Hello Neil,
What is Better than Free?
A rewards program that offers you the benefit of using it's services for the first thirty days Free of charge. If the rewards are what they say they are, it will more than pay for the membership fee. Now if the rewards program compounded it's power of the people that belong to this rewards club, could compound the member benefits.
I believe both our programs offer similar rewards and benefits. Our approaches are simply different to attain a similar goal. To help folks Save and Earn Rewards at the same time.
Thanks for your views on free. But I must say Free can work to your favor when offered in the true spirit of giving and helping others succeed. If your main goal of a free offer is for self enrichment then you will fail the relationship building part of any home based business, network marketing or MLM organization. Your results will be dismal.
However if you offer the tools of the trade, the knowledge to use them to power you toward success in any enterprise then, maybe FREE ain't so Bad. ;-)
In closing, I can see where there is a great disdain for all the freebie offers, but it is the follow up up after giving that makes the difference. If you do not follow up with your new student/friend/mentor/benefactor then you will never grow the relationships, that make having a huge list of friends, profitable both monetarily and personal.
Jim Allen a Hi-TEK-Redneck-Marketer
May Wisdom and the knowledge you gained go with you, Jim Allen III Skype: JAllen3D Everything You Need For Online Success