. That really gets the word out and other people interested in what you have to offer.
I did this on my main blog and shared with everyone a list of all the blogs I visit now. People are always searching for blogs to comment on so I’ve gotten a really good response from this and I only posted it a few days ago.
If you’d like to check out my post and also grab my free list called “42 Blogs Worth Mentioning” you’ll be able to see exactly what I’m talking about. Now that particular list are the blogs I visit and comment on that send traffic to my main blog. I haven’t created a list for all the blogs I visit that send traffic to this blog. Yep, I keep these totally separate so you can see why I’m a very busy lady!
So that wraps up this week’s post and hope this one was helpful. Don’t discard this now because we all know people love to get their hands on free information. I know I do and I fall for it every darn time. So grab you some free reports, get a new cover created, join some giveaways and get going.
Just another great source of driving traffic to your site and eventually making sales.
Hope this has been helpful and PLEASE don’t forget to comment. I know some of you have other giveaway sites that you may be using so don’t be bashful. Share away because you know I appreciate you! My readers rock!
Hi Adrienne,
As soon as I saw giveaways mentioned I was going to come and comment on keiths site…. But you already have it listed…lol
I also checked out your pdf 42 blogs worth visiting (Shocked that I didn’t see Sally Neill get a mention there!!)
But what’s MORE worth commenting is the way you delivered it….
Can we expect a post divulging how you set all that up??
That would be valuable to most of your readers I suspect?
Randy
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Hey Randy,
YOU don’t have anything to add to my post? I’m surprised. I knew you would have plenty to offer since I’m just getting started with this method. I’m sure there are some giveaway sites you have used that I know nothing about!
Well, like I mentioned in the post… Those are the blogs I visit for my main blog. I have a totally separate list I visit for this blog. Sally’s on this list but of course, I haven’t created one for my New Super Affiliate Blog. At least not yet. I didn’t really intend to include my other post but then I thought, they are going to want to see what I’m talking about so thought I would include it. Didn’t want people to think I now want them commenting on both of my blogs. But that’s totally up to the individual!
I’ll have to do a video showing people how to set that up. It’s really easy and a really neat concept.
Thank you Randy for mentioning this and I always enjoy seeing you my friend. You just gave me some more ideas and I was going to shoot some videos today as a matter of fact. Guess I have another one to add to that list thanks to you.
Have an awesome day!
Adrienne
You’re always up to something, Adrienne.
It’s great to see you adding another tool to your tool kit. We’ll be watching how creative you get with this latest approach. Thanks for giving me the nudge and reminder about Cloud Flood; time for me to get serious about trying it out.
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Yep, I’m always moving in that direction Jon. Sucking up even more information, implementing it to see how it goes and then sharing what I’m doing with my readers. Keeping my fingers crossed that it continues to just move upward.
Good for you, can’t wait to see what you do with this. Thanks for your visit..
Adrienne
Hey Adrienne
As always i can hear the excitment in your writing. It’s great to know that you are still enjoying the journey so far. I’m sure you are going to love your learning in the giveaways. I know i am.
Looking forward to your update.
Keep up the good work
Kerry
Hi Kerry,
Oh girl, I love learning new things. I know you have yours all set up so I hope you’ve been having a lot of response from them. I am just so behind with implementing some of the next steps. It’s just finding that extra time to actually go through the training and then start taking action. There aren’t enough hours in the day as it is. But, better late than never and I’m still getting a steady flow of traffic and sales so I’m not complaining. Hope all is working out for you as well.
Thanks for stopping by and you know you’ll be hearing from me again next week. Take are.
Adrienne
Wow – great collection of free giveaway resources, Adrienne!
If you have a chance, please share how things go with CloudFlood. I’m thinking about trying it out, but just haven’t had the time to implement it yet.
Best of luck building your list
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Thank you Sarah…
I most definitely will. So far I can tell you I have had several people grab my list so have received a LOT of mentions on Twitter. Hoping that my list in itself will also help others find other blogs to visit so it’s a win win for all where that is concerned. But will give everyone an update soon on how things are going with Cloudflood.
Thank you for your comment and as always, it’s very much appreciated.
Adrienne
Hey Adrienne,
Wow, you have been busy!
I can definitely feel your energy and excitement!
You’re right about joining free giveaways – a great way to get more people on your list.
Thanks for sharing these fantastic tools with us. Cloud Flood is on my to-do-list
All the best,
Mavis
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Hi Mavis,
Never a dull moment over here my friend. I’m a learning fool and then I take massive action. No rest for the weary!
