How to Increase your Survey Referrals
A referral in the paid survey world is when a member of a survey site invites others to join through a “click through” link. Referrals are a win-win situation for everyone involved; the survey site gets more visits and “customers”, the member who initiated the referral earns a bonus for helping to drive in website traffic, and the new member gains access to all the perks of taking surveys for money. Since referrals are a great way to boost your paid survey earnings, learning how to maximize your referrals is the key to making the most of your experience.
The first way to maximize your referrals is to directly email all your friends and family about the opportunity to take surveys at the chosen site. Use the pre-formatted email that most survey sites offer; some are not editable while others can be modified to include a message of your choice. Or, some sites will allow you to cut and paste the embedded referral link into your own personal email.
A second suggestion for increasing referrals is to take advantage or your email signature. The signature feature of email programs lets you compose a “stamp”, so to speak, that will be left automatically at the end of each email. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can edit your signature to include a referral link. The more views your referral link receives, the greater chances for someone to take the extra step, click through and join -- earning you a referral bonus. If you are worried about being “spammy”, this is a more discrete way of letting friends, family and associates know of your free survey opportunities than detailing it in the body of your email.
A third recommendation for getting the word out to recruit referrals is to post your referral link onto a discussion forum or some other form of social media. Before “selling” the survey site, check with the rules of each forum to see if posting referral links is allowed. Using your own Facebook page and Twitter account is another good place to leave referral links, especially if you have lots of followers! Remember, the more eyes that see your referral link, the better chance you have of earning bigger bucks!