Getting Referrals

I have used a few ways to get referrals for CashCrate.

First, I'll start with getting referrals online. If you haven't already, go ahead and make yourself a blog. Update it every once in a while, and add info about CashCrate. Try getting down everything you know about the site.

Here are some tips:

• DO NOT say anything like,"Get rich fast!", or,"I made a million dollars from doing surveys online!" We all know that's not true, and frankly, if you say something like that it makes CashCrate sound like a scam. CashCrate is actually a legit site. :)
• Show off pictures of your checks. This is definitely a sticking point for people. That really got me to sign up for CashCrate in the first place.
• When you get your check each month, start a new post, and tell people how much it was for. A break down of the earnings right from CashCrate's site would be great.

• Include tips. Examples would be: use different emails once in a while, clean out your cookies...

• From time to time, talk about things in your life. You don't need to tell people your life story, but after all, they need to see that you are a real person...that you're not just talking about making money online.

When you have yourself a blog, submit it to search engines. I submitted mine to just Google. Visit the main Google Webmaster page for more info. They will index your page, and put in on their search engine. There are also many other useful tools on that website.

After you have submitted your website to Google, you should set up some accounts with traffic exchanges. The two I use are AdGridWork and 100 Free Hits. Both of them are free. After all we're all here to make money, not spend it. :)

Sign up for AdGridWork and then set up your blog with that website. It's very easy to do so. It will give you an HTML code to paste into your blog. Your site will get some ads on it when people visit it. There are NO annoying pop ups. The site is completely free, because your ad will be displayed on AdGridWork's network of sites. Other sites' ads are displayed on yours, and your ad on theirs.

After you sign up for AdGridWork, go to 100 Free Hits. Just click on the hyperlink to the left. They need very little info, and it's even faster signing up for 100 Free Hits than AdGridWork. The great thing about this site is that for every person you refer, you get 25 more hits to your site or blog.

The last thing to do is sign up for statcounter.com With this site, you can track how many people have come to your site, how many people are returning visitors, where they're from, and all that cool stuff. I mostly use it just to see how many people have visited my blog, but it has many other features and options.

All of the websites I have mentioned are completely free. If you have any suggestions to add, leave me a comment and I'll add them.

Now to getting referrals ofline. I have made flyers, and flyers with little tear-off tabs. They're easy to make, just use Word. You can also print out business cards and hand them out to people.

Now go out there and make some money!!!