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My Referrals - Top 5 tips

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Keywords: tools | referrals | tips Summary: Not sure how to refer someone. We give you some tips here

Introducing more people to the benefits of PlusNet is easy, and there are lots of ways to do it. Below are five of the most popular ways that customers make referrals.

Friends and Family
Community Referrals
Refer with your email signature
Got a blog? Get referring!
Got a webpage? Use banners!

1. Friends and Family

The most common way our customers make referrals is by telling their friends and family about us. Remember that it's always a good idea to follow up a recommendation with an email. Help your friend find the PlusNet website, and make sure they have your username to nominate you for your referral reward when they sign up.

Example: At work Graham had often heard his work colleagues and friends complain about problems and small-print restrictions on their Internet services. Graham told them about the great service he gets. He sent emails with a link to the PlusNet website, asking them to quote his PlusNet username name if they decide to sign up.

Two of his colleagues sign up to PlusNet and the following month Graham's subscription drops to £8.99 per month.

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2. Community referrals

Online communities such as gaming clans or off-line communities such as hobby groups offer great opportunities to recommend PlusNet. Especially if the community is related to the benefits you get from your PlusNet service.

Example: Andy is an avid online gamer, he runs a gaming clan, and spends a lot of time on gaming forums. He put a Referral banner on his forum signature, earning referrals from many of the other forum members.

After a year, Andy is getting his broadband service completely free!

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3. Refer with your email signature

You probably send lots of emails every day. If you are not using the referral email tool, why not create an email signature that includes referral information in it? Remember to keep your signature file short and sweet.

Example:
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Get Broadband Your Way!
PlusNet Broadband - £9.99 per month and FREE-setup
http:www.plus.net/
my username: support1

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4. Got a blog? Get referring!

Lots of people use blogs or online journals. These are excellent places to tell people about the great service you're getting from PlusNet. You can make posts about your service, add details to your profile, or where permissible add one of our referrals banners.

Example:
Clara is a student who keeps a popular blog, in which she reviews music gigs and films. She wrote a review of PlusNet's service and provides a link to the website, asking readers to use her PlusNet username if they decide to sign up.

Five of her readers signed up for accounts. Clara now gets her Broadband Your Way Option 1 account for £7.49.

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5. Got a webpage? Use banners!

Most PlusNet accounts provide webspace. Creating a webpage is not as hard as you might think. If you already have a website, why not use our referral banners tutorial to add a banner?

Example:
Carol runs a catering business that takes orders online. Carol decided to put a referral banner on the footer of her website.

Three of her clients signed up for PlusNet business accounts of their own. Carol saves £4.50 every month on her own broadband subscription.

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