Getting Referrals

The most famous of the questions I am asked is, "How do I get referrals?". I have compiled a few great tips.

Your network list:
Make a list of everyone you know. Family, friends, neighbours, co-workers, the guy or gal at the coffee stand, the grocery store clerk that you always say hi to etc. Okay, now how many people are on your list? Only a few? Then you left someone out. Repeat the process until you have at least 150 people on your list. Now, I want you to learn to make conversation with each and everyone of the people on your list. You just went for coffee, did you ask the guy or gal "how is business going?" or perhaps you could say you really needed this break as business has been booming. Find a way to make them ask you what you do for a living. Tell them how swamped you are and you are looking for competent people to help you and make a few extra dollars without quitting their other job. You get the idea. Ask them if they know anyone that might want to make a few extra dollars each day. Chances are that they know more than one person! Have a business card handy and get them to your website. Speaking of websites, you DO have one, DON'T YOU?....If not, there are some great free sites out there. I use Freewebs.com and love it! Don't forget to add to your list on a daily basis. Surely you meet at least one new person per day.

Forums:
Join a forum, better yet, join 2 or 3. At the bottom of each of your posting in the signature line make sure to reference your website or business. Or add hyperlinks to your favorite GPT sites from your referral information you can access in each of your GPT sites. Talk about how much money you are making on your posts. If there is a special promotion going on talk it up!

Add your website or a referral link to your e-mail signature line also!

Flyers:
Make up some flyers, you know the kind with the tear off strips at the bottom of the page. Use a banner from your GPT site at the top and put your referral link on the bottom tear off strips. Make lots of them and post them on every bulletin board you can find in your town and other towns you might frequent or even just visit on rare occasion.

Business cards:
Go to Vista Print (offer available on many GPT sites) and get some business cards made up. Hand them out to everyone you know. Tell them you have a great business opportunity. Leave them on the table at the diner after you have lunch, leave them on the bathroom counters in public restrooms, leave them everywhere you go.

Paid to click:
Paid to click ads are available on many different sites. (See the left side of this page for Clix Sense and Fairy Tale Treasures to access 2 sites that offer these). Basically you pay them to show your ad for 30 seconds. The people clicking the ad get paid anywhere from .01 to .05 cents per click. Your ad is viewed and frequently you will get some great referrals this way. In the case of Clix Sense, you can view other ads and get paid then convert that money into advertising for your own ad. A great way to save on advertising dollars.

Newspaper ads:
Now I suppose if one is really looking for referrals and desperate they can go to this extreme, advertising their website in the classified section of the paper. You would get a lot of views in the paper and hopefully they would be curious enough to go online to your website. Just remember you will have to pay for the ad whether its viewed or not. Costs will vary on this one.

Associated Content

I discovered this great site that pays me to write articles, poetry and other short stories or items of interest. I recently published the following:

LIVING WITH A CHILD WITH CANCER
Living with a child with cancer can present many challenges to a family. If there are siblings involved they may not be getting as much attention as previously and may feel jealous or slighted by all of the attention the cancer child is receiving. Working with the child to understand that the cancer child is very ill and needs more attention right now can help, as well as making sure to set aside time on a daily basis to spend with the sibling. to read this article in its entirety please click on the link below:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/370962/living_with_a_child_with_cancer.html

I was amazed at how fast Associated Content had this published. The cool thing is that I have stacks of writings that I want to get published so I will have even more money coming in in no time. Check out the link to the left for more details on Associated Content.

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Get Paiid to try sites...

I just completed a vibe on get paid to try sites. In it I included 4 links to well known companies that pay well. I have consistently been making at least $50 per month on each of these sites. It takes a few minutes of my time and it is nice to have that extra cash coming in. For those of you who don't know what a "vibe" is I have included the link: http://mbnation.madebig.com/vibe_user_vibe.asp?Vibe_ID=58432 Please take a look at it and check out my other vibes also (accessed via same link). In reading the recent question on survey sites I have noticed (and heard from people messaging me) that a lot of people are not making money on these sites. I have a website set up with some tricks for making the offers credit as well as the vibe I wrote that has 4 sites that pay well and consistently. I urge you to check those sites out. There are some "fly by night" sites that I won’t even consider and there are a few that it does take me about 2 months to get a pay check from which basically means I get paid every other month from them, but that is still 6 checks per year. Every penny helps. I am not on these sites all day long! I average by popping on and off of the computer throughout the day about 3 to 4 hours total on these sites. Referral’s are also a great way to boost your income through these sites as you get a percentage of their earnings (you do not take it from them, rather the company give’s you a part of what the referral brings to the company.) This is also a great way to boost the earnings. I am happy to answer anyone’s questions regarding these sites. My website is: freewebs.com/countrymom1 It has a tips and tricks section that is very helpful and also some other sections as well as links to the top 4 sites (also listed in my vibe). If anyone has a great gpt site they are getting paid from, I would love to hear from you and perhaps sign up under you. Thanks!