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Old 05-01-08, 09:16 PM   #1
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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.

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Old 05-01-08, 09:20 PM   #2
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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.

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Hey I can see Mr.ForFree4u!!! He's younger than me!!
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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.

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Don't see plurals mentioned in the article lol

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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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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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Nope, our profit wasn't £50,000, but I won't be disclosing what it was. We have other running costs too

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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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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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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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Excellent article! Could of mentioned eXceem tho haha
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Excellent article! Could of mentioned eXceem tho haha
Just imagine all the Newcastle people that will be signing up now

Should have went national, ForFree4U...

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Shame there isn't a "comments" section on the paper website - would have been a gold mine of a method!

Well done mate All the best for the future.
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Should of said, is it BBC or SKY next interviewing you forfree4u?
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Just imagine all the Newcastle people that will be signing up now

Should have went national, ForFree4U...

Congrats, it is truly inspiring
We may well have some national coverage soon

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

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Will probobly be adding that to the proof section of my site lol, get some more tunesforfree referrals hopefully!
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