Airlines Cutting Back on the Freebies
In a pivitol moment in time when a plethera of the huge mainstream airlines have been severely reducing their former freebies like soft drinks, movies and snacks while simultaneously forcing us you pay absurd and ridiculous amounts just for necessities like checking our bags on board the flight, it is indeed comforting (to many, anyway) to know that at least they are adding a few new cool features here and there:
For example, Inews reports confirm that the huge passenger carrier United Airlines is setting up some of their jumbo jets to accommodate flyers who wish to use their iPods and iPhones. Additional detail about this story and other related news may be found over at the
Merlin news Weblog In other iPod related news, the iPod dock now includes digital optical audio. More related Tech related News will be covered in upcoming articles.
According to a report on that truly awesome online tech resource which we know of as Tech World Magazine, The 170iTransport has been created to allow the iPod to act as a component in a tip top audio/video home entertainment system. It features, among other things digital audio output connector. As you probable already know the dock allows permits you to charge the iPod.
They are planning to equip their international flights with new entertainment systems that are equipped with a 30-pin connector that will attach to the dock connector on the iPod or iPhone.
Zurich on June 16th, there has been no report on how iPod users found this new way of using their iPods on the flight to date.
For it's part, UA is planning to have all of their international flights fitted with the new systems within the next two years or so. This service is planned to be installed in first class as well as the business class.
The personal TV has approximately a 16-inch screen and with the docking connection it will allow passengers to watch their own programs and movies on a larger screen.
Labels: business, charge, digital optical audio, Magazine, system
Auction Freebies
For those looking for auction freebies,
I have found a nice resource at http://www.freeauctionhelp.com
which features free eBay auction templates and related freebies........
Here you can get free auction templates, auction software reviews auction tips for sellers and buyers alike,
information on how to make money on Ebay and my very favorite, online auction forums.
As a matter of fact the forum has quite a bit of helpful information about Payment Processors,
Drop Shipments, Wholesale Goods, Liquidation, Online Auction Books, Training, Software
as well as general auction discussions. There are also some informative
articles on the subject plus Auction Buyer Quick Tips. If you are a webmaster,
you should take a peak at this site as it may be well worth your while.
Oh and there is also a free auction forum too!
New Freebies Article
The internet is evolving and changing all the time,
and the free resources, free samples and other freebies which are
available on the web are likewise changing constantly.
As a matter of fact, the only constant in life is change, and the internet is
merely a reflection of real life.
In addition to the ever-evolving world wide web, Freebies also
change over time because of other factors, such as economic reasons. For example, before
the bursting of the technology bubble earlier in the decade,
there were a lot of extra freebies being offered by dot com startups.
These various internet startups had an abundance of spending money that was largely funded
by Wall Street, despite unrealistic profit expectations. So these cash rich dot com companies threw
money at website visitors in the hope that they would eventually be return visitors and possibly customers as well.
This money took the form of excessive freebies including free internet access from AOL (who didn't see their CD-Roms lying around Post offices and other places) and even high speed internet access by Netzero as well as
a plethera of free downloads of almost every conceivable kind. It really got ridiculous because it got to the point where
many regular internet users expected everything for free and were unwilling to pay for anything, knowing they could eventually find a site offering a one time freebie or
perhaps a one-time sample if they surfed and searched the web long enouph. Or you could often find a site that allowed you to download pay software for free, at least for a time.
But ultimately not enouph of these tire kickers and freebies fanatics came back or ordered to make it all profitable and one by one these freebies disintegrated
as it was realized that the vast majority of the people filling out these forms just wanted the proverbial free lunch.
A few profitable ones remain to this day, such as the famous jelly bean free samples. But most faded away over time, especially as the dot com bubble burst wide open
as it came to be realized in Wall Street and beyond that many of these dot coms were never going to be profitable.
So following that rouph and tumble crash a few companies survived and thrived, such as Amazon, Ebay and America Online.
