I've done something similar, but with $30 gas cards. Not generating a lot of sales, but it does generate a lot of loyalty and thank-you cards.
RickG wrote: > Travis, > > I thought it was you who once told me "never give anything away for > free". I've been sticking to that as best as possible with my company > and whenever I stray from it I get bit each time. I find that the only > people who truly appreciate our service are the ones who pay. In fact, > the more the pay, the more they appreciate it. The people I gave deal > to are the worst customers. > With that said, we are kicking around giving $20 cash for each > referral. I've done this in my past life as head of internet companies > and people love cash! If you really want to make some news, give > matching dollars to the charity of your choice. > > Just my .02 :) > -RickG > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to hear about any referral programs that anyone has implemented >> that seem to be working well. I heard about one a few months ago that I >> thought was very interesting: >> >> For every customer that signs up and is installed, the referring >> customer gets a month free. The real deal is after 5 referrals, that >> customer gets their internet for free for life (or as long as they have >> at least 5 people referred and still active). Now, I know this sounds a >> little scary, that you may give away 20% of your service... but the >> thing that was interesting is the person taking about this said 99% of >> their customers never reached 5 referrals. Most would get 2 or 3, and >> then that was it. >> >> Thoughts? Ideas? I'm ready to try something. :) >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc office: 435-773-6071 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
