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Go forth and get your free samples!

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Free samplesIt seems like just yesterday that we’ve first written about free samples, when we told you how to search for freebies and samples online.

Many blog entries later and now we feel like we’re confident enough that you know enough to start collecting your free samples. Always remember the following tips:

  • Keep a follow up log of your freebies
  • Read up on freebie scams so you can avoid them, and never pay for a sample
  • Keep your antivirus up to date
  • Never give your information other than your name and address

Just keep these simple pointers in mind, and you’re on your way to becoming a professional freebie collector. You can also reread our old blog entries on free samples for more detailed information and tips on collecting freebies.

On the case of the missing samples

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Missing samplesIn freebie hunting, we can’t avoid the random missing samples. Sometimes, a sample will never arrive. But what do you do when faced with missing samples?

Remember that on average, free samples take 2-6 weeks before they arrive. If the freebie is from overseas, meanwhile, it can take anywhere from 2-4 months before it arrives at your doorstep. What’s important for all freebies is to be patient and wait. But what if you have been patient, and it still has yet to arrive? What did you do wrong?

It’s not about you, really. There are some reasons a sample may not arrive, which include:

  • A mail mess up.
  • A company running out of samples.
  • Samples being backordered.
  • Incomplete sample request.
  • Computer glitch.

Communication is the key here: you can contact the company by phone, email, or letter. When contacting them, remember to let them know when you requested the sample, what sample you requested, and ask for the status of your sample. If you’ve made a log for your samples, then it should be relatively easy to find this information.

Visit our blog again next week for more in-depth articles about writing to the companies about the missing samples.

Interested in getting freebies? You can either get freebies and samples online or acquire freebies from companies directly.

How to search for free samples online

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Free samples It’s easy to find free samples through a simple web search if you know the right way to do it. The key to finding these giveaways? Simple: Use popular keywords in your search. Choosing the right keywords will allow you to find free items online. You can start with thinking of what kind of freebies or free samples you want to find.

But that’s not all. Searching for just “groceries”, for instance, will give you the following results:

  • Online grocery stores
  • Maps to grocery stores
  • Phone or contact details of grocery stores
  • Reviews for stores

So simply searching for “groceries” won’t find you freebies. Searching for “coffee samples”, meanwhile, will give you results that relate to both coffee and coffee samples. However, you can narrow the search down even further through typing in “free coffee sample” in your search engine. Eventually you will get the hang of getting the right keywords to pull up links to the freebies you want.

One of the online tools you can use is the Google Keyword Tool. This tool can help you get new keywords for the search term you’re using. Using it is simple: all you need to do is to type in your word or short phrase (for example, “free coffee sample”), and it will give you a list of similar or related keywords. Now you can choose from dozens of new keywords to start a new search for free samples!