Of course, there are still a variety of free samples, free coupons and other types of freebies available online,
just not in the same numbers as in the pre-crash era. It is still relatively easy to find websites that will send you free samples of
candy, pet food, beauty products and various household freebies such as toothpaste and shampoo.
In addition, free hosting sites still exist, and you can find sites which offer webmaster freebies like
screensavers, fonts, clipart & various graphics, multimedia freebies, travel coupons, software downloads and the like.
Although fewer overall freestuff is available, in a strange way it is easier to find the freebies that exist than ever before.
A lot of this is due to the improved effeciency and relevency of the big search engines. When you type in free anything these days to
a major search engine they are getting smarter and giving you what you are looking for.
Blog Art.
If you wish to start blogging, the process is probably
easier than you might have thought. I have helped a
number of people get started, and often they are very
intimidated and seem to let the slightest obstacle
upset them to the point where they almost give up. But
in reality, you can learn how to be a blogger in a
very short period of time, typically a few hours or
less depending on the level you wish to proceed at.
Your first step is deciding which kind of blog, or web
log, you wish to launch. You will generally want a
business, news or personal blog. If want the latter,
then one of the blog freebies' services such as
blogger or myspace will be adequate.
In this case you simply sign up for a free account,
choose the name for your blog, choose a template (this
part is self explanatory. Generally you just point and
click your selection among several possible choices)
and perhaps choose a "skin" which is sort of like a
background or wallpaper.
Then you simply start posting. Although this is one of the easiest steps, some people have difficulty here because they cannot find the button. It is different on a lot of different blogs but ii often is identified as 'Creat Post' or 'Create Blog' but it can occasionally be different. You will know you found it when a blank screen with a subject line pops up, much like an email form.
If you are starting a business web log, and you would like to use a free blog, you may want to go with Blogger because they are easily integrated with Google Adwords and you can post your blog entries directly to your website if you choose. They also allow for an unlimited number of posts. If you don't mind spending a little bit of money for your business blog then I would probably recommend Moveable Type or Type Pad but there are several other good ones depending on your specific business needs.
Home Freebies
In a new Freebies article from MSNBC,
Home builders around the country are luring potential home buyers with freebies worth thousands and thousands of dollars, in an attempt to prop up sales in a rapidly cooling real estate market.
Pulte Homes Incorporated, for example is now offering a forty two inch TV, free heat for 6 months or a five thousand dollar check for window coverings to some buyers. Ryan Homes will finish the basement free. NVHomes will throw in a golf club membership in some developments.
"Incentives are most assuradly on the rise," said Kenneth Wenhold of real estate research firm MetroStudy. He estimated that since July alone, when the market began to soften, buyer traffic at new-home projects has fallen off some thirty percent and so have contracts.
New Article
Find out which type of blog host you may need and if you should go with a pay service or not.
By now the vast majority of web users, even the novices, are quite aware what weblogs, more commonly known as blogs, are and how to use them.
They have finally made it into the mainstream awareness of the internet community at large. In fact, it seems like there are blog communities for everything now
and everyone from teens to grandparents have their own blog.
We know what they are but what is more of a grey area is is deciding precisely the weblog host to use and whether you should go with a paid or
freebie service. There are really numerous no-cost providers in existense, and typically they have everything most bloggers will require.
Much depends on whether you are going to use your weblog for a commercial venture or if you plan on using it only as a personal blog.
If you plan to use it for the latter, then really virtually any free blog hosting service should work alright.
Certain blog providers that have very simple set-up features include Bloglines.com (an enormous blogging community where submissions are unlimited),
Blogdrive.com (also very easy to use) and 20six.co.uk which is based in England but may be used for free by anyone anywhere.
They have a quick set-up. As a matter of fact, they claim to get you 'blogging within 2 minutes'! And there are indeed a plethera other free blog hosts
which can also do the job for the personal blogger including blogtiger.com, myspivo.com, jcsearch.com and also blogsome.com.
