Referral Marketing Beats Out The Competition

posted by TheMarbellaSEO 6:01 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2009

If you’re low on money, you might want to consider using referral marketing to promote your business.  How does referral marketing work?In fact, you use the general public to help advertise your company.They would accomplish this through a separate referral site that they would share with friends and family.If someone buys through this site and/or signs up for the referral program, the original referrer would receive an gift certificate or other incentive.This incentive can be virtually anything, whether it’s cash, discounts, or give away merchandise. 

Now, there are two ways you can achieve referral marketing.  The first involves utilizing it as a secondary form of advertising, especially for time-sensitive promotions.You try to create as much buzz as you can before your promotion ends.  The second method involves incorporating referral programs into your business model.If you do this, technically your business becomes an MLM company, which stands for Multi-Level Marketing. 

I have an idea of what you might be thinking.Isn’t an MLM a pyramid model scheme?No, but MLMs can go in a downward spiral if they are not done carefully.  Specifically, this means that they rely solely on referrals for their business.  No legitimate sales of products or services are incorporated into their business model.

12 Daily Pro is an example of such an entity.This was an autosurf website that was able to create profits in the millions of dollars during its heyday.However, over 95% of these profits came from referrals who invested their own money into the program; very little came from typical business transactions.Consequently, older members were getting paid from the new members’ money.   But as the scheme continued, many new members weren’t getting paid because there weren’t enough leads to keep the pyramid going.

nd this is the sad fate of pyramid scheme, even those that last many years….just like the Madoff scandal.The Madoff scandal was a ponzi scheme, which is a way more complex than your everyday pyramid scheme.  Either way, the concept is the same.

So, to prevent these problems, always make sure that you’re paying referrals from the profits of your business.  If you find this is difficult to do, consider compensating them on an affiliate basis, where they would receive a commission only if their referrals actually buy something.

In conclusion, if you can’t afford an elaborate advertising campaign, consider utilizing referral marketing.Implementation is a snap, and once it’s established, you’ll have tons of people promoting for you with no cost to your business.



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