Managing Free Giveaways to Consumers

David Ewen

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A way to increase sales involves effectively using giveaways as in incentive to buy for the consumer. Incentives come in the form of urgency and sampling. The urgency demonstrates a limitation that consumers have to buy. This means limited time or a limited amount available. The free giveaway shows what and opportunity lost. Some consumers get a free giveaway while others will not. That giveaway provides testimonials to other people about the quality of product demonstrated. If consumers know that free giveaways have limitations, then intuitively, they know that products sold have limitations too.

Effective businesses use giveaways to educate the consumer population of their products. The sale of products or consumables covers the cost of giveaways. A business should never lose money on giveaways. The pricing of products and consumables offered to the public factors in the price of the free giveaway. Before releasing products to the market, a business creates a price point bearable by the consumer market and factors in a certain quantity of giveaways. The giveaways consist of a sampling of the final product. This sampling educates the consumer of what they can have. A giveaway takes the place of displaying a product as if in a showcase.

Other types of giveaways include a full complete product. Not many consumers benefit from a complete free giveaway. A contest or raffle gives values of a free giveaway and demonstrates the full product to a consumer. Consumers who win and achieve a product through a contest tend to more likely share the excitement of a winning. This gives positive value to the product. A product given away free has no value. A product or content requires effort and exhibits greater appreciation by the consumer.

Other giveaways include a sampling of products so that consumers educate themselves on products available. The purpose of a sample collection serves to share the best products available. Often giveaway samples end up shared among consumers for a greater distribution. Consumers tend to share a collection sample of products and keep what they like best and give others away. Therefore, a sample collection distributes to a larger audience.
 
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animeshe14

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Really nice post. I myself becomes a impulsive buyer whenever a company/business provides giveaways. For a consumer it gives an impression that we are getting more from what our money is worth because we are buying the product or service at regular price but still we are getting something extra. Discounts have the same effect on consumers.
 
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