How to get iPod referrals in your community

New Here? Well take a look at the Free iPod Guide with step-by-step instructions first.

Now I'm assuming you've been reading from the bottom. I've already said how to get referrals from friends and family as well as how to dodge pitfalls. Now I will talk more about how to get referrals from strangers.

Here is the hierarchy of likelihood

Family
Friends
Local Community
Internet

The further down the hierarchy you go, the more people you will have to reach for ONE of them to sign up. We see that effort is better spent locally and offline for the most part.

So lets talk locations, I will make a couple of scenarios where one can get referrals.

I'm a college student on campus and I need referrals
First I would start with fliers, but your link that they have to follow is too strange for people to remember. That is where the redirect address comes in. There are a lot of services such as ShortUrl (google it) that will allow you to register a domain for free that links to a new address. You simply come up with something catchy and easy to remember then get a redirect address and post that on your flier, then post that flier wherever it is allowed. Keep in mind that posting fliers where they do not belong is a bad idea and at best they will be torn down quickly.

Second off I would talk to classmates, have them all go in with you. If you get 8 friends to work together and each sign up for 8 sites they will get one prize of referral value 8 each. Shared burden, shared rewards. It's far easier to convince people this way.

Finally you've got what I call ballooning. Tape your redirect link onto some candy or condoms and scatter them about dining halls and freshman dormitories. This requires investment and most of the URLs will be ignored, but really you only need a few positives and candy is cheap (Condoms can be acquired for free from student health centers)

Help! I am a high school student and I need referrals

Well you are probably too young for the terms of service agreement and will be disqualified if you win anyways, but if you are a freakishly old school child you can follow some of the same steps as above. I would not recommend condoms for promotions though. Your best bet as a high schooler is to go outside your school to get people to sign up. People in high school rarely have access to credit cards which are required for completing the offers, and parents would doubt the veracity of this free I-pod claim.

I'm just a regular working person and I need referrals

Well if you've exhausted the first two hierarchy steps I'd recommend talking to people at the workplace. If your coworkers sound unsure of your intentions assure them that this will be a group effort. Do not lie to them because you will have to deal with them for long periods of time.

You could send out emails in your workplace if it is an office, but that would be only really useful if you've already won one prize. Then after presenting it to them, sign up for a second free prize offer and get them to rally underneath you, now that they are doubters no more.

Caution: Don't be that man/woman who spams everyone on the work server everyday. You know who I'm talking about.


Ok that does it for today. Next week I'll be talking about your last resort, the internet.

Well as always, if you are going to do this deal, mught as well use my referral link if I've been helpful to you.