I never understood what was involved before but now that I’m learning, I’m on a roll with setting this all up.
So glad you are able to take something new away from this post. Have fun with Cloudflood!
Adrienne
Hi Adrienne… I REALLY like the CloudFlood idea. I’ve seen it being used on other sites, but I didn’t know exactly what it was. I think I’ll split test it against my current opt in form to see which one gets the better conversion. Like Sarah said, I can’t wait to see your results. (Because you know how big I am on testing stuff!)
Dahlia
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Hi Dahlia,
I thought that was a pretty cool little feature as well. Look forward to hearing how that goes for you too! I will be reporting back after I get enough people downloading my link so will definitely be letting everyone know how that went for me later on.
Have a good one!
Adrienne
Adrienne, aloha. What a great compilation of resources. Thank you so much. CloudFlood is terrific; I first saw in on Brankica’s site and thought “Wow! What a great idea.” To me, it’s a win-win for both the reader and the blogger.
Since I am just getting to know you, if is fun for me to learn about you and what you are doing through your posts. Needless to say, your candor is much appreciated.
Adrienne, I look forward to checking out some of these new links and, of course, to “getting to know you. Aloha. Janet
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Thanks Janet and it’s good to know that you are a visitor of Brankica’s blog as well. She really inspires me.
I appreciate your comment Janet, thank you so much. I’m one of the me most open and honest people you’ll ever meet. I actually think that hurts me at times but I can’t be any other way. I don’t have that in me I guess. I love sharing what I’m doing to build my business and I know it really helps others to see what all is involved. With each step I take, I’m sharing exactly what I’m doing which is why some of my posts are rather long. Just appreciate you hanging in there with me.
Looking forward to doing the same with you Janet. Thanks again for stopping by.
Adrienne
Hey Adrienne,
It is always exciting to be honest and naked (;)). You tell people what you do exactly for your success rather than keeping a “secret” and then later on selling that “secret” to make money.
Well you have given some interesting resources here – a couple of items go to my to-do list 1. Gigbucks and 2. Couldfood.
You have given food for my thought, items to my list and woo! I have got some work to do.
Seriously a great post and I am tweeting it now.
Cheers,
Jane.
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Hi Jane,
Welcome to my blog and you said it! I bare it all!!!
I’m not hiding one single thing with my readers so they know what they are getting when they sign up with me. I just want everyone to know what is truly involved in building a business so no sneaky antics here.
We can definitely get overwhelmed with information at times but glad you are learning a few new things just from my post. Imagine the excitement when I found this stuff out. I can’t tell you how many jobs I’ve hired out at Fiverr since finding that site. Great work too, I’m so impressed.
Thank you so much for sharing my post with your followers. You rock Jane!
Adrienne
Hi Adrienne,
I love your energy. Your excitement shows every word.
I use FiveRR fairly regularly. In fact, my blog header was designed by a very talented designer there. I can’t believe it’s only 5 bucks. What a steal!
I haven’t tried most of the others you mention, but they’re now on my list. Thanks for sharing!
Gregory
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Hey Gregory,
Thank you, I appreciate that! I am all fired up my friend.
My blog header was also created by a very talented young lady over at Fiverr! I have report covers created there as well, it’s a great place to get some work done and $5 is a steal…
Just wanted to also throw out some other alternatives in case some people may want different types of work done where the people at Fiverr may not do those particular services.
Thanks for stopping by Gregory.
Adrienne
Hi Adrienne,
your systematic approach is awesome. You know what you want and where you want to go. That’s why you also know which tools to choose and what to give to your audience.
Thanks for sharing your insights.
Take care
Oliver
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Thank you Oliver, I appreciate your comment. I hope to continue down this same road and find even more helpful tools to share along the way.
Adrienne
Adrienne,
This is the perfect time for me to read this. I have been thinking about doing giveaways but I did not know how to go about it.
I bookmarked this page so I can go back to it as reference.
~Tisha
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I know what you mean Tisha… I had heard about them but no one ever explained what to do or how to go about it. Glad I was able to share this information with you right at the right time. Will look forward to hearing an update from you on how this all went.
Adrienne
Fiverr is great for basic design stuff. but back to your post… I am in the middle of an ebook right now. I am thinking about giving the first a way for free to get emails and then sell the 2nd two. It is a series of books
wordpress, static sites, tools both types need. something like that. to long for one book.
I saw your feb traffic stats. It is great that you are only competing with your self and not competing with the other sites in the same niche.
my end goal is to beat my 30 day rolling average of unique hits. on a daily basis. I think I had 817 hits in the last 30 days. hopefully today is higher.
