Self Promotion Offline Tip #21

Adsense is a good method to make some chump change if you have a decent amount of traffic but for the majority of us, it is still not what we would expected. The time that you spend working on your sites does not compensate enough for the time that you spent unless of course you're someone like Perez Hilton. Since you're not Perez Hilton, you would need to use something else besides just Adsense alone. You can use affiliate marketing or obtain referrals which can make you $40 to $50 rich with each referral. So don't limit yourself to just Adsense, you will need to expand your choices to maximize your profit.

#21. Contact local small companies and shops to see if you can offer an exclusive discounts or freebie gift to their employees. Companies are always looking for a way to "treat" their employees to specials from the local surrounding community.

Bradenr receives $250 from Givafree

Self Promotion Offline Tip #19

One thing that I do love about freebie sites is that they do simply pay for my gifts to others which is really helpful for birthdays and Christmas. I can get myself a Nintendo Wii bundle without having to pay over $5! Wouldn't you want to do the same? You can do it too. Think about it, a Wii bundle on most sites requires about 10 referrals because bundles are about $500 and since you only have to complete one offer which can be as less as $1 and the rest is up to your referrals to complete. A Wii bundle for $1 sounds sweet doesn't it? But it's true! If you don't like obtaining referrals then you can always do a DIY site and complete 10 full credit offers yourself which can cost you as low as $10 which is still pretty sweet. Freebies are totally sweet!

#19. Contact Companies in your area to see if you can come in and set up a table in the employee lounge or cafeteria for a employee shopping break! These days alot of companies will allow you to do this if you ask them!

3cuties4me let Free4Me pay for her Christmas gifts!

Self Promotion Offline Tip #18

SantasGiftsAllYear's January Referral Contest is almost near its end and I am still not even on the latest leader board that was updated on the 15th. You can still join in and who knows, maybe you will win even with a late start. The 1st prize is still up for grabs so join in and grab yourself some free money!



1st Place - $350 1st Place = CSH-445
2nd Place - $150 2nd Place = ACC-195
3rd Place - $50 3rd Place = IPO-170
4th Place - $30 4th Place = ACC-214
5th Place - $20 5th Place = LAP-251

#18. Network with others in your community who are in home business. Find out what events and activities that they participate in. They are usually "in the know" and can help you get started in networking in your community.

Melmarie80 showing off her free gifts from Free4Me

How Do Freebie Sites Give Away Free Stuff?

Most freebie sites requires you to complete offers or refer others in order to receive your free gift and the reason for this is because advertisers do not want to pay an excessive amount of money broadcasting on TV when there is an alternative that is not only cheaper but to a target group. Advertisers will allow what we know as incentive sites to advertise to users by allowing users to sign up for their services and by signing up for their services, advertisers will pay the referring incentive site an commission for the referral in which will be used to pay for your free prize. Advertisers are happy, incentive site owners are happy, you the user will also be happy. Everyone gets paid. How much do referrals usually go for? Referral costs depends on the networks but generally a referral will earn you about $35 to $50 so referrals aren't cheap. If you don't like referring others then you can waste your time doing other free stuff like clicking on links for less than a penny a click. The choice is yours.

Michelle512 cashing out on Free4Me'z Zogopoints

Holy Free Gadgets

I am proud to announce the launch of Santa's new site, Gadgets. So what does the Gadgets site has to offer? Prizes includes only the latest hot tech gadgets ranging from pocket camcorders, portable DVD players, Blu Ray players, portable tablets, Sony PSP, portable GPS, and more! Be the first to sign up and participate in Santa's latest site and maybe even win January's referral contest. That $350 first prize could be yours!

What are you waiting for?

Starting Off With A Bang!

Santa sure knows how to start off the new year!

Santa has announced the 5 lucky winners of the referral contest for the month of December!

1st Place - $300 (Winner = user 238)
2nd Place - $100 (Winner = user 322)
3rd Place - $50 (Winner = user 255)
4th Place - $30 (Winner = user 172)
5th Place - $20 (Winner = user 249)

Too bad I didn't win! Luckily, Santa has announced a new referral contest for the month of January but this time Santa isn't giving away $500 but $600! I don't know about you but I'm all in for some free money!

Cheers to a great year!

The Dawn of A New Year

The past year has been a wild and crazy year for the freebie industry. If you didn't know, I was on hiatus from the freebie world for the past year because I had other things on my mind at the time. However, for the year 2009, I am going to get back into the freebie world and make at least $10,000 in freebies! In my first year of participating in freebies which was near the end of 2005, I was very active in freebie forums and referral swapping for about a year. My activeness paid off because I came out with over $7,000 in free stuff! Hard cash, computers, iPods, PSP, you name it, I got it all for free. So my goal for next year is to bring freebies back.

Free stuff can be yours too

JennyWren has made over $10,000 in 2008!

What are you waiting for?

Happy New Year!

<3 FreebieGossip

Step By Step

For those that are still confused on how the whole freebie process works, it is very simple and could not be anymore simpler. So here is a step by step guide for you to follow although there may be more or less to it depending on which network you choose but this is the basic gist of it.


How do I get my FREE gift?

Step 1. Sign up.

Step 2. Complete an offer.

Step 3. Refer others.

Step 4. Get your free gift.

Texastornadodeb can tell you that this is for real from V-Bux!

