So, let's get started with the tips to getting referrals. These tips that I'm about to share have been gathered from my friends, my competition, and my observations.
50 Ways to Get GPTHQ Referrals - Become a GPTHQ Pro!
1. Post your blog or ref link GPT forums.
2. Tell friends and family to join.
3. Guild members and online friends to join as your referral.
4. Door-hang around neighborhoods - NOT IN MAILBOXES.
5. Walk through parking lots putting flyers on cars.
6. Write a blog or create a website about GPTHQ.
7. Write a classified ad.
8. Talk to students at high schools and colleges.
9. Put a flyer up at work.
10. Post your link at the end of your YouTube videos.
11. Give flyers for local businesses to hand out.
12. Send out flyers in a mailing list (ex.: http://www.usdatafax.com/).
13. Tell people thru IM/PM, don't SPAM.
14. Link-Exchange your blog or website links.
15. Paid advertising on other people's websites, or use Google AdWords.
16. Advertise on on-line games.
17 Print business cards and include your phone number to enter into business drawings.
18. Buy an expired domain with traffic and "redirect" to your referral link ex: http://www.GPTHQpays.info/.
19. Offer cash or other incentives for sign-ups.
20. Add your ref. link or website to a filename of an mp3, video, or program and share it over a file-sharing network like Bear Share or a torrent program.
21. Mention that you get paid in US funds or PayPal.
22. Rent a billboard (Approx. $8-$15 per day).
23. Go door-to-door and ask in person.
24. Add your site/blog to Digg, stumble upon, Bumpzee, del.icio.us, etc.
25. Get a custom made shirt with advertisement on the front and/or back.
26. Radio advertisement for your referral link or website.
27. Set up an info-kiosk in front of your local store or empty lot.
28. Attach your referral link in your email address or sig.
29. Road-side signs & banners.
30. Add regular content to your site or blog. Keep it updated with new info.
31. On your banner/images, use the "alt tag" with either your webpage/blog or "keyword". Search engines can index/spider images, so adding the "alt tag" helps "define" the image!
32. Put a cheap ad in your local penny saver or thrifty nickel in the help wanted or employment section.
33. Put an E-book up for auction on eBay with your blog or other website info in it.
34. Before shipping eBay items, put an ad with your ref. link in the box.
35. Send email to all your contacts, and tell them to join with your referral link.
36. Use the dot.tk so you can change your referral link completely.
37. Sign up for a virtual business card. www.entrecard.com and list your blog under the money making forum. Once you sign up, visit other money making blogs and drop your card on their site.
38. Build a huge friends list and dedicate the profile to your blog or website.
39. Place business cards with your referral link in shopping carts.
40. Put up a flyer that has your ref. link with tear off tabs on store bulletin boards.
41. Go to the library and place business cards with referral links in books about financing, debt, home businesses, etc.
42. Place business cards with referral link in public restrooms.
43. Text your link to all your friends/family.
44. Hold up a sign on a street corner just like a car wash.
45. The idea is that if you have ever lost Money you can make it back at this website: http://www.ccsinternet.org/lostnfound.gif.
46. Hold a raffle drawing for a cheap product and give out raffle tickets with your ref link or website on it.
47. Print free business cards at Vistaprint.com.
48. Get pencils, paper, pens, magnets, etc printed with your link on them and "leave" them lying around. (Free at VistaPrint.com).
49. Pass out cards at a trade show.
50. "Brand" yourself with a familiar name on forums, articles, etc.
I'll post 51-101 pays to get referrals at GPTHQ next time.
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