Frequently Asked Questions for Donors
Can I put my contact information in my gift?
Can I request email addresses before giving my gift?
How do I put a value on my gift? I may be currently giving it away for free?
Can I still use it?
May I offer a discount on a product to 1-2-3 Gift For Me customers?
What types of files do you accept?
I want to donate a video. Is that possible?
Can I direct people to my site to download the gift and/or capture names?
What is the deadline for gift submission?
Can I submit more than one gift?
Can I limit the number of physical products I donate?
Do I have to provide a sample of my physical product?
How should I describe my gift?
What will the gift description look like. Can I use special formatting for my listing?
Do you have international participants?
I am a service provider. How may I participate as a gift donor?
May I submit an e-course as a gift?
I'm having trouble uploading my gift. What should I do?
What happens to my gift once it is submitted?
Why are you doing the 1-2-3 Gift For Me site?
Who is the target audience of 1-2-3 Gift For Me?
How many participants will join the campaign?
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Q. Can I put my contact information in my gift?
A. Yes, you're encouraged to include your contact information to drive traffic to your site. If participants find your gift valuable, they will want to know more about you and what else you offer. The better quality gift you donate, the more people will want it, be impressed with the quality when they receive it, and go to your site for more. Be sure to check that all of the links in your PDF file are working. Please keep in mind that if your gift is digital it must be approximately 90% content. Sales letters added onto products will not be accepted.
Q. Can I request email addresses before giving my gift?
A. No. You'll want to make your gift so valuable that people will want to visit your site to learn more and sign up for your list. We feel very strongly about keeping the customer experience during downloading their gifts as simple as possible. This campaign is designed attract a great many people, and ease of use is very important to achieve this.
Q. How do I put a value on my gift? May I currently be giving it away for free? Can I still use it?
A. Yes, that's fine. It can be something you are currently giving away for free, as long as it's something of value you could honestly sell. If you sold it in the past and people happily paid for it, it's definitely appropriate. The question to ask is, "If somebody interested in this topic paid money for this, would they be happy with their purchase? Would your customer feel he received a fair value?" If the answer is yes, then it's perfect.
If you are giving it away for free, it should not be given a value of more than $10. If you are giving away sample chapters of a larger book, the value must reflect the amount of content given rather than price of the full the book.
Q. May I offer a discount on a product to 1-2-3 Gift For Me customers?
A. Yes, you may. A discount as a gift is welcome, as well as general discounts to online stores. To do this, submit a PDF gift certificate that includes the necessary details on how to purchase your product with the discount. On the submission form, put the value of the discount in the field "Gift Value". In the comment section, put the actual discount, for example: 15% discount. In your Gift Description be sure to explain the discount more fully.
Q. What types of files do you accept?
A. We accept PDF and MP3 files up to 10 MB in size. If your file is larger than 10 MB, you may zip it and upload the zip file. Zip files may not contain files other than PDF and/or mp3 files. Executable files, Excel files, Word files, etc. are not to be submitted in zip files. If you have a file type other than PDF or mp3, please create a PDF file containing a link to the downloadable gift on your site and upload the PDF file via the gift submission form.
Q. I want to donate a video. Is that possible?
A. Yes, it is possible to have a video as a gift. Create a PDF with a description of your video, with a way to download or access the video. The customer must be able to access the video from this page without supplying an email address. It must allow for straightforward access.
Q. Can I direct people to my site to download the gift and/or capture names?
A. To make for the best, easiest, and simplest experience for the participants, all gifts will be hosted on the 123GFM site and downloaded directly from there. If members were required to click to new sites and opt into lists to claim their gifts, it would not be an experience worth telling others about. However, if you have a great, appealing description and your gift delivers value that makes people want more from you, then you can greatly benefit with traffic, subscribers, and sales from the tens of thousands of 123GFM members over the coming months. Just make sure your site information is available in/with your gift.
Q. What is the deadline for gift submission?
A. We expect to continue accepting gifts throughout the project which is scheduled to launch in this fall. To get your product to all the participants - including the initial rush at launch - you'll want to submit your gift as soon as possible. Gifts will be listed by category in the order in which they are received.
