Here is my detailed guide to signing-up to a giveaway event, as a contributor.

DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION

If you haven’t already done so, you will need to register a domain name (preferably www(dot)yourname(dot)com) and build your own WordPress Blog. Whilst this isn’t essential for contributing to a giveaway, you will need a blog if you’re serious about forging a career in the Internet Marketing niche.

Every successful Internet Marketer that I know of has his own blog, plus you will need a site to host your free gifts for the giveaway so it’s a no brainer isn’t it?

I won’t be covering how to set up and build your WordPress blog in this post but I would advise you to use Namecheap to register your domain and Hostgator to host it.

It only costs $9.69 per annum to register a single domain with Namecheap plus ther is a freely available discount voucher for 88cents.

“88 cents? are you sure?”

Not the biggest discount but it equates to just under 10%, which is not to be sniffed at.

Just google “Namecheap coupon February (or whatever month it is) 2010? and you will find the discount voucher. Currently the voucher code is NCSPRING which will expire by the end of March 2010.

If you require help in building a blog then check out the resource box below.

HOSTING

I thoroughly recommend that you use Hostgator for this service. Check out their “Baby Croc” deal whereby they will host an unlimited amount of your domains for the princely sum of about $89 per annum. Hostgator have a world renowned customer service record and their help tutorial videos are a great resource.

Hostgator have a live one to one instant message facility, which I have used on 3 seperate occasions. Each time the representative sorted out my problem with a minimum of fuss. There are other companies out there but I’ll stick with what I know thank you very much.

Again, discount coupons of as much as 20% are available if you use the magic of Google. If you’re reading this in March 2010 then try the code “TOPHOST”

CHANGE DNS

“Change what Cliff?”

Namecheap have their own domain name servers (DNS) which need to be changed over to those supplied by Hostgator. Ignore this advice if you intend to use the same company for both registering and hosting your domain.

Hostgator do have a great tutorial video for this. Follow the link at the bottom for more information.

AUTORESPONDER SERVICE

It won’t be long now before you can start building your own list. But how are you going to mail to them and store their details? An autoresponder, that’s how.

Aweber offer the most professional service in this field in my opinion. They’re not the cheapest but they are the market leader for a good reason.

A subscription to Aweber will set you back $1 for the first month, followed by about $16 per month.

GIVEAWAY PRODUCT

You now need to have a product, or products to offer as gifts in the giveaway event(s) so that you can start to build your list.

If you haven’t got your own product, there are plenty of free and low cost eBooks available to use on the internet. Look for products with MRR (Master Resale Rights) or PLR (Private Label Rights).

Make sure that the product that you choose is of a reasonable standard. As there is a lot of rubbish flying around!

SQUEEZE & DOWNLOAD PAGE CREATION

Click on the link below to find your way to a video made by my friend and former student of Alex Jeffreys, Paul Hooper.

That’s it then, how to be a giveaway event joint venture contributor. Not that difficult was it? Remember this little nugget that my mentor, Alex Jeffreys told me…”Don’t get it right, just get it going”. Have fun!

Follow Cliff Truss at where you will discover an abundance of Internet Marketing Resources. His page about contributing to giveaway events can be found at . You have his blessing to reproduce this article but don’t alter it in any way and publish it in its entirety.

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