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This is a discussion on We've got news for you! within the News forums, part of the eXceem category; Jan 5 2008 by Chris Robinson, The Journal WHILE most teenagers earn the minimum wage from weekend jobs, entrepreneur Jonathan ...
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05-01-08, 09:16 PM
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| Administrator  Join Date: Mar 2005
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 | We've got news for you! Jan 5 2008 by Chris Robinson, The Journal WHILE most teenagers earn the minimum wage from weekend jobs, entrepreneur Jonathan Grubin has logged on to an online success which turned over £75,000 last year. The 16-year-old launched his first business aged 12 offering free screensaver downloads for mobile phones. Now his success is already beginning to show with the launch of ForFree4U.co.uk, which offers visitors free iPods and digital cameras for signing up their friends to its advertisers. Read More... Last edited by Miles; 06-01-08 at 01:28 AM.. |
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05-01-08, 09:20 PM
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| ForFree4U Network Staff  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newcastle
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 | Re: We've got news for you!That's right - we made the front page of The Journal, a one of the north-east's biggest regional papers. We were also covered in The Chronicle and on Sun FM. Cheers |
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05-01-08, 09:20 PM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Leicester/Sheffield
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| Re: We've got news for you!Hey I can see Mr.ForFree4u!!! He's younger than me!!  |
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05-01-08, 09:23 PM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swansea
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 Joke, before Artic jumps on me for having a dig at you.
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05-01-08, 09:24 PM
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| iPod Nano 4GB  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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| Re: We've got news for you!Another congratualtions are in order. I am so impressed that you are only 16, I looks forward to seeing your next adventures. |
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05-01-08, 09:25 PM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tewkes
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| Re: We've got news for you!congrats.. but am i right when i see that you made roughly £50,000 profit last year ? £75,000 turn over - £25,000 sent out in gifts.. or is the £75,000 after you've sent out gifts etc ? cause wow.. thats a fair bit of money... |
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05-01-08, 09:27 PM
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| ForFree4U Network Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newcastle
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| Re: We've got news for you!Nope, our profit wasn't £50,000, but I won't be disclosing what it was. We have other running costs too  Cheers |
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05-01-08, 09:30 PM
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| Call me Ben ....  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol / Neath
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| Re: We've got news for you!Wow, you are so mature for your age i must say lol I though you were well into your twenties! Well done getting there!
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05-01-08, 09:30 PM
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| Mini Mac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Leicester/Sheffield
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| Re: We've got news for you!Lol a tenner a month for hosting etc.. haha just kidding!! You can probobly retire at 30 lol, buy a small island near the maldives or something! |
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05-01-08, 09:32 PM
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| iPod Nano 4GB  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Harrow, London
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 | Re: We've got news for you!Wow, I can't believe you're only 16... Now I can stop feeling ashamed by my age when I'm talking to people on the Internet  But seriously, I'm only 14 myself (the same age you were when you opened FFFU right?), and I've been paid by a couple of people in the past for making them websites. But now I feel so inspired by you, I've wanted to do a lot of things in the past but I thought I was too young, and now I know I'm not! When I speak to people on the Internet they think I'm a lot older than I am and it's weird telling them that I'm only 14, but whenever I've spoken to you (or receive a PM from you) I thought that you must be at least 30! Anyway, sorry if I got a little over-excited lol, I just feel really inspired by you, now I feel like I can do anything I want. I hope you're this successful for the rest of your life, and that FFFU carries on being as popular as it is  |
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05-01-08, 09:32 PM
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| Re: We've got news for you!Excellent article! Could of mentioned eXceem tho haha |
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05-01-08, 09:34 PM
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| Mini Mac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swansea
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Should have went national, ForFree4U... Congrats, it is truly inspiring
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05-01-08, 09:37 PM
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| Call me Ben .... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol / Neath
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| Re: We've got news for you!Should of said, is it BBC or SKY next interviewing you forfree4u?
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05-01-08, 09:37 PM
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| ForFree4U Network Staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newcastle
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| Re: We've got news for you!Quote:
Feel free to show the article to prospective referrals to prove that we're legit, the direct link is Advertising success of online business - JournalLive Cheers | |
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05-01-08, 09:47 PM
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| Mini Mac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Leicester/Sheffield
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| Re: We've got news for you!Will probobly be adding that to the proof section of my site lol, get some more tunesforfree referrals hopefully! |
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05-01-08, 09:53 PM
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| iPod Nano 4GB Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Surrey, UK
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| Re: We've got news for you!In my sites proof section already |
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06-01-08, 11:57 AM
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| Re: We've got news for you!What do you use to make the scheme work? Like how to get the tracker and that. I might make my own =P! I know how to code HTML/Javascript/PHP/MySql all that stuff.. |
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06-01-08, 11:59 AM
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| blah blah blah  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Here
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