Q. Can I submit more than one gift?
A. Absolutely. The more gifts submitted, the more value you will get out of the campaign.
Q. Can I limit the number of physical products I donate?
A. The campaign is designed to allow you to designate the number of physical gifts you donate. You are responsible for notifying when your gifts are claimed and you no longer want to offer them. Special instructions will be sent (via email) to donors who offer physical products.
Q. Do I have to provide a sample of my physical product?
A. Yes. We are making an effort to accept only high quality gifts. We want to be sure that people requesting your product receive what they're promised in your description.
Q. How should I describe my gift?
A. Be clear about what you're offering. This is your first opportunity to have a customer want to know more about you and your business. Be sure to give your PDF file a unique name that relates to your gift. File names that say 123gift will be confused with other gifts. File names cannot contain special characters. See the example page for some sample descriptions.
Q. What will the gift description look like. Can I use special formatting for my listing?
A. See this sample page. All gift descriptions will be done in a uniform style, without any special formatting or images for individual gifts.
Q. Do you have international participants?
A. Yes. If your gift is designed to work in a specific geographic region, please indicate this in your description. If you donate a physical product and do not want to ship internationally, please indicate it clearly in your gift description and your certificate.
Q. I am a service provider. How may I participate as a gift donor?
A. You may donate a free introductory service or a discount on your service. For example, a 20% discount on web site design or a 50% discount on a coaching session. To do this, submit a PDF gift certificate that includes the necessary details on how to access your service and use the discount. The value of this gift is the value of the service or discount.
Q. May I submit an e-course as a gift?
A. We would love to have your e-course. It must be in the form of a PDF file that can be uploaded to our server. We are dedicated to our customers having a wonderful experience, therefore we do not allow email addresses to be collected to receive their gifts. In the long run this will work in your favor, because it will help the viral component of 1-2-3 Gift For Me and will bring more exposure to the gift you donate.
You may put a footer on each page of your ebook/pdf file that includes a working link back to your site. Where relevant in your product, mention other resources of yours that are available on your site.
Q. I'm having trouble uploading my gift. What should I do?
A. If you're using FireFox, you may want to try using Internet Explorer to upload your gift. If this does not solve the problem, with all of the information required on the submission form included in the email.
If you have trouble emailing your file, have it available for Donor Support to download and specify the download location in your email.
File names cannot contain special characters.
You may at any time. Please be as specific as possible about exactly what you trying to do, what type of system and browser you're using, and what the result was.
Q. What happens to my gift once it is submitted?
A. Every gift, digital and physical, is looked at by a team of evaluators for appropriate content, accurate description, and value. Gifts must follow the guidelines to be accepted. Content that is illegal, obscene, or objectionable is rejected. Gifts must provide value on their own and not be solely marketing material. Gifts must not require an email address. All links back to donor site must be functional.
Donors are sent a submission notice when the gift is received.
Q. Why are you doing the 1-2-3 Gift For Me site?
A. First, as a free way for customers, subscribers, members, and friends of Nitro Marketing to get more free traffic, subscribers, and customers for their own online businesses.
Second, as a great example of what is possible with viral marketing, new emerging marketing trends nobody is talking about, and the power of publicity and a good idea.
Third, the underlying theme that inspired the entire idea for the site is the universal law of "sowing and reaping... giving and receiving" - that by giving freely to others, the returns come back many fold. Gift donors will definitely experience this, and the customers will see it on a huge scale. They give just $1.23, but receive a tremendous amount of value in return.
Q. Who is the target audience of 1-2-3 Gift For Me?
A. The general Internet population, curious about a wide variety of topics. This is not only for Internet marketers or Internet marketing products. If you have a valuable gift, we will find the audience that wants it. Not every customer may be interested in what you offer, but a portion will download your gift.
Q. How many participants will join the campaign?
A. Due to the mass appeal, we anticipate tens of thousands participants. The campaign is designed to be very viral. Donors are encouraged to promote 1-2-3 Gift For Me to their lists and put a link on their site to increase the traffic and benefit us all.
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