Cash Site vs Referral Site

There is another difference between what is called a cash site and a referral site that most people would not know about. Yes, obviously one has something to do with cash whereas the other has to do something with referrals. One thing that you may not be aware of has to do with the list of offers you can choose from. Some companies will not allow incentive sites to place their offers on a cash site so in a sense, cash sites have limited offers. The reason for this is because advertisers are protecting themselves against potential fraud among users. Sites offering cash rather than gifts are more likely to be hit with fraud because it takes less time to send cash than an item which allows companies less time to catch fraud. When it comes to catching fraud, time is of the essence. Fraud may not always be caught at first because it depends on when the fraud triggers alarms. Fraud is a major killer of most incentive sites which really ruins things for everybody including you, the one committing fraud. It is illegal and you may be prosecuted.

Bradenr jumping for joy with $75 from Free4Me

Santa's Staying In the US For Now

Apparently it was just an unfortunate false alarm due to the FAQ page on the SantasGiftsAllYear's DIY page stating that the DIY site was open to all countries which has not been removed from the page. As I have previously stated in an earlier post, the worldwide site was closed and now has been reborn as the DIY site but does not accept international users as of yet. The DIY site still possesses the 10% referral earnings so that's a plus. I am guessing it won't be long until the site will be back to being a worldwide site. So for now, everyone outside of the US just has to wait for Santa to come knocking.

SantasGiftsAllYear's first custom gift payout

Christmas is almost here!

Are you ready?

Santa's Going Worldwide Afterall

It was announced earlier that SantasGiftsAllYear closed its international site which disappointed alot of worldwide users because there are not many freebie sites out there for international users. Most freebie sites are only open to US and Canadian residents but even Canadians are limited on most networks. So not to disappoint the world, there is now a site open for users from all countries! The international site from SantasGiftsAllYear is also known as the Do It Yourself or DIY for short meaning you do not have to refer anyone in order to receive your free money. You can do the offers yourself but there is an incentive in referring others because you will receive 10% of your referral's earnings. So, users of the world, come one and all because Santa is waiting for you!

International cash site for the world so spread the joy!

Haroon cashing out on $490 from Trainn

Referral Bonuses

There are a few incentive sites where obtaining referrals will benefit you in more than one way. The typical sites will only put you one step closer to obtaining your free gift. However, there are a few networks out there that will give you another added incentive in obtaining referrals. Not only will you be one step closer to your free gift but also you will earn 10% off from your referrals! So imagine this, you're cashing out $100 and in order to obtain your $100 you need 2 referrals and they also want $100. When they cash out on their $100, you will not only get your $100 as well but also an extra $20 on top and so on and so on. It's extra money in your pocket without all of the extra work. It sounds great to me but of course the choice is up to you.

Juden enjoying his bonus pay from V-Bux

Alpha Omega Oh Mama!

It has come to my attention that a long time incentive site will be closing its doors officially on December 15th,2008. It has been around for years but unfortunately it has been forced to shut down. The owner, Benjette has not released as to why she is shutting the site down but for most sites, it is mainly due to scammers and users committing fraud and of course personal reasons. Fraud really ruins the freebie market because fraud may not always be caught at first so some scammers are able to cash out before it happens and when the affiliates notice the fraud that went on the affiliates would ultimately revoke the credit that was given and thus refuse to pay the site owners which ends up as a double whammy loss to the site owners. You may think that you're only really screwing the site owners over but really you're screwing everyone over including yourself because you will be marked and banned as a scammer and some networks will go and prosecute you for committing a crime. Anyways, back to Benjette, her site AnyGift4Free has settled as a grade B site and have given out a number of freebies. I have completed a few AnyGift4Free sites myself so I am sad to see it go. Thank you Benjette and AnyGift4Free for everything you have done!

In spite of it all, another incentive site has announced its revamp in motion. Peter of Free4Me has announced that Free4Me will receive a whole new face lift and will be moving to a whole new system. I wonder what this new system has in stored for us all! It has been announced that all pending referral credits have to hurry up and obtain their credit because only credits will transfer over to the new systems. You will keep your greens and your referrals so don't worry! As long as they receive credit that is. So hurry up and get those referrals to green!

Ringer37's first Trainn payout of $250!

Santa's Not Going Worldwide

It has come to my attention that SantasGiftsAllYear.com will no longer be available to international users as its international site has been pulled. The reason for the shut down of the international site was due to potential fraud because it is harder to fight against fraud overseas since being in the US we can easily verify the existence of a user's information. Don't fret at the shut down of the international site because all international users have been paid in full for their credits and referrals. So all is well and Santa's going to be giving out free greens for everyone that signs up for any of Santa's sites as long as you are not being referred under anyone. Free greens means that you would not have to do an offer yourself so all you have to do next is to refer others to sign under you and do offers and your free gift will soon be yours. Hurry and get your free greens for the month of December because an awesome promotion like this won't last forever and also be included in the sweepstakes.

Santa's coming to town

Neal1219 receives his V-Bux $60 payment fast!

Battle of the Network Owners

What do you look for in a network? Best customer support? Best gifts selection? Best referral/cash ratio? Best selection of offers? Sure, all are important but the most important factor in selecting a freebie site is the site owner's involvement. A site should not be run solely by its managers while the owner racks up all the cash. The site owner should do plenty and I do mean plenty of PR and be involved in every aspect of the business. Peter from Free4Me and Alan from Trainn are one of the best site owners out there. They are very involved and do not rely sole on their managers to handle all of their customer support. You can easily contact them if you wanted to and it wouldn't take you days of waiting either. They're there and they're answering your concerns.

Beatdown28 enjoying $415 from Trainn

Step 1, Step 2, Step Free

Freebie Gossip here and am ready to jump back into the freebie trading world. It has been over a year since I had done a referral swap so it's about time that I get back in the game because I'm on page 3 on the top traders list now so that's a total no no. Besides, I have 2 more sites that I want to finish and collect my $900 or so. Mama wants her PS3 baby.

Emoney cashes out on a Trainn site