This will work for niche products too, but you’ll probably have to tweak it a little bit.

There are ALWAYS good products available. Sometimes you just want to have a look at them all, but can’t afford to.

When I started out, there were dozens of things I wanted to buy, but due to me not having the money (I was making a couple hundred a month, so spending $50 on a coaching course or product would be silly) I couldn’t.

However, I have used this strategy to get products free, multiple times. And the best thing is that this is 100% legal.

Some of you probably do this for music and movies, and IM-products too… you go to warez forums and ask for the download link. I used to use warez when I started out, and I’m not proud of it… I stopped after seeing one of my own products ripped and realising that dozens were profiting from my hard work. Without me receiving a dime.

Of course, that’s how other product creators feel too. I am NOT recommending warez, it is not a good thing and you’ll only realise how bad it is if you ever launch a product of your own and see it stolen.

However, I am going to teach you how you can get products free. For example, for my product I’ve said that anyone with a blog that has 200 subscribers will get a copy of the product free in exchange for a review. But what if you don’t have a blog?

This will usually work for any product you try. Unlike mine, most products tend to have a pre-made list of people to contact for free copies, that is joint venture partners. Either established affiliates, or other product creators, or large blog owners.

However, you may not fall into any of those categories. You can however still get the product free – legally – if you’re willing to put in a little effort for it.

Contact the owner of the product in question, and send them a PERSONALIZED email. Find out their name, the name of the product and so on.

Remember, this is a business they’re running, and they have to treat it as one. They can’t just send copies to anyone that asks and promises a text testimonial. So you have to go above and beyond the norm. Here’s a few things you can do…

Want a product? Tell a product owner (and follow through) that you’d be willing to give a full 2-3 paragraph testimonial if he sent you a copy to look over, along with a short audio recommendation.

Want a product? Tell a product owner (and follow through) that you’d be willing to create a honest video testimonial that s/he could use to market it.

Want a product? Tell a product owner that you’ll make sure that their product is linked to on a blog with X,XXX – XX,XXX+ subscribers. How can you do this, without paying for a review? Simple – write a high quality blog post, send it in as a guest post and link to the sales page in your author blurb.

Want a product? Tell the product owner (and follow through) that you’d be willing to create five articles, and submit them to article directories on the related topics in the niche.

Want a product? Tell them you’ll submit the sales page to X directories, ask them if they need help with design (if you have some skills there) or coding (if you have some skills there).

Want a product? Tell the product creator that you have X hours to dedicate daily, would be willing to have a real go at it (until it works) and when it did, would send in screenshot proof (as well as an audio / video testimonial) of your success. Nothing sells a product better than solid third party testimonials…. even more with proof.

Most product owners will be more than happy enough to send you a copy completely free if you do one of the things above, or offer them something that HELPS them. And the good thing is, that rather than ripping off someone’s hard spent time and money, you’re actually helping them. I’ve made friends with people that had never heard my name, or even knew who I was… friends with people that are a lot more established than I am through this, and they’ve passed on advice that has helped me further advance my internet business.

All of the above ideas will cost you less than it would to purchase (usually), even if you outsource and you have the chance of making friends, marketing yourself and so on. By doing something that benefits the product owner, you’re benefiting yourself… if not more.

Good luck! I hope the stuff talked about here helped and that some of you will actually use it. Remember, it doesn’t have to be an IM-product, you can do this for other niches, but you will have to tweak the approach a bit.