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Wow Eric, I’m impressed with your stats. I hope to follow in your footsteps soon. Maybe I’ll start getting some awesome results from some of these giveaways. The ebook you are writing sounds like a great idea. Get them to your site and then get them interested in even more. You are definitely on the right track.
Hope I can catch up soon. Thanks for sharing this with me. I appreciate it so much.
Adrienne
Hi Adrienne,
Very informative post! You explained everything in a simple and concise manner. Thank you, This post makes it much easier for people to find the information they need on starting a free giveaway.
Thanks for sharing Adrienne and have a great day!
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Hi Ian, thanks for visiting and I appreciate your comment. This has been such an awesome learning experience for me so I’m happy to share what I am learning with others.
I will definitely have a wonderful day and hope you will do the same.
Adrienne
Hi Adrienne
Just found your blog through Peggy Baron and am going to take a look at the resources you have provided. I am just starting out with affiliate marketing and am documenting my journey on my blog along with my writing gigs that I do.
Look forward to learning more from you.
thanks
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Hi Sue and welcome! Glad you decided to visit after seeing my link on Peggy’s blog. Sounds like we are on the same journey so will be anxious to head over to your blog and check your content out as well.
Appreciate your comment and thanks.
Adrienne
Great list Adrienne – That should keep us busy for a few hours
Also Thanks for the tip about cloudflood – also on the “to do list”
cheers
Tina
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Thanks Tina… I know you are way ahead of me on this one. Your stats are awesome sense you implemented giveaways. I just got started so can’t wait to see what type of results I will get.
Have fun with Cloudflood…
Adrienne
Hey Adrienne,
Thanks for the awesome give aways. You are the best!
People don’t realize how valuable fiverr really is for your online business. There are many people who will do just what you need for the cheapest price ever. You could even offer your services if you think you can do it fast, but with quality.
God bless,
William Veasley
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Anytime William… Yep, I do love Fiverr and have had some excellent work done there. I recommend that site to anyone who has a rather simple job that needs to be done. You just can’t beat the price.
Thanks William and have a great day!
Adrienne
Hey there Adrienne,
Just checked in at my blog after a few days absence and saw you had visited, thanks. A bit freaky that the subject of our posts were similar.
I have only just started looking for freebies to use, your info here will be very valuable, thanks for sharing it.I have never heard of most of them. I also downloaded your 42 blogs worth mentioning, I had no idea this much work is involved in making my new business venture work, but I won’t give up. Time is very much of the essence for me at the present, but I shall prevail.
Once again thank you for your constant quality information, it really does help.
Until next time
Joy
Hi Joy, always a pleasure to see you. I love that we are thinking alike! Tells you that we are on the same page.
Thanks for downloading my list and I hope you’ll visit some of those blogs. You will definitely learn a lot from some of these people on my list. Building your business does take a lot of work and there is a lot involved which is the main reason for this blog. But you have the right attitude. Continue on and don’t give up or in. You will definitely prevail.
Give me a shout if you ever need any help.
Adrienne
Wow that’s great, even though i’m also in same niche (affiliate marketing) and able to make money from it. Now by reading this looking forward to make something extra. thanks again for sharing this
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That’s great Vivek and so happy to hear that you are making money. I love that and maybe this will be something you will add to what you are already doing.
Thanks again for stopping by!
That is a great idea about finding someone at fiverr to write a report – never thought of that
I went to another blog and found that cloudflood but then forgot all about it – thanks for the reminder. Thought it was such a neat little tool
Never heard of The Giveaway Announcer – going to go check it out now.
Thanks for all your tips and I hope you are having success with the Giveaways. They seem to be going pretty decent for me
Linda
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Hey Linda,
I’ve had a lot of luck over at Fiverr and this way, your PLR isn’t seen by a lot of people already. I’ve had some quality work done over there.
Glad you were able to take a few things away from my post today. Am getting ready to write this weeks now so stay tuned.
Adrienne
Hi Adrienee, Kathy Dobson has just created a manual that lists al of the ‘jobs for sale at low cost’ sites, together with details of how much each site charges. Obviously those you have mentioned in here are there but she also updates every month to keep it fresh. It’s a brilliant little book for finding someone to get a specific task done. Some sites even concentrate solely on IM so you don’t have to trawl through non related ads first.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
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Thanks Mandy, I might have to check that out. Maybe you could share the link with us so we can check out her book! I’d appreciate it!
http://kathydobson.com/
Her next post will be including a link for the free book. I have already seen the draft copy and it is good.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
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Great, will look forward to seeing that Mandy, thanks!