A new giveaway event, the REAL MLM Network Marketing Giveaway (domain name http://REALmlmnetworkmarketing.com) has just been announced and it’s already creating some confusion, so let me set the record straight here:

This is NOT a giveaway event organised or owned by either John Counsel or The Profit Clinic.

However, I will be participating in the event, despite my long-standing cynicism about giveaway events. The organisers of giveaway events typically paint their events with a dripping, hype-laden brush. The claims are usually that this event will be different… the usual trashy, tired old gifts won’t be accepted… all gifts will be manually scrutinized… yada yada yada… “open mouth, engage tongue and put brain and ethics in neutral”, “all promises void on launch”, etc.

Then the event launches, you visit the site and, lo and behold, it’s packed full of the same old, same old tired, trashy, out-of-date, obsolete junk, with a few gems scattered toward the front of the catalog to attract the punters.

It’s a test for me. I’m re-launching the MLM edition of “The Fourth Generation Path to Freedom: A business manifesto for the 21st century” under the new title “WHY Network Marketing Works”, which is shorter and more succinct. A giveaway event is a good litmus test for gauging grassroots interest at low cost. I’ll let you know on this blog how things pan out.

If you’d like to try a little free or low-cost list building at a list-building event targeting network marketers, click on the banner above, or the link shown for the event. It’ll be interesting to see what happens. Your feedback will be helpful and welcome. The MLM Giveaway Event is currently accepting contributors and launches to the public on 7 December. It runs until 7 February 2010.