I had the great privilege to talk with Brad Smith last night about his journey with Giveaway Marketing, the development of Giveaway Manager 1 and Giveaway Manager 2 and the lessons he’s learnt on the journey.  In our discussion, Brad also shares his extensive knowledge to provide some very pratical suggestions on how to improve your participation in a Giveaway event and maximise your referrals, and sign ups from any event you participate in.

This interview in on Podcast at My Giveaway Event, and is well worth the listen. Enjoy….

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Software piracy is a serious thing and should be treated as such. Yesterday morning, I signed up to a new Giveaway event tagged as Jokebox Giveaway. It is being run using the Giveaway Manager 2 software, an awesome piece of code that Brad and Guido have spent considerable time, energy and money on developing and implementing.

This morning, I received an official announcement from the creators of the Giveaway Manager 2 software, stating that they believe the code to be stolen and that further investigative actions were being taken.

Brad and Guido knew on the day of release of GWM2 that they had been “done over”. A party had decoded their payment buttons and stolen the code. Whilst they had made an announcement to the effect that the code had been stolen, not once did they mention names.
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