HRoth - 7:58 pm on Jan 4, 2010 (gmt 0)

I have a customer that I give a lot of freebies and special stuff to because she not only buys a lot of stuff but always gives me good ideas for new products--and she is an influential person in her community and has handed out my business card to her cohorts. People like that are a treasure.

OTOH, once in a while someone will ask for a freebie that points to a possible product. Like someone wanted a free sample of three strongly related widgets I make. I think a sampler of these three items would be a good product and am just trying to figure out the best way to package it.