Free-Giveaway Ideas Business Articles | November 21 wholesale air force 1 black , 2008 The first step involved in creating your free-giveaway is to decide which format you are going to provide your free product in. Learn the six different formats you can choose for your free-giveaway, as well as how to determine which format is best for you.
The first step involved in creating your free-giveaway deals with preparation. You need to decide which format you are going to provide your free product in.
There are basically 6 different formats you can choose for your free-giveaway. You can also combine a couple of the formats for more advanced free-giveaways but I would recommend keeping it simple and using the combination formats for products that you are going to sell.
Determining which format to use is dependent on several things:
o your target group: what do they need and how do they like to receive information?
o your objective: do you want something tangible to pass around?
o your level of technology: do you have a website that you can post a link to or do you have to send out hardcopies?
o your money and time resources: how much time and money do you have to spend on it?
o your preferred method of communication: do you like to write or prefer speaking?
o existing materials: are you going to transcribe an audio or video interview or do you have articles you can bundle together for a free-giveaway?
Here's a brief explanation of the 6 different formats - two in audiovideo and two in written format:
1. Audio MP3 recording
* you can send out a link in an email or have the link reside on your website
* you can record one longer session or break it into 5 - 7 smaller ones and send out over a one to two week period
2. Audio CD
* you can burn a CD and send out or hand out
3. Video MP3 recording
* you can send out a link in an email or have the link reside on your website
* you can record one longer session or break it into 5 - 7 smaller ones and send out over a few weeks
4. Video CD
* you can burn a CD and send out or hand out
5. Written electronic
* you can send out a link in an email or have the link reside on your website to a PDF document
6. Written hardcopy
* you can print off copies and send out or hand out
Take some time to figure out which format you feel would be the easiest wholesale air force 1 white , quickest and most affordable to do, as well as be the most valuable to your target group. Then mark off some time in your calendar and go to it!
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