I constantly see posts in the PeopleString forum from people who are disheartened at not being able to recruit referrals to their PeopleString. I just hate for people to give up and feel defeated when I know that it isn't really that hard. If someone truly wants to be successful in PeopleString, or any other affiliate program all it takes is some persistence and consistency. I reached out to someone today who sounded dejected. I told him if he would send me a private message and he truly wanted help that I would give him some information. I decided to publish these as open letters on my blog because I feel that many people are in his same situation and it may be helpful for others. So here is a copy of the personal message I sent him.
Dear (Insert Your Name Here), I totally understand your frustration because I have been working online for almost two years trying to earn and get referrals for various programs to make some extra money. It has taken me a long time and many, many hours of trial and error to get to the point where I can finally start to see some success here, although again, I am no expert I do get people added to my first level almost daily.
I use traffic exchanges, credit mailers (safelists), forum marketing, online classifieds and I also have business cards that I place on cars in parking lots, leave in public restrooms when I am shopping, etc. I am online as much as I possibly can be. Most people would probably not be able to spend as much time working on it as I do. I feel that once I hit a certain number of people on level 1, the bottom part of the string should really start to grow because eventually I will get some people under me that either know how to recruit or will be willing to learn, so I feel that all time enormous amount of time will eventually pay off, but it could all breakdown if something goes wrong. When earning online, make no mistake about it. Nothing is for sure. However, I don't spend much money doing this anyway and I enjoy learning. Most people grow impatient because they want instant results. I rarely ever get instant results. Everything I do is a process that takes some time to learn, test and refine.
Everything that I tell you is advice, so feel free to use what you want and leave the rest. First off, you need to upload a profile picture. People want to learn from and do business with REAL people. Until they see you, you are just a faceless person. Once they can see you, you become real. Every single chance you get, post a picture on your ads and profiles. It is called branding. The single, most important advantage that all of us have over the competition is the fact that we are individuals with a distinct personality. Use that to your advantage over people who choose to stay faceless. If your picture starts to appear over and over as people surf traffic exchanges they start to say, "Hey, I keep seeing that guy online. He must be really successful. If he thinks I should join this program, maybe I shoudl" It give you recognition and status.
Ok that is lesson 1 for now. I will be on and offline today, so feel free to ask questions. Do you have Skype or Yahoo IM? If so, add me. I am samrhett2 on both. If you would please let me know how you have been trying to promote so far, that would help me know what other advice to give. Where have you advertised? How much time each day can you work on your PeopleString? Are you sending people to a splash page or the affiliate page? Let me hear from you. Don't despair. You said you would be thrilled to get 1 sign up per week. If you follow some directions I can guarantee that you can at least start getting that!
I use traffic exchanges, credit mailers (safelists), forum marketing, online classifieds and I also have business cards that I place on cars in parking lots, leave in public restrooms when I am shopping, etc. I am online as much as I possibly can be. Most people would probably not be able to spend as much time working on it as I do. I feel that once I hit a certain number of people on level 1, the bottom part of the string should really start to grow because eventually I will get some people under me that either know how to recruit or will be willing to learn, so I feel that all time enormous amount of time will eventually pay off, but it could all breakdown if something goes wrong. When earning online, make no mistake about it. Nothing is for sure. However, I don't spend much money doing this anyway and I enjoy learning. Most people grow impatient because they want instant results. I rarely ever get instant results. Everything I do is a process that takes some time to learn, test and refine.
Everything that I tell you is advice, so feel free to use what you want and leave the rest. First off, you need to upload a profile picture. People want to learn from and do business with REAL people. Until they see you, you are just a faceless person. Once they can see you, you become real. Every single chance you get, post a picture on your ads and profiles. It is called branding. The single, most important advantage that all of us have over the competition is the fact that we are individuals with a distinct personality. Use that to your advantage over people who choose to stay faceless. If your picture starts to appear over and over as people surf traffic exchanges they start to say, "Hey, I keep seeing that guy online. He must be really successful. If he thinks I should join this program, maybe I shoudl" It give you recognition and status.
Ok that is lesson 1 for now. I will be on and offline today, so feel free to ask questions. Do you have Skype or Yahoo IM? If so, add me. I am samrhett2 on both. If you would please let me know how you have been trying to promote so far, that would help me know what other advice to give. Where have you advertised? How much time each day can you work on your PeopleString? Are you sending people to a splash page or the affiliate page? Let me hear from you. Don't despair. You said you would be thrilled to get 1 sign up per week. If you follow some directions I can guarantee that you can at least start getting that!
Karla Cross
Update: Total String 100, first level 57 as of 7/1/10
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