Tips to grow your downline in a referral program

by kishore on March 10, 2009


referral_programI have been getting requests from the members of our HomeJob Referral Program for some tips to build their downline. Its very important that you build a strong downline to keep your income steady in affiliate or referral programs which pay for referrals. I have a few tips which you should try and watch the results. Very important point to keep in your mind is that you should use your referral link or the best is to use the referral web page that is assigned to you. You can find the referral link and the referral web page link in your affiliate panel
Word of Mouth

This is the most effective way of marketing a referral program. You should talk to your friends and relatives about this program. Explain them the advantages and earning opportunities of the referral program and convince them to join the program. This method has a limitation for the number of referral that you can get, but you should understand that when your downline do the same, you are also benefited as this program is of multi-tier commission, i.e you get the commission up to the level 5
Blog / forum post
There are many blogs and forums where you can discuss about this program. Always post your referral link or the referral web page url there. Explain the the program details and encourage them to visit the link. Be sure that you do posts only on related forums. Do not post on forums which are of different subject or topic. This will be treated as spam and will have adverse effect on the program as well as your earnings. We are totally against spamming and we will take strict action against the members who try to promote this program by spamming
Email Signatures
Create an email signature with a line of information and link to your referral web page

Social Media Marketing

One of the best ways to increase your traffic and sales is using social media networks like Stumbleupon, digg, twitter, facebook, etc. Tell your friends about the affiliate program, do a post explaining the pros and cons of this program. Don’t forget to use your affiliate link. You should make sure that you use some link cloaking program like MaxBlogPress to avoid losing your referrals.
Free Classifieds
There are a lots of classifieds publishing websites on the World Wide Web, post a classified with your
contact details and the link. Place the classified in the right category only
News Paper Ads
You can even try placing news paper classifieds ads with your contact information and get lots of leads. This is very successful method and I feel its worth trying. converting the leads to sales is your capability
Pay per click Campaign
This will cost you but its result oriented. But make sure that you have a well tuned adwords campaign

I feel this would we of some help to you and I would like you to come up with your success stories. There are many individuals who have great success stories in the world of affiliate marketing. You can be one of them and again results are not overnight, you need to work hard and wait for the results

Good luck and cheers

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