I’m very late with my first post of 2013, but a lot has happened since my last post in November 2012.

Here’s a clue

Yes, my daughter Tara-Kayleigh was born at the end of November 2012   so she’s now nearly 4 months old. Read the rest of this entry

{ Updated 9th Nov} – NB The original Bonuses have now all gone and a different one is now on offer

I made a crazy offer to my subscribers a few days ago – co-host your own JV Giveaway for under $5.   Most JV Giveaway Events get at least a few hundred subscribers – has to be worth a lot more than $5!

 http://www.keithpurkiss.com/stsbonus/

Needless to say people grabbed this offer fast and the 50 I offered are nearly gone already.

I set this up as a special bonus for John Thornhill’s Simple Traffic Solutions  -  incredible value at just $4.95 for a comprehensive traffic course!

I didnt want to just offer a ton of digital downloads – I want to give something unique and useful, like getting you a list of hundreds of subscribers for free, and severla other JV Giveaway related bonuses.

This is a win-win offer.  You build a list, and I get on John’s leaderboard

The bonus is delivered mainly through a secret Facebook group and this is a great chance to network with other marketers and build relationships for the future.

I have to put a lot of work into setting up all the events so this does have to be limited – the only way I could offer more is if some remain unclaimed.

Don’t miss out.

Here’s the bonus page again:

 http://www.keithpurkiss.com/stsbonus/
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Following the success of my last JV Giveaway (The Original Products Giveaway eBook Special) which had over 1500 signups I’m going straight into my next event, which looks like being much bigger.

If you’re not already signed up here’s the link (There over $1200 of cash prizes)

http://originalproductsgiveaway.com/gifts/go/2/jv

This time I’ve increased the prizes, and got top quality graphics from GFX1.   The last event I got them from Fiverr.com which isn’t really good enough.

I’m going to continue running  JV Giveaways and starting to run Mini-Giveaways which help everyone build their lists.

If you’re looking to do the same here’s a few tips

Before you start build relationships with other marketers.

Help them out – offer to do things for them free, promote their products, and take part in their events.

If you don’t do that why would they help you?  A lot of people just set up an event before anyone really knows who they are – that isn’t likely to work.

Join skype rooms and facebook group and take part in giveaways and mini-giveaways.

If you’re in mini giveaway events try to stand out – make sure you reach the minimum number of clicks required and preferably over-deliver.  Then people will want to work with you.  If you under deliver they will most likely avoid you.

If you do adswaps or sell solo ads make sure you over-deliver in those too.

Then when you do run an event you’ll be surprised how well it goes.   I expected to get 300 or 400 average signups that most  giveaways get nowadays but got 1500.

Last of all if you offer cash prizes make sure you pay them out on time, for my last event mine were paid out within 24 hours.   That definately makes people want to be in your next event.

Good luck with your marketing…

I’m not sure where the time has gone – it’s been 3 months since my last post.

I’ve now been married for two months…

But back to IM and the question in the title – do JV Giveaways still work.

Most events are now quite small. However I join them all quickly using Push Button Giveaways and buy the upgrade in most events. This allows me to add multiple gifts quickly and I add a mixture from my main list of around 15.

I’ve just checked my stats and just one of my gifts has added over 1,000 subscribers to my list just from Giveaways
in the past year.  A few from each event soon adds up.

And I have other gifts building lists, and also gain subscribers from Text Adverts and Special Offers,  they definately do work, but you have to put in some effort and keep at it  (most people forget to tell you about the work you need to put in).

Because I’ve been getting some good results I decide to run another event myself with Randy Smith.

If you haven’t already joined you can signup here and join the hundred other people building their lists for free:

http://originalproductsgiveaway.com/summer/go/4/jv

Would you like to run your own event?

I’m considering hosting a limited number of JV Giveaway events on behalf of clients on my server similar to the event above (so sign up and have a good look at that one) .   I’ll set these up and help with any issues, and  I will add it to Push Button Giveaways and that guarantees you some JV partners.

Co-Host an event with me?

This isn’t going to be for a little while as I have some details to work out but this will be a bigger event.  There will be four co-hosts who will get all the JVs and Members added to their list.   This will be a much larger investment than the running your own event option as the payments from partners will go towards a big prize fund to attract promoters.

I’m posting this as a warning for other marketers (or anyone using Paypal).

My Paypal account has been suspended and this could happen to more or less anyone not just the high profile people already affected  – I don’t have $1000s going into my account each day.

What caused it?

Nobody except Paypal know the details of what triggers an investigation and possible suspension.

I don’t have any open disputes (in fact the history only shows 12 total in 8 years).

I haven’t just withdrawn a lot of money and had a high balance – withdrawing money or having a low balance could be regarded as a risk by Paypal since they are liable for refunds if their is no not sufficent money in your account.

Looking at my account I had no disputes, and the last transaction was a refund via JV Zoo.  This may be a coincidence or it could be a trigger.

The message on my account says

“ We have recently reviewed your account and have noticed that you are still selling items on your website that violate our Acceptable Use Policy.

We value your custom and ask that you remove all items from your website that violate our Acceptable Use Policy. Until you do so, your account access will be limited. ”

The websites listed are a JV Giveaway site (not mine) and the Warrior Forum.

The Warrior Forum is listed because I have sold WSO via WSO Pro and JV Zoo, and my contact details are not on the WSO pages.

The Giveaway Site is because when I promote events as a contriubtor  and get sell paypal commission payments and it doesnt have your seller’sdetails etc on the site.  This also applies to special offers although you could include your details on the page for those.

Message for JV Giveaway Organisers.

Most events work on a split pay system with some payments going to the organiser and some to contributors.  The problem is when the payment goes to the contributor  the ‘sellers’ details ie the contributor’s are not included.  This breaks paypal rules – most organisers also break the rules by not having their own details on the sites.

My suggestion to all organisers is to set the script so that they get all payments, and then pay contributors at the end of events. Contributors paypal accounts are all at risk otherwise.

I’m not going to post the JV Giveaway listed on my account because this applies to most events, and this is a general warning about JV Giveaways not an attack on one site.