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I have a friend that owned a telemarketing agency who recently decided to retire. He has a fairly large supply of Vacation Certificates that he had used for a couple years now to "upgrade" his customers to the next higher package they provided. Basically, for about $10, he's was able to sell an extra $400 worth of services.

I've always seen businesses that offered these types of "rewards" for signing up to their newsletter, or raffeling them off in a business card drop, etc. but I never realized that they were able to get these vacation/hotel stays for so cheap.

Has anyone used these before, or anything like them? Do they really work like the testimonials claim?

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A short, practical take for : vacation‑type certificates and other prize incentives can produce a fast bump in signups, but they often bring noise — prize‑chasers, serial entrants and bots — not buyers. Given the skepticism from and , treat any voucher campaign as a controlled experiment with explicit success criteria rather than assuming testimonials prove long‑term ROI. Controlled experiments on the web (Kohavi et al.).

How to run it like a marketer (apply these before spending): randomize traffic so half sees the voucher and half doesn’t; use unique coupon codes or one‑time redemption URLs per channel; push redemptions and coupon usage into analytics/CRM so conversion-to-paid, cost-per-acquisition, redemption rate and LTV can be measured and compared. Instrumenting promotions in GA4 (or the chosen analytics) makes these comparisons straightforward. Track internal promotions with GA4 (MeasureSchool).

Controls to protect list quality: require email verification, CAPTCHA or social auth, limit redemptions per IP/device, and consider phone confirmation for higher‑value offers. Use fraud filters and manually review suspicious winners — giveaway fraud (bots, “serial sweepers”) is common and will wreck metrics and reputation if ignored. How to spot and block fake giveaway entries (Viral Loops).

Legal/vendor notes and quicker alternatives: sweepstakes/contests have disclosure and “no purchase necessary” rules and state‑level traps — consult guidance before running multi‑state or high‑value prizes. Vet voucher suppliers for complaints (BBB and consumer alerts show many travel‑voucher/timeshare bait‑and‑switch cases) and insist on written terms and refundable policies before buying inventory. FTC advertising guidance for contests and sweepstakes and a sample complaint history (BBB) are useful starting points. (If the priority is quality leads, targeted discounts, short free trials or small paid acquisition tests often outperform broad prize offers.)

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I have a friend that owned a telemarketing agency who recently decided to retire. He has a fairly large supply of Vacation Certificates that he had used for a couple years now to "upgrade" his customers to the next higher package they provided. Basically, for about $10, he's was able to sell an extra $400 worth of services.

I've always seen businesses that offered these types of "rewards" for signing up to their newsletter, or raffeling them off in a business card drop, etc. but I never realized that they were able to get these vacation/hotel stays for so cheap.

Has anyone used these before, or anything like them? Do they really work like the testimonials claim?

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Not trying to be hars here but that post is one of two things...

A very desperate spam attempt... or simply a pathetic website.

Reasons:

Hosted on comcast web space... yuuuuck.... If he is making this money he cannot afford his own box to host it on?

Terrible layout... not at any point did I feel "happy" to be there or excited to use the product or service


"To good to be true syndrome" When people see those reward type deals on a page like that they instantly think "scam" and rightfully so.

If you plan on being successful wih your website that is imply NOT the way to go. It has zero structure and no credibilty.


Again did not mean to sound harsh but those types of websites are what makes the internet a worse off place.

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1. Thread Cleaned. It would help reading the rules before posting.

2. From my own tests, most of these visitors / hits programs are crap! It would be better / more effective to use PPC programs than these sites.

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1. Thread Cleaned. It would help reading the rules before posting.

2. From my own tests, most of these visitors / hits programs are crap! It would be better / more effective to use PPC programs than these sites.

I agree fully with pulse. Those fall right under the get rich quick scams.

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