Showing posts with label free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Try Before You Buy

Have you ever purchased a book and wished you'd bought a latte instead?  I have.  There are a number of books on my bookshelf partially read.  They may have been only $5.00 each, but I would have enjoyed a Caramel Frappe' much more.
I want to share an opportunity with you today.  Our John 3:16 Network Marketing group is going to publish a book in e-format.  Fifty authors have been invited to submit the first chapter of their book to be published in one book.  A reader will be able to read the first chapter of 50 books FREE.  Then if you want to read the rest of the book, you will be given a link to purchase it online.  Below are some of the details from our fearless Lorilyn.  Please click on the blue John 3:16 banner at the bottom of the page for more details.
Our first e-book, Fifty First Chapters From Christian Authors, a New Way to Sample Christian Books, will be released on December 15 (or sooner). To receive your free copy, all you need to do is sign up to receive our e-zine. Enjoy reading the first chapter of fifty books by fifty authors AT NO COST. Nothing like beginning a new book that whets your appetite for more. You won’t have to travel to a book store or surf the web to find the kind of book you want. We have made it easy for you to sample a large assortment of all kinds of books while drinking your latte at Starbucks, at home curled up on the sofa, or during your lunch break at work.

Our John 3:16 Marketing Network authors are known and unknown, young and old, first-time published and multi-published, standard-industry published, self-published, and Print-On-Demand published. Our goal is to glorify God in our writings and help each other to promote books with a Christian worldview. If you are interested, please sign up for our mailing list. On December 15 (maybe earlier), you will be emailed a coupon to get your free copy. We will also be posting previews of chapters ahead of the launch at http://john316mn.blogspot.com. More information will be forthcoming.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

My New Answer to Solicitors

I received a phone call last week--and yes I am on the Do Not Call list.  This solicitor could call because he wasn't selling anything.  He was giving me a gift.  The call went like this:

Caller: We want to thank you for being such a good customer by sending you one round trip airline ticket to anywhere in the Continental United States.  We will be mailing it out to (Address) and it should arrive next week.  Now we would also like to give you 5 free magazines.  Which ones would you like?

Me:  I don't want any magazines.

Caller:  They are free.  The publishers are giving them away to promote the magazines.  If you don't want them, you could give them away.  Now would you like ABC or DEF magazine?

Me:  I don't want any magazines.

Caller:  Well what about your husband?  Does he have any hobbies?  We have plenty of magazines on hobbies.

This phone conversation continued with me repeating several times that I didn't want any magazines.
It ended with me ordering 5 free magazines just to get off the phone. 

Caller:  Now all we ask is that you help out with the shipping and handling because it is so expensive.  We ask that you pay $47.59 in handling for the free magazines.

Me:  I DON'T WANT THE MAGAZINES!

Caller:  Have a nice day. (click)

I never got the plane ticket. 

I have decided that the next time I get a call like this I am going to turn the tables.  You see, I live in an area of the country where alligators live in abundance.  The next time I get a call, it is going to go like this:

Caller:  We want to thank you for being such a good customer by sending you....

Me:  I want to thank you for being so nice.  So I am going to go out, capture an alligator and mail it to you.

Caller:  I don't want an alligator.

Me:  It is free.


Caller:  What would I do with an alligator?

Me:  It is some of the best meat you have ever eaten.  Where would you like it sent?

Caller:  I don't want the alligator.

Me:  I am sending it to you free.  All I ask is that you pay the shipping, handling and dry ice.  Now it will cost you $65.89.  How would you like to pay for it?

Caller:  I don't want the alligator.

Me:  It should arrive next week.

Caller:  I DON'T WANT AN ALLIGATOR.

Me:  Have a nice day. (Click)