Now if you are going to build a commercial blog, then you will want to consider a different set of factors altogether.
If you plan to monetize your blog with Adsense, as an example, then Blogspot.com may be your best bet. They are one of the oldest
blog hosts as well as being one of the easier ones to use, plus they have a convinient feature which inserts your adsense
code into the page template at the push of a button so that every page you create automatically runs your adsense ad, and it will customize the shape and color of the ad to fit your particular webpage.
And you probably already are aware that adsense already customizes the actual ad word copy to fit the text subject matter of your site.
These features let you concentrate fully on creating you blog and not hassling with all the little technical details
you usually have to deal with. Blogspot has a lot of the web creation tools you will require for a business blog.
You can also easily change the web templates to match your style and/or color preferences, and there are many options available in that arena. They are thus a top choice. I can also recommend blurty.com which is also quite simple to set up, with no major technical knowledge needed.
They also do not put any ads on your weblog so you can run your own ads without all the competition.
There is no limit to the number of blog pages and they automatically make your website url's a live link.
Other quality free blog hosts include bloghorn.com, tonguewag.com and messagemonster.com.
Freebies Article
Here is a fresh Freebies Article about finding Freebies, Free Samples, Free Webmaster tools and related Freebies on the World Wide Web. You may have always wondered just what the "catch" was regarding these freebies.
If you are brand new to the world wide web and have been looking around using the search sites, web directories and other such resources, you may have noticed that if you look long and hard enouph you will see various free things like free samples, free information booklets, free downloads, clip-art discount coupons
and a broad array of other free or nearly free deals known as 'freebies' or perhaps 'freebees'.
Yes the internet has been stocked with freebies since basically day one. As a matter of fact there has probably never been a superior timeto be a freebies' seeker than right now.
And of course, finding freebies is a great deal of fun! Who would not enjoy having loads of freestuff mailed to them such as candy, hotel vouchers,
feminine products, shampoo and gift certificates just by filling out a brief survey
when it is convienent for you? If you already have a website or want one, you may find free website hosts,
free blog hosting services such as Blogger and free webmaster tools like free downloads, free scripts or templates, free content such as articles and newsfeeds for your site, traffic counters
and a wide array of related freebies. You usually just need to go to your favorite search engine and type in "free _ _ _ _ _ _" and what you want will pop up. Needless to say, as with any good thing in life, there is a certain catch.
We all know by now that you rarely get something for nothing. When you apply for a freebie you obviously have to fill out a form with your mailing information
and sometimes a survey as well. Therein lies the catch. There is no such thing as a free lunch, after all. There is usually a very good reason these items are offered for free.
They also will naturally have your contact information from the survey and now will know what appeals to you.
You will quite possibly get related offers sent to you from time to time, and these probably will not be free.
If you apply for free samples such as, say for example lipstick, you can reasonably expect to get product brochures, sales catalogs or some other type of
correspondence that relates to lipstick. This does not have to be a negative thing, however, as many individuals actaully want to be updated regarding
products that they are interested in. In the majority of cases then, it is a win-win situation. But in certain cases, you might get inundated with too much correspondence
and, ahem perhaps even spam. maybe a lot if you
fill out dozens or hundreds of freebies forms, like I have (it is my job). I have a tip that can help you here, however.
Get a "throwaway" email account from a free email provider such as Yahoo or Hotmail and use that when you fill in the surveys.
This will prevent your primary email box from getting filled up with unwanted mail. Your postal address? Well you have to use that if you are requesting free samples.
But postal mail is getting more expensive and junk mail mostly comes the electronic route these days. Most firms will not be able to afford to send you much
junk via regular mail.
Welcome
hi everyone,
just want to welcome you to the Freebies and Free Samples Web Log,
where I will attempt to keep you updated on the latest news and reports related to the world of Freebies, Free Samples, Free Offers, Free Promotions and just general Freestuff. Bookmark us now because this blog will be updated regularly with new freebie offers